Haiti National Trust

About us

Haiti Trust was created to protect the environment and biodiversity of Haiti for future generations. Our primary activity is to identify the biodiversity hotspots of Haiti, acquire land for parks, and establish long-term protective measures.
It is now concentrated primarily in the one percent of original forests that remain, and many of those species are found only in Haiti. These last forests are 'hot spots' of biodiversity, being destroyed because there is no effective mechanism to protect them. It is truly a mass extinction about to happen which will have environmental consequences. Removal of forests causes springs and streams to disappear, increases flooding, and reduces the potential for recovery of forests and biodiversity in the future. The last forests must be saved quickly because 90% of the mountains in Haiti already have lost all of their primary forests. The current threats to Haiti's biodiversity are also threats to Haiti's people. The forces that are destroying the biodiversity of Haiti are impacting Haitians through the loss of watershed and water resources, increased danger from flooding during rains, and creation of deserts in previously fertile agricultural areas.