Deforestation impacts

B. Tangpang (1502026)

Kaleum District, Sekong

CLIMATE CHANGE & DISASTERS

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

PRIORITIES & NEEDS

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

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Ecosystem & Services:

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

Sources of Income:

  • - Casual labor

Education:

  • - Primary incomplete
Basic Services

IMPACTS:

Health / Agriculture / Livestock

Changes over the past 30 years

DRY SEASON

No change

Slight Decrease

WET SEASON

Slight increase

Significant Increase

Water-bourne:

  • Allergies
  • Eye
  • Skin

HEALTH

Vector-bourne:

  • Dengue
  • Encephalitis
  • Malaria

  • Never
  • No impact

No droughts

No Landslides

   No floods
  • Less food sources (-)

   No positive impact

DEMOGRAPHICS

Population (2017):

266

Main ethnic group:

Chatong

Other ethnic group:

Lao, Ngkriang (Ngè’)

Religion:

Animism

Hazard Intensity: 0.8

Sensitivity: 3.4

Ranking: 2.72

VULNERABILITY INDEX

Hydropower impacts

   No hydropower dam

Mining impacts

   No mining activity