Deforestation impacts

B. Achinguile (1408031)

Samuoi District, Saravane

CLIMATE CHANGE & DISASTERS

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

PRIORITIES & NEEDS

  1. Construct new water source
  2. Build latrine (Sanitation)

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Ecosystem & Services:

  • - None

Sources of Income:

  • - Casual labor

Education:

  • - Kindergarten
  • - Primary
Basic Services

IMPACTS:

Health

Changes over the past 30 years

DRY SEASON

Significant Increase

Some increase

WET SEASON

Some increase

No change

Water-bourne:

  • Allergies
  • Skin

HEALTH

Vector-bourne:

    None

  • 1 every 10 years
  • Infrastructure
  • Less frequent
  • 1 every 10 years
  • Food
  • Less severe

No Landslides
  • 1 every 10 years
  • livelihoods
  • Health
  • Less severe
  • Loss of biodiversity (-)
  • Less food sources (-)
  • Industrial develop (+)
  • More agricultural land (+)

AGE: 0-17 18-56 >56

47%

10%

34%

3%

13%

36%

4%

53%

DEMOGRAPHICS

Population (2017):

734

Main ethnic group:

Kado

Other ethnic group:

None

Religion:

Animism

Hazard Intensity: 1.23

Sensitivity: 3.23

Ranking: 3.99

VULNERABILITY INDEX

Hydropower impacts

   No hydropower dam

Mining impacts

   No mining activity