Thousands of hectares of forest land were torn down leaving dozens of communities cut off due to flooding and the destruction of access routes.
The landscape is scenic, with fairly deep steep-sided valleys and about 10,000 acres (4,000 hectares) of forest.
It will also help to protect 120m hectares of forest.
Thousand of hectares of forest burned in the fires, killing 54 people and leaving thousands homeless.
Five million hectares of forest had been stripped of life by high explosives and Agent Orange.
Honduras committed to plant or restore 1m hectares of forest by 2030.
For every hectare of coca production, two to three hectares of forest are destroyed.
Between 2001 and 2012, the region lost 36m hectares of forest and grassland to agricultural expansion.
According to Global Forest Watch, the Dominican Republic lost more than 200,000 hectares of forest between 2001 and 2014.
Morocco has also committed to planting 200,000 hectares of forest (pdf) and greatly increasing in irrigation.
Since 1990, over 3m hectares of forest in Romania has been returned to purported former owners through the restitution process.
