Deforestation impacts

B. kamouan (1402031)

Ta oi District, Saravane

CLIMATE CHANGE & DISASTERS

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

PRIORITIES & NEEDS

  1. Construct pipe distribution system
  2. Build latrine (Sanitation)
  3. Village drug kit

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Ecosystem & Services:

  • - Rice
  • - Maize
  • - Coffee
  • - Grass
  • - Vegetables
  • - Wood

Sources of Income:

  • - Subsistence agriculture
  • - Livestock

Education:

  • - Kindergarten
  • - Primary
Basic Services

IMPACTS:

Health / Water / Agriculture / Livestock

Changes over the past 30 years

DRY SEASON

Slight Decrease

Slight Decrease

WET SEASON

Slight increase

Slight Decrease

Water-bourne:

  • Allergies
  • Eye
  • Skin

HEALTH

Vector-bourne:

  • Dengue
  • Encephalitis

  • 1 every 10 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

50%

25%

17%

8%

25%

13%

12%

50%

DEMOGRAPHICS

Population (2017):

418

Main ethnic group:

Ta Oy

Other ethnic group:

Lao

Religion:

Animism

Hazard Intensity: 1.6

Sensitivity: 3.4

Ranking: 5.44

VULNERABILITY INDEX

Hydropower impacts

   No hydropower dam

Mining impacts

   No mining activity