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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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SG interaction with indiginous representatives

Indonesian Community Assisted by REDD+ Proramme to Stem Deforestation

11/17/2011 05:08:42

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Secretary-General Meets Kalimantan Communities Affected by Deforestation

11/17/2011 05:08:30

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Secretary-General Meets Kalimantan Communities Affected by Deforestation

11/17/2011 05:07:39

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Secretary-General Meets Indigenous Communities Affected by Deforestation

11/17/2011 04:55:53

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Ceremonial opening of UNORCID (UN Office for the Coordination of Indonesia REDD +)

Secretary-General Opens UN REDD Office in Palangkaraya, Indonesia

11/17/2011 04:00:55

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Secretary-General Speaks at REDD+ Event in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

11/17/2011 03:09:05

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Secretary-General Plants Commemorative Tree in Central Kalimantan

11/17/2011 02:34:29

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Headline Indonesian Community Assisted by REDD+ Proramme to Stem Deforestation

Caption Description Canals in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan Province, Indonesia, are hedged by dams to retain water for the regeneration of peat fields.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited Palangkaraya, a community assisted by the UN programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+), as part of his official travel to Indonesia.

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Production Date 11/17/2011 5:08:47 AM

City/Location Palangkaraya

Country Indonesia

Credit UN Photo/Mark Garten

File size 2.62 MB