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This is my sandbox!!!!! ~ Practice Sandbox for Deforestation in Haiti.>> Environmental Efforts :

Most of Haiti's governments have paid only lip service to the imperative of reforestation.[5] The main impetus to act came from abroad.[5] USAID's Agroforestry Outreach Program, Pwojè Pyebwa, was Haiti's major reforestation program in the 1980s.[5] Peasants planted more than 25 million trees under Projè Pyebwa in its first incarnation.[5]

Later efforts to save Haiti's trees focused on intensifying reforestation programs, reducing waste in charcoal production, introducing more wood-efficient stoves, and importing wood under USAID's Food for Peace program.[5] Because most Haitians depend upon wood and charcoal as their primary fuel source, energy alternatives are needed to save the forests.[2] A 15-year Environment Action Plan, authorized in 1999, proposed to stop deforestation by developing alternative fuel sources.[2] Political instability and lack of funding have limited the impact of this reform effort.[2]

Several agencies and companies that produce solar cookers as an alternative to using wood and charcoal have been working in Haiti to establish solutions to the poverty and fuel issues, though their effectiveness and the degree to which they are used are questionable.[12][13] Some of these are made from agricultural waste like the one made by Carbon Roots International. This alternative fuels are known an "green charcoal." Prakti cookstoves are designed to reduce 95% percent of the smoke when compared to traditional cookstoves.