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But elsewhere, deforestation is a last resort to survive.
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Over two billion people-
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Almost a third ofthe world's population
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Still depend on charcoal.
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In haiti, one ofthe world's poorest countries,
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Charcoal is one of the population's main consumables.
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Once the pearl of the caribbean,
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Haiti can no longer feed its population without foreign aid.
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On the hills of haiti, only two percent of the forests are left.
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Stripped bare, the soil no longer absorbs the rainwater.
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With no vegetation and no roots to reinforce them,
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Nothing holds the soils back.