Haiti and UNDP ink agreement for water resources management

A $22 million project to strengthen resilience to climate change through integrated flood management in the Trois-Rivières basin was inked within the framework of the UN Climate Change Conference, held through December 12 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

 

The initaive will promote ecosystem-based flood management solutions on over 25,000 hectares of land and to focus on climate-resilient agricultural practices so as to limit soil degradation in the area.

 

Haiti´s Environment Ministry, with support from UNDP and Heifer International, will roll out this new project over an eight-year period through a cross-sectoral approach to address the multiple challenges.