Deforestation impacts

B. Pom (1502038)

Kaleum District, Sekong

CLIMATE CHANGE & DISASTERS

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

PRIORITIES & NEEDS

  1. Improve water quality
  2. Build latrine (Sanitation)

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Ecosystem & Services:

  • - Grass
  • - Water spring

Sources of Income:

  • - Casual labor

Education:

  • - Primary incomplete
Basic Services

IMPACTS:

Health / Agriculture / Livestock

Changes over the past 30 years

DRY SEASON

Some increase

Slight Decrease

WET SEASON

Some increase

Significant decrease

Water-bourne:

  • Allergies
  • Diarrhea
  • Eye
  • Skin

HEALTH

Vector-bourne:

  • Dengue
  • Encephalitis
  • Malaria

  • 1 every 10 years
  • Infrastructure
  • Income
  • Less frequent
  • 1 every 10 years
  • Water
  • Food
  • Crops
  • Less severe

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

DEMOGRAPHICS

Population (2017):

181

Main ethnic group:

Katu

Other ethnic group:

None

Religion:

Animism

Hazard Intensity: 1.63

Sensitivity: 3.93

Ranking: 6.42

VULNERABILITY INDEX

Hydropower impacts

   No hydropower dam

Mining impacts

   No mining activity