Cange, Haiti

 

Rob Sheridan’s picture shows an example of a scarp created by a slump on a hillside near the Artibonite River Valley

Mass wasting is mechanical erosion bought on by the slopes lack of resistance to gravity.

Causes of mass wasting:                                                                                                          

  - earthquakes

• overburden from structures
• increased soil moisture
• reduction of roots holding the soil to bedrock
• undercutting of slope
• weathering
• bioturbation
• volcanic edifice over-steepening

Mitigation: Read here about tree-planting, more tree-planting  & terracing

Mass Wasting - Learn More Here

After Hurricane Jeanne, The United Nations Security Council created the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti to assist in restoring political order and economic recovery. The Environmental Group has outlined three priority interventions involving environmental management: 1) reduction of pressure on wood resources, 2) improved environmental resource management and planning, and 3) sustainable and integrated disaster risk management through the implementation of a National Risk and Disaster Management Plan. The national civil protection agency is in charge of risk and disaster management activities. It is headed by the National Committee of Risk and Disaster Management, led by the Ministry of Interior. The Permanent Secretariat of Risk and Disaster Management, led by the General Directorate of the Ministry of Interior. http://www.champ.gatech/