Deforestation impacts

B. Bongnam (1402035)

Ta oi District, Saravane

CLIMATE CHANGE & DISASTERS

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

PRIORITIES & NEEDS

  1. Construct pipe distribution system
  2. Construct water facility (borehole)
  3. Increase agricultural production

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Ecosystem & Services:

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

Sources of Income:

  • - Subsistence agriculture
  • - Livestock
  • - Casual labor

Education:

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

IMPACTS:

Health / Water / Agriculture / Livestock

Changes over the past 30 years

DRY SEASON

Slight increase

Slight increase

WET SEASON

Slight increase

Slight Decrease

Water-bourne:

  • Allergies
  • Diarrhea
  • Eye
  • Skin

HEALTH

Vector-bourne:

  • Dengue
  • Encephalitis
  • Malaria

  • 1 every 10 years
  • Homes
  • Infrastructure
  • Income
  • Less frequent

No droughts

No Landslides

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

AGE: 0-17 18-56 >56

47%

24%

21%

3%

28%

19%

6%

53%

DEMOGRAPHICS

Population (2017):

544

Main ethnic group:

Ta Oy

Other ethnic group:

Lao

Religion:

Animism

Hazard Intensity: 1.7

Sensitivity: 2.23

Ranking: 3.8

VULNERABILITY INDEX

Hydropower impacts

   No hydropower dam

Mining impacts

   No mining activity