ELAW eBulletin Haiti faces enormous challenges. Just as Haiti marked five years since the devastating 2010 earthquake, Haiti's parliament dissolved, leaving the country with an uncertain political future. Thousands of Haitians left homeless by the earthquake continue to suffer from cholera, starvation and water shortages.

ELAW Bulletin ELAW Staff Scientist Heidi Weiskel recently traveled to Haiti to help partners at L'Association Haitienne de Droit de l'Environnement (AHDEN) work with communities in and around Caracol, one of the towns near a new marine protected area (MPA), Les Trois Baies.

Marine Protected Areas for Haiti

ELAW eBulletin The Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW) is teaming up with longtime partner L'Association Haitienne de Droit de l'Environnement (AHDEN) to support creating a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in Haiti's Caracol Bay and to promote a new, holistic approach to the sustainable use and conservation of marine biodiversity.

E-LAW U.S. is pleased to announce an exciting new initiative to protect the Caribbean`s fragile biodiversity. Our three-year project to collaborate with local advocates to conserve ecosystems in Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Dominica, Haiti, and St. L