How Agroforestry Can Shield Haiti From The Next Hurricane

1.0Ecosystem Marketplacehttps://www.ecosystemmarketplace.comHow Agroforestry Can Shield Haiti From The Next Hurricane - Ecosystem Marketplacerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="sI2QiHraBT"><a href="https://www.ecosystemmarketplace.com/articles/lack-forests-left-haiti-especially-vulnerable-hurricane-matthew/">How Agroforestry Can Shield Haiti From The Next Hurricane</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ecosystemmarketplace.com/articles/lack-forests-left-haiti-especially-vulnerable-hurricane-matthew/embed/#?secret=sI2QiHraBT" width="600" height="338" title="“How Agroforestry Can Shield Haiti From The Next Hurricane” — Ecosystem Marketplace" data-secret="sI2QiHraBT" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://www.ecosystemmarketplace.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Matthew__3.jpg211211We won’t know the toll of Hurricane Matthew for days or even weeks, but we do know that it will be much higher than it would have been if the country had healthy forests, and that an economy of desperation is driving deforestation there. Environmental markets have managed to save and restore forests around the world, but can that approach work in Haiti?