CARIBBEAN

8 domains mapped · Code: HT

These are jurisdiction-specific research-progress records. They expose first moves, likely actors, and institutional infrastructure where mapped; they are not a claim that every country has a finished statutory memo for all 61 domains.

Canonical domain beta-W from Industrial Monoculture. Local route severity is a country-route triage value and is not used in the aggregate portfolio.

PRIMARY ROUTE:Haiti's near-total deforestation (98% forest loss) means any remaining agriculture operates on severely degraded land. The system dependence is already partially broken — Haiti has experienced the endpoint of deforestation-driven agricultural collapse. Reforestation is the intervention.

4 actor-lane actions mapped

Canonical domain beta-W from Firearms. Local route severity is a country-route triage value and is not used in the aggregate portfolio.

PRIMARY ROUTE:Gangs control most of Port-au-Prince through firearms almost entirely smuggled from the United States via the Miami River and Haitian ports, while Haiti produces no guns and has banned most imports. The supply chain is external and traceable, which makes interdiction a real lever rather than a domestic-manufacturing problem.

4 actor-lane actions mapped

Canonical domain beta-W from Deforestation & Industrial Logging. Local route severity is a country-route triage value and is not used in the aggregate portfolio.

PRIMARY ROUTE:Roughly 70 percent of Haitian households cook with charcoal and firewood, driving forest cover below 4 percent and stripping watersheds that then flood and silt farmland downstream. The private gain is cheap household fuel and charcoal-trader margins, while the lost soil retention and flood protection fall on everyone, and substitute fuels exist.

4 actor-lane actions mapped

Canonical domain beta-W from Topsoil Erosion. Local route severity is a country-route triage value and is not used in the aggregate portfolio.

PRIMARY ROUTE:Haiti loses an estimated tens of millions of tonnes of topsoil per year off deforested mountain slopes, cutting crop yields and burying coastal reefs and irrigation systems in silt. Farmers clearing marginal hillsides capture a short-term harvest while the eroded soil and downstream damage are borne by the whole watershed, and contour terracing and tree cover can hold it.

4 actor-lane actions mapped

Canonical domain beta-W from Fisheries. Local route severity is a country-route triage value and is not used in the aggregate portfolio.

PRIMARY ROUTE:Haiti's artisanal fleet of tens of thousands of small boats fishes depleted, silted reefs because there are few alternatives and no enforced catch limits, collapsing the stock that coastal communities depend on for protein. The daily catch is a private survival gain while the exhausted reef and lost food security are shared, and managed reserves have rebuilt nearby Caribbean stocks.

4 actor-lane actions mapped

Canonical domain beta-W from Plastics and Petrochemical Waste. Local route severity is a country-route triage value and is not used in the aggregate portfolio.

PRIMARY ROUTE:Haiti imports packaged goods and single-use sachets with almost no collection or recycling infrastructure, so plastic clogs the canals of Port-au-Prince and worsens the flooding that kills people in storms. Importers and retailers capture the convenience while the clogged drainage and choked coastline are borne by the city, and a sachet ban plus collection systems are achievable.

4 actor-lane actions mapped

Canonical domain beta-W from Insurance & Climate Risk Mispricing. Local route severity is a country-route triage value and is not used in the aggregate portfolio.

PRIMARY ROUTE:Haiti sits on a hurricane track and a major fault line yet carries almost no private property or crop insurance, so each earthquake and storm wipes out household assets and forces the state to rebuild from nothing. Insurers and the treasury avoid pricing the risk in the short run while uninsured families and the public budget absorb every disaster, and parametric pools already cover neighboring Caribbean states.

4 actor-lane actions mapped

Canonical domain beta-W from Sovereign Debt & Intergenerational Extraction. Local route severity is a country-route triage value and is not used in the aggregate portfolio.

PRIMARY ROUTE:Haiti carries heavy obligations to the central bank and bilateral lenders even as it lacks fiscal space for basic services, and monetary financing of deficits has fueled inflation that erodes household purchasing power. Creditors and short-term budget managers gain liquidity now while citizens absorb inflation and crowded-out public investment, and concessional restructuring is on the table for fragile states.

4 actor-lane actions mapped

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