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Impact of the 12 January earthquake

 * 7.0 Magnitude Quake struck near Port au Prince
 * 3,500,000 people were affected by the quake
 * 220,000 people died
 * 300,000+ people were injured
 * Over 188,383 houses were badly damaged and 105,000 were destroyed by the earthquake (293,383 in total), 1.5m people became homeless
 * Over 600,000 people left their home area in Port-au-Prince and mostly stayed with host families
 * At its peak, one and a half million people were living in camps including over 100,000 at critical risk from storms and flooding
 * 3,000,000 people are in need of emergency aid.

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 * //[|Livestock in Haiti]:// **
 * **Cattle** || Sheep || Goats || Pigs || Poultry ||
 * **1,455,000 ** || 153,500 || 1,910,000 || 1,001,000 || 5,600,000 ||

**Soil erosion in Haiti**

Soil Erosion: a worldwide type of soil degradation. It has strong impact on the environment, people, especially in developing countries.

Flooding and soil erosion are massive problems in Haiti.

Soil erosion situation - High level of degradation of natural resources in Haiti - Forest cover: less than 3%, compared to 80 years ago (60%) - potential of replacement of the vegetation biomass: 20% - Annual losses of fertile soils due to soil erosion: 1500 hectares per year - Hillsides and burning, eroded landscapes and agriculture - Soil erosion rates are mainly based on estimations and not on field experiments - Soil erosion rates and the evaluation of soil conservation techniques in Haiti are not widely based on appropriate scientific and technical models obtained through experimentation, but on rough estimates and mostly interviews with farmers.



Haiti is one of the few countries in the world where the __destruction of the original woodland is almost complete due to competition over scarce land__, intense demand for charcoal, unsound agricultural practices, and feral goats which overgraze. This massive deforestation has led to lethal mudslides and flash floods. A muddy brown ring surrounds the country’s coastline where topsoil has washed into the sea. (from: http://facts.randomhistory.com/haiti-facts.html)

Considering that cows poop an average of 128 lbs (58 kgs) a day. (from http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tech-transport/cow-poop-clean-energy.html)