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Home > Haiti National Parks > Pic Macaya National Park Pic Macaya National Park Pic Macaya National Park is one of only a few remaining natural forests in Haiti. Pic Macaya National Park is located in the massif de la Hotte Mountain Range in the southern peninsula of Haiti.
as quoted from worldwildlife.org:
Pic Macaya National Park, Haiti - Protecting natural habitats and providing technical assistance on sustainable development.
In 1993, USAID/Haiti requested BSP's help in providing technical assistance on sustainable development activities to local communities residing in the buffer zone of Pic Macaya National Park, the highest mountain peak in the southwest peninsula, while protecting the remaining natural habitat from further degradation and encroachment.
BSP trained staff from UNICORS, the local organization contracted by USAID/Haiti, in best practices for implementing sustainable development activities in the region. Also, The Centre de Formation et d'Encadrement Technique (CFET) produced a training manual, "Management of Protected Areas in Haiti," for the Haitian park staff and a video (in Creole and English), highlighting the biological importance of Park Macaya and USAID's efforts to conserve the park.
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Pic Macaya National Park Vascular Plants Pic Macaya National Park has 665 vascular plant species species. 30% of these vascular plant species are exclusively native to Hispaniola Threats: Clearance for agriculture, some grazing, removal of trees for timber and firewood, and charcoal production. Source: W.S. Judd 1993, in litt
MR. ANDRE CHARLEMAGNE's comment about "Pic Macaya National Park" FOCUS ON MAKING THINGS BETTER NOT BIGGER. "AS A HAITIAN BORN AND RAISE IN PORT-AU-PRINCE I HAVE NO DESIRE OF GOING BACK TO HAITI FOR ANY REASON AT ALL,BECAUSE MY BROTHERS & sisters going crazy.absolutely nuts. some of us are growing-up back in 1940s &50s we had to feeled of dangious. now day we can't even visiting our own country".
Pierre's comment about "Pic Macaya National Park" Why you cannot visit haiti You cannot visit your own country because you are AFFRAID to die. Fear is a funny thing. we are so confortable in the neighbor's house that we don't even care to fix the roof in our own house. I don't want to hear that you cannot visit your own country. You can say it ONLY if you admit that you are affraid. Chicken!
Fito's comment about "Pic Macaya National Park" Haiti is a dream land I expect to go back to Haiti one day and be
usefull to my community in anyway I can.
jay McEnroe's comment about "Pic Macaya National Park" Danger is Haiti The murder rate in the grand anse ( the northern slope of the Macaya) makes the provence one of the worlds safest.
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