Deforestation impacts

B. Lakhab (1402005)

Ta oi District, Saravane

CLIMATE CHANGE & DISASTERS

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

PRIORITIES & NEEDS

  1. Construct water facility (borehole)
  2. Repair water reservoir
  3. Increase agricultural production (expand production area)

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Ecosystem & Services:

  • - Rice
  • - Maize
  • - Livestock
  • - Vegetables
  • - Wood
  • - Stream

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

No change

Some decrease

Water-bourne:

  • Allergies
  • Eye
  • Skin

HEALTH

Vector-bourne:

  • Dengue
  • Encephalitis
  • Malaria

  • 1 every 3-5 years
  • Homes
  • Less frequent

No droughts

No Landslides

   No floods
  • Loss of biodiversity (-)
  • Less food sources (-)
  • More agricultural land (+)

AGE: 0-17 18-56 >56

49%

23%

18%

8%

28%

17%

6%

51%

DEMOGRAPHICS

Population (2017):

513

Main ethnic group:

Katang

Other ethnic group:

Bakoe

Religion:

Animism

Hazard Intensity: 1

Sensitivity: 2.87

Ranking: 2.87

VULNERABILITY INDEX

Hydropower impacts

   No hydropower dam

Mining impacts

   No mining activity