During a recent appearance on the local Haitian broadcast program “État des Lieux” on November 14, 2026, Pierre André Gédéon, Director General of Haiti’s National Agency for Protected Areas (ANAP), laid out a comprehensive roadmap of ongoing and planned interventions designed to reinforce the long-term conservation of the country’s fragile natural ecosystems. Gédéon emphasized that ANAP’s core mandate centers on the sustained stewardship of all 32 officially designated protected areas across the Caribbean nation, many of which house globally rare endemic species at risk from unregulated development and environmental degradation.
Three flagship sites were highlighted as priority focus areas for upcoming agency investment. The first, Macaya National Natural Park, spans 8,726 hectares across the South and Grand’Anse departments, supporting a one-of-a-kind ecosystem that hosts 65 distinct bird species, 161 orchid varieties, and 38 species found nowhere else on Earth. The second, Trois Baies Natural Park, is a uniquely mixed marine-terrestrial protected zone where 70% of its territory consists of coastal and ocean habitats, with the remaining 25% covering adjacent land areas, supporting more than 179 documented distinct species across its interconnected ecosystems. The third highlighted site, Canapé-Vert Park, is a compact 33.47-hectare urban and peri-urban green space renowned for its rich collection of native medicinal plants. ANAP has already completed targeted native species planting campaigns across Canapé-Vert to expand floral diversity, reverse decades of deforestation-related vegetation loss, and restore the site’s critical vegetative cover.
Gédéon outlined that the full suite of ANAP’s new programs will integrate three interconnected pillars: rigorous natural resource protection enforcement, collaborative partnerships with local and international scientific research institutions to monitor ecosystem health, and widespread public outreach and awareness campaigns to engage local communities as active stewards of protected areas. The agency’s overarching goal is to establish a durable, community-centered sustainable management framework that preserves Haiti’s unique natural heritage for future generations.