Haiti and Dominican Republic: Environmental Challenges in the Border Zone
Summary: UNEP assessment of environmental conditions along the Haiti-Dominican Republic border, with costed bi-national recommendations.
Key Findings
- Ten targeted bi-national recommendations are costed at USD 136 million over five years, so the report carries a price as well as a diagnosis.
- Sets Haitian and Dominican indicators side by side, including a 76 percent difference in surface area and in population density.
- Covers shared watersheds and land degradation rather than treating either country's border zone alone.
- Funded by Norway and Finland.
Full Description
A UNEP assessment of environmental challenges in the border zone between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, funded by Norway and Finland. It compares the two countries across geography, climate, demography and resource use, examines shared watersheds and land degradation, and sets out costed recommendations for bi-national action. Its side-by-side country statistics make it a standard reference for cross-border environmental comparison on Hispaniola.
How to cite
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2013, Haiti and Dominican Republic: Environmental Challenges in the Border Zone, accessed via HaitiDocs, https://www.haitidocs.org/doc/unep-2013-border-zone-environmental-challenges