Haiti’s environment is undergoing a gradual p-ocess of severe degradation, which has immediately perceptible and sometimes irreversible effects, secialy with regard to loss of soils and decreasng agricultural yields. Even though this enviromental problem has arisen partially due to multiple non-energy factors (demographic prassures, agricultwal techniques, irregular land tenure practices), the fact remains that woodfuel consumption, especialy urban charcoal consumption, is a major contributor to deforestation. Tbis is not a newly noted phenomenon: experts have cited it for more than a decade. However during that time, no coherent, comprehensive program has been proposed or undertaken by the Haitian Government with assistance from international development agencies