Project P7043 · Ongoing · April 2023 to October 2026
Tiburon, Les Irois and Moron, Haiti · With the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
In figures
The project
Grand-Bois National Natural Park, in the Massif de la Hotte, is a high-priority protected area of the Macaya Biosphere Reserve: at least 68 vertebrate species live there, including 19 threatened amphibians. Around the park, poverty is high, the State is almost absent and charcoal is often the only source of income.
The project protects and restores ecosystems while giving communities alternative income: reforestation, jobs, community savings, value chains and park governance. It is led by ASB with the FeODTi federation and the Haiti National Trust, in Tiburon, Les Irois and Moron. It follows a first project of the same kind.
Official title
Strengthening the resilience of ecosystems and the communities of the Macaya Biosphere Reserve in Haiti which are vulnerable to climate change
P7043 (formerly HTI2302, “Climate II”)
Ongoing, extended to 31 October 2026
Tiburon, Les Irois and Moron (Massif de la Hotte)
BMZ and ASB’s own resources
ASB, FeODTi and Haiti National Trust
April 2023 to October 2026
€2,444,444
11,354 people
What the project does
Reforestation
77,147 seedlings were planted in 2024, 124% of the target. The restored area grew from 25 to 52 hectares, with 300 volunteers involved.
Local jobs
337 day labourers were employed in 2024 on restoration work, 39% of them women.
Community savings
100 savings associations (VSLA) and 2,384 members, 62% of them women, with more than 11 million gourdes saved (2024 figures).
Value chains
90 people were trained; beekeeping, cocoa and banana were identified as promising sectors.
Park protection
Six rangers watch over the park and illegal activity fell by about 96% (February 2025 review). A land survey delivered its first results on 185 plots.
Park governance
Rehabilitation of six critical points, a park governance protocol and an environmental management plan are planned.
Photos and videos of the project
See the project in the field, through the galleries.
Photo gallery
Images from the field: distributions, gardens, savings groups, livestock.
Project news
Partners and coordination
With the support of
Implemented by
Coordination partners
ANAP and MARNDR (Forestry Directorate) · Ministry of the Environment (MDE) · CIAT (land survey).