A successful 2019 Conférence Environnementale!

Thank you everyone who attended the 2019 Conférence Environnementale at UCNH in north Haiti. Speakers included:

UCNH President Dr. Dona Darius - Opening remarks

Agr. Robert Brunet - 

Dr. Hector Fabian, CFAIM & UCNH - Stratégie de Gestion des Ressources Naturelles par le CFAIM

Minister of the Environment of the North

Josué CÉLISCAR, FoProBiM - The Importance of Coastal and Marine Resources in Haiti 

Berlin Desir - Le changement climatique en Haïti: Vulnérabilité et impacts

Prof. Debbie Baker, UCNH - The Importance of Environmental Education

Agr. Guy Buckmaster - Reforestation initiatives of UCNH

Dr. Henri-Claude Telusma, UCNH - Action Universitaire pour la Protection de l’environnement - Le vendredi 22 mars 2019 - vous êtes invites a prendre part avec nous!

UCNH Past President Dr. Jules Cassius - Closing prayer

Conférence Environnementale - 15 March 2019

Friday 15 March 9am - 1pm, followed by lunch. 7am bird walk and campus tour.

To present and discuss environmental work and organizations in the north of Haiti.

Location: Université Chrétienne du Nord d'Haïti, Haut Limbe, 1 hour drive from Cap Haitien
https://goo.gl/maps/QRo8Xn3UGu32 If you are coming from Cap on Rt Natl 1, after you climb the steep hill and have finished the descent, look for the yellow C.A.M. sign on the left and turn there!

Coming from Limbe, look for the yellow C.A.M. sign on the right before you begin the climb up the steep hill.

Keep going until you see the ocean scene mural on the right - go through the gate. Parking available on campus.

Présentations par:
• Societe Audubon Haiti - http://audubonhaiti.org/
• Fondation pour la Protection de la Biodiversite Marine (FoProBiM) www.foprobim.org
• Ministère de l'Environnement d'Haïti
• Berlin Desir - Leader de la réalité climatique
• Debbie Baker – Éducation environnementale
• Agr. Guy Buckmaster - UCNH Reforestation and Restoration Initiative

Booths/posters about environmental work in Haiti welcome! Please contact Debbie Baker naturesphoto@hotmail.com.

Morning walk to see the birds on campus! Over 30 species here!

Étudiants avec ID/Students with ID – free registration, nominal lunch fee.
Lunch and registration fees (nominal) and process to be announced!

Environmental Education in Haut Limbe

Evangelic Baptiste

In Nov. 2018 my translator and I started going to schools in Haut Limbe to teach about the importance of birds in Haiti’s environment. As in other communities, the children’s first response to the question “Do you like hawks” is “no, they eat chickens!” We explain that hawks eat many more mice and rats than chickens, and also talk about the importance of parakeets to spreading seeds and hummingbirds in pollinating. Many boys have killed birds with slingshots, including my translator. He regrets this saying he wouldn’t have done this if only he knew that birds were important! So we are on an anti-slingshot campaign. Most of this kids in the 10 or so schools in the area know who he is and have starting telling on each other! I will keep track of our progress in future blogs.

Bon Berger (Limbe)

Bon Le Berger Kindergarten

Emmaus du Haut Limbe

Limbe Academy