FACTORS IN WATERSHED VULNERABILITY J. RONALD TOUSSAINT AUGUST 2, 2006.

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FACTORS IN WATERSHED VULNERABILITY J. RONALD TOUSSAINT AUGUST 2, 2006

OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION A)Environmental Vulnerability Concept B) Vulnerability Factors Environmental Socio-economic Governance C) Challenges Population Growth Development Agricultural Frontier Loss of Haiti’s Natural Heritage Early Warning Systems

Degree by which a country, a community or a sector can be damaged by external factors Result of the exposure of physical hazards that reduce resilience Threats can be a combination of social and physical processes Haiti: A mosaic of vulnerabilities WHAT IS MEANT BY “ENVIRONMENTAL VULNERABILITY”?

Environmental Climate ( hurricane frequency, abnormal drought cycles) Destruction of natural biological systems and biodiversity Deforestation (1,5%) and its corrolary: Soil erosion and desertification: 1600 MT/HA/AN Under-valuation of soil potential WHAT ARE THE FACTORS?

Population: Density persons/km 2 Current Population: 8.4 Million 10 Million in 2010 & 16 Million in 2032 Population: Driving force of vulnerability Poverty: Only Less Developed Country in Western Hemisphere 146 th on the Human Development Index SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS

. Absence of land use planning. Massive growth of urban areas/ ecological footprint of cities. Weakness/absence of capacities at different levels (individual, institutional, systemic). Multiple institutional mandates & confusion despite some progress GOVERNANCE FACTORS

POPULATION GROWTH What steps should be taken to mitigate vulnerability and reduce population growth rates? At what rate must we reduce population growth? What is required to achieve a reasonable demographic transition? WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES?

DEVELOPMENT & ENVIRONMENT Environmental vulnerability of watersheds in Haiti is an issue of uncontrolled development, creating enormous environmental costs Improved land use management at municipal levels of government Regulate land use according to natural potential Advance of agricultural frontier Will government allow agriculture everywhere?

Loss of Haiti’s natural heritage Heightened vulnerability Declining quality of life Overcoming constraints to achieving Millennium Development Goals DEVELOPMENT & ENVIRONMENT

Early Warning Systems reduce loss of human life and damage to property and fragile lands Early Warning Systems must be integrated with improved environmental management and ecosystem protection Early warning mechanisms should support numerous natural systems that buffer environmental disturbance EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS & VULNERABILITY