Deforestation impacts

B. Asao (1408021)

Samuoi District, Saravane

CLIMATE CHANGE & DISASTERS

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

PRIORITIES & NEEDS

  1. Build latrine (Health)
  2. Construct pipe distribution system
  3. Improve pipe distribution system

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Ecosystem & Services:

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

Sources of Income:

  • - Subsistence agriculture
  • - Livestock

Education:

  • - None
Basic Services

IMPACTS:

Health / Agriculture / Livestock

Changes over the past 30 years

DRY SEASON

No change

Slight Decrease

WET SEASON

No change

Slight Decrease

Water-bourne:

  • Diarrhea
  • Eye
  • Skin

HEALTH

Vector-bourne:

  • Dengue
  • Encephalitis
  • Malaria

  • More than 1 per year
  • Homes
  • Income
  • Not changing

No droughts

No Landslides

   No floods


   No deforestation activity

AGE: 0-17 18-56 >56

41%

20%

18%

4%

26%

22%

5%

53%

DEMOGRAPHICS

Population (2017):

133

Main ethnic group:

Kado

Other ethnic group:

None

Religion:

Animism

Hazard Intensity: 0.4

Sensitivity: 4.2

Ranking: 1.68

VULNERABILITY INDEX

Hydropower impacts

   No hydropower dam

Mining impacts

   No mining activity