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For this year’s observance of International Environment Day the United Nations is focusing on the plight of forests worldwide. In Haiti, there remains less than one percent tree cover. Most deforestation is caused by the local population’s need for land to farm, wood to build with, and charcoal to cook with. The result has left immense tracks of land bare to the elements, hastened massive soil erosion and increased land slides and flash flooding.
View of a deforested hilltop near Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

A member of the peasant association from a community in the Harerge Province, east of Addis Ababa, guards the land against vandals.
With the assistance of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Government of Ethiopia has launched a massive reafforestation to counteract serious soil erosion and degradation, declining agricultural production and widespread famine. The programme is specifically designed to study the adaptability of various tree species to the country's diverse bioclimatic zones and eventually lead to a better integration of agriculture and forestry.

Flowering fields in late June, in southeast Iceland.

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Bringing together participants from some 500 indigenous groups worldwide, the Forum is focusing on the theme ""Indigenous Children and Youth"". Women in indigenous costume participate in today's session.

A view of indigenous children from the Embera people, displaced by armed conflict. There are over two million internally displaced persons in Colombia and while forced displacement is always a very difficult experience, it is doubly catastrophic for indigenous communities. Indigenous culture is closely linked to the land and displacement often leads to the total collapse of traditional authority and cultural patterns.

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Headline UN Forum on Forests Photo Competition Winner: "Sleeping Beauty"

Caption Description One of the six winning photos of the United Nations Forum on Forests Photo Competition, “Sleeping Beauty.”
This photograph was taken in the Tayrona National Natural Park in Colombia (Santa Marta). The Kogi base their lifestyles on their belief in ""The Great Mother,"" their creator figure, whom they believe is the force behind nature, providing guidance. The Kogi understand the Earth to be a living being. They believe that they live in the ""Heart of the World"" (the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta) and consider modern humanity the 'Younger Brother' and themselves the 'Elder Brother.' Work is instrumental in helping to prolong and protect life on earth.

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Production Date 01/11/2011 12:00:00 AM

Country Colombia

Credit UN Photo/Pablo Pro

File size 3.94 MB