Just so you're aware: in that image, the border is not the prominent river. It's somewhat to the west of it. Looking at the rough area on the satellite view in

Just so you're aware: in that image, the border is not the prominent river. It's somewhat to the west of it. Looking at the rough area on the satellite view in Google Maps [1] suggests that there's not all that much difference between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Indeed, in your [a] link, you can see a decent swath of the Dominican Republic that looks as bad as the Haiti side in the picture... were you to continue a little southeast, the Dominican side would open up to an area just as large and just as deforested as that Haiti side. For most of the Haiti-Dominican border, it's actually challenging to distinguish the Haitian side from the Dominican side. [1] https://goo.gl/maps/yP9fnL2vCUCpLxBc9 https://goo.gl/maps/yP9fnL2vCUCpLxBc9