After the earthquake: Haiti’s deforestation needs attention January 20, 2010 / News / Leave a Comment The Christian Science Monitor By Moises Velasquez-Manoff January 20, 2010 […] Seventy-one percent of all fuel consumed in Haiti is wood or charcoal, according to the US Agency for International Development. Every year, the country’s 9 million (and growing) inhabitants burn a quantity of wood and charcoal equal to 30 million trees. That’s 20 million more trees than Haiti grows yearly. […]