The Economic Development for a Sustainable Environment (Developpement Economique pour un Environnement Durable, DEED) project uses a market-based approach to integrate improved management of lands and other natural resource assets with expanded enterprise and job opportunities in the production of suitable high-value crops, creating livelihood options for hillside farmers currently trapped in poverty. Linking the management of natural resources to sound conservation while simultaneously offering livelihood options provides the essential stimulus for promoting sustainable watershed management. DAI's DEED team creates this link by weaving livelihood improvements into all aspects of watershed and natural resource management. DEED works in two watersheds in Haiti--one in the north, near Cap Haitien; the other near St. Marc, about two hours north of the capital, Port-au-Prince--to unlock the potential for growth by delivering the technical services, training, and business support needed to build the local skills and capacity to sustain growth. DAI's work provides rural communities with the economic incentives and knowledge to improve the management of critical watersheds and natural resources, emphasizing the introduction of high-value tree crops, the creation of new jobs, and the institutional strengthening of newly decentralized government agencies. DEED is working to: