Deforestation impacts

B. Taneung+Vang (1502035)

Kaleum District, Sekong

CLIMATE CHANGE & DISASTERS

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

PRIORITIES & NEEDS

  1. Build latrine (Sanitation)
  2. Construct water facility (gravity fed)
  3. Diversify livelihoods

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Ecosystem & Services:

  • - Maize
  • - Livestock
  • - Sugar cane
  • - Water spring

Sources of Income:

  • - Livestock

Education:

  • - Primary
  • - High school
Basic Services

IMPACTS:

Livestock

Changes over the past 30 years

DRY SEASON

Slight increase

No change

WET SEASON

Slight increase

Slight increase

Water-bourne:

  • Allergies
  • Diarrhea
  • Eye
  • Skin

HEALTH

Vector-bourne:

  • Dengue
  • Encephalitis
  • Malaria

  • Never
  • No impact

No droughts

No Landslides

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

   No positive impact

DEMOGRAPHICS

Population (2017):

371

Main ethnic group:

Katu

Other ethnic group:

None

Religion:

Animism

Hazard Intensity: 0.5

Sensitivity: 3.1

Ranking: 1.55

VULNERABILITY INDEX

Hydropower impacts

   No hydropower dam

Mining impacts

   No mining activity