Friday, as part of the weekly conferences of the Ministry of Environment (MDE) Engineer Dwinel Belizaire, Director of the National Observatory of Environment and Vulnerability (ONEV) a technical directorate of MDE was invited to popularize the role of ONEV.



During his speech, Bélizaire explained that the mission of ONEV was to set up a national institutional and technical structure for the production, analysis and dissemination of environmental information necessary for decision-making and prospective reflections aimed at stimulating the exchange of information, the production of data and scientific analyzes between institutions, for a rational management of the environment in general and a monitoring of the vulnerability to natural hazards in Haiti in particular.



This important structure is spread over 3 axes:




• A scientific and technical axis for monitoring and environmental assessment, the promotion of scientific research in the field of sustainable development at the national level, ecological monitoring ;



• An axis of support-advice in environmental policies / strategies targeting the development of sectoral environmental policies of interest, the updating of the national environmental policy ;



• An informational Axis, vector of information dissemination useful to users of the ONEV, emphasizing synergy, the promotion of partnerships and products of the Observatory, etc...



In terms of the achievements of the ONEV, Belizaire reported on the one hand that with partners 6 seismological stations have already been installed across the country, particularly one station in the North, one in the Center, 2 in the department of West, one in the Southeast and one in the South adding that preparations are underway to install two more stations in Grand'Anse and North-wEST.



On the other hand he indicated that the ONEV was still installing in collaboration with partners, 6 seismometers (detector of the movements of the soil which comprises a mechanical sensor, an amplifier and a recorder) which will make it possible to have a better understanding of seismic risk and its evolution. In addition, 5 hydro-meteorological stations are being installed also in the departments of West, South, North-West, North-East and Grand'Anse in order to ensure the monitoring of the pluviometry and the quality control of some rivers and the quality of the environment.



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