Deforestation impacts

B. Pachoudone (1402007)

Ta oi District, Saravane

CLIMATE CHANGE & DISASTERS

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

PRIORITIES & NEEDS

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

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Ecosystem & Services:

  • - Rice
  • - Maize
  • - Livestock
  • - Grass
  • - Vegetables
  • - River

Sources of Income:

  • - Agriculture
  • - Subsistence agriculture
  • - Livestock

Education:

  • - Kindergarten
  • - Primary
  • - High school
Basic Services

IMPACTS:

Health / Water / Agriculture / Livestock

Changes over the past 30 years

DRY SEASON

Slight increase

Slight Decrease

WET SEASON

Slight increase

Slight Decrease

Water-bourne:

  • Allergies
  • Eye
  • Skin

HEALTH

Vector-bourne:

  • Dengue
  • Encephalitis
  • Malaria

  • Never
  • No impact

No droughts

No Landslides

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

AGE: 0-17 18-56 >56

50%

27%

22%

1%

29%

19%

2%

50%

DEMOGRAPHICS

Population (2017):

828

Main ethnic group:

Bakoe

Other ethnic group:

Katang, Lao

Religion:

Animism

Hazard Intensity: 1.8

Sensitivity: 2.1

Ranking: 3.78

VULNERABILITY INDEX

Hydropower impacts

   No hydropower dam

Mining impacts

   No mining activity