Deforestation impacts

B. Laxaeng (1402004)

Ta oi District, Saravane

CLIMATE CHANGE & DISASTERS

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

PRIORITIES & NEEDS

  1. Repair bridge (suspended)
  2. Construct pipe distribution system
  3. Pipe under road

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Ecosystem & Services:

  • - Rice
  • - Maize
  • - Livestock
  • - Sugar cane
  • - Vegetables
  • - Wood

Sources of Income:

  • - Subsistence agriculture
  • - Livestock

Education:

  • - Primary
Basic Services

IMPACTS:

Health / Water / Agriculture / Livestock

Changes over the past 30 years

DRY SEASON

Slight increase

Some decrease

WET SEASON

Some decrease

Some decrease

Water-bourne:

  • Allergies
  • Diarrhea
  • Eye
  • Skin

HEALTH

Vector-bourne:

  • Dengue
  • Encephalitis
  • Malaria

  • 1 every 10 years
  • Homes
  • Infrastructure
  • Life
  • Income
  • Not changing
  • 1 every 10 years
  • Food
  • Crops
  • Less severe

No Landslides
  • 1 every 10 years
  • Houses
  • livelihoods
  • Health
  • Less severe
  • Loss of biodiversity (-)
  • Erosion (-)
  • Less food sources (-)
  • More agricultural land (+)

AGE: 0-17 18-56 >56

57%

28%

20%

9%

21%

19%

3%

43%

DEMOGRAPHICS

Population (2017):

744

Main ethnic group:

Ta Oy

Other ethnic group:

Katang

Religion:

Animism,
Christian

Hazard Intensity: 1.13

Sensitivity: 3.43

Ranking: 3.89

VULNERABILITY INDEX

Hydropower impacts

   No hydropower dam

Mining impacts

   No mining activity