Detail two ways your country or local government could address and stop those environmental threats

Haiti is a beautiful tropical nation. 60% of the country was covered with verdant forests in 1923.  However, over the years deforestation has increased and nearly 98% of the island's forests have been cut down.
From 2000 to 2005 deforestation increased by 20%.  Finally, in 2011, the government stepped in and passed the deforestation act of 2011. But this is just a small start.
Using domestic and foreign investors, the government is striving to implement reforestation programs. They plan to plant millions of trees. The goal is to double the forest coverage by 2016, however, even with doubling it, only 4% of the forests will be planted. This will be a slow process, it takes time for the trees to grow, and with the nature of the weather patterns in the region and the occurrence hurricanes, it will affect the growth of the trees.
Another way the government can assist with this deforestation issue, is to fund alternate fuel sources, such as grass biofuel. With government assistance the farmers can be incented to grow the fuel source and the women encouraged to sell the fuel. If the people of Haiti have a viable alternate fuel source, this will help cut down on the rampant destruction of the forests.  Haiti is a poor country and the people need charcoal as a fuel for cooking and feeding their families. With an alarmingly high unemployment rate, the people need jobs, they need income, so even though the deforestation is a massive issue, keeping your family fed, is more important. So even though the trees are being cut down, people will continue with the destruction, if it's the only way to keep their families fed.
The issue with deforestation will also take a big initiative to educate the people of Haiti about the damaging affects of their fuel collection. I find that this similar to the issue some countries face in Central America, such as Costa Rica, with the eating of sea turtle eggs.  This practice is devastating to the sea turtle life cycle, because it takes the turtle 25 years to reach sexual maturity. So, if the eggs are being eaten it creates a big problem for the turtles to reach the age to be able to reproduce. Thus the likelihood of the turtles reproducing is diminished. Similarly, in Haiti, with the continual deforestation of trees for fuel for cooking, the life cycle of the trees can not be completed.  The government needs to help educate the people about the devastating affects of deforestation, including soil erosion.
If the government takes a dual pronged approach of educating the people of Haiti, as well as providing funding for replanting of trees, over time, the issue with deforestation will hopefully be cut back significantly.  By 2016, the estimated progress will only be 2% better, clearly to see substantial progress will take many years.  But, the time is now to begin the process.

References:

http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/ourwork/environmentandenergy/successstories/reforestation-project-brings-life-and-growth-to-haitian-communit/
http://haitiinnovation.org/en/blog-tags-2/reforestation
http://www.lambifund.org/programs_reforestation.shtml