Deforestation impacts

B. Hanong neua (1502013)

Kaleum District, Sekong

CLIMATE CHANGE & DISASTERS

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

PRIORITIES & NEEDS

  1. Build latrine (Sanitation)
  2. Vaccinate animals/lifestock

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Ecosystem & Services:

  • - Grass
  • - Stream
  • - Water spring

Sources of Income:

  • - Livestock
  • - Casual labor

Education:

  • - Primary
Basic Services

IMPACTS:

Health / Livestock

Changes over the past 30 years

DRY SEASON

No change

Slight Decrease

WET SEASON

No change

Significant Increase

Water-bourne:

  • Allergies
  • Diarrhea
  • Eye
  • Skin

HEALTH

Vector-bourne:

  • Dengue
  • Encephalitis
  • Malaria
  • Scrub typhus

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

No droughts

No Landslides

   No floods
  • Loss of biodiversity (-)
  • Less food sources (-)

   No positive impact

DEMOGRAPHICS

Population (2017):

235

Main ethnic group:

Ngkriang (Ngè’)

Other ethnic group:

Katu, Lao

Religion:

Animism

Hazard Intensity: 0.6

Sensitivity: 3.43

Ranking: 2.06

VULNERABILITY INDEX

Hydropower impacts

   No hydropower dam

Mining impacts

   No mining activity