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For our first project, I wanted to do some research on how dire the deforestation problem in Haiti has become in the last 20 years. It was pretty difficult to find raw data on tree cover. I luckily found a website that focuses on global deforestation. Even though some of the most recent stats only came from 2010, I still think it did a good job of displaying the continual and detrimental decline of net forest cover.

I was pretty happy with the aesthetics of the graphic. I thought the style and colors fit with the theme. I wish I could have given more current relevance to this story, but it’s something I think we should know about. Haiti could be an example of what happens when we continuously cut down our forests.

I tried giving an understanding of the long term impacts that deforestation would have on a country, especially in pullouts to further explain graphics.