Deforestation impacts

B. PinA (1408046)

Samuoi District, Saravane

CLIMATE CHANGE & DISASTERS

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

PRIORITIES & NEEDS

  1. Increase agricultural production
  2. Training and awareness raising (Food source)

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Ecosystem & Services:

  • - Rice
  • - Maize
  • - Sugar cane
  • - Coffee
  • - Vegetables
  • - Wood
  • - River

Sources of Income:

  • - Subsistence agriculture
  • - Livestock
  • - Casual labor

Education:

  • - Primary
Basic Services

IMPACTS:

Health / Water / Agriculture / Livestock

Changes over the past 30 years

DRY SEASON

Some increase

Some decrease

WET SEASON

Some decrease

Significant decrease

Water-bourne:

  • Diarrhea
  • Eye
  • Skin

HEALTH

Vector-bourne:

  • Dengue
  • Encephalitis
  • Malaria

  • 1 per year
  • Homes
  • Infrastructure
  • Life
  • Income
  • Not changing
  • 1 every 10 years
  • Water
  • Food
  • Crops
  • Less severe
  • Agriculture
  • 1 every 10 years
  • Houses
  • livelihoods
  • Health
  • Less severe


   No deforestation activity

AGE: 0-17 18-56 >56

52%

20%

17%

15%

21%

14%

13%

48%

DEMOGRAPHICS

Population (2017):

296

Main ethnic group:

Bakoe

Other ethnic group:

None

Religion:

Animism

Hazard Intensity: 1.43

Sensitivity: 3.6

Ranking: 5.16

VULNERABILITY INDEX

Hydropower impacts

   No hydropower dam

Mining impacts

   No mining activity