Deforestation impacts

B. Talui (1502043)

Kaleum District, Sekong

CLIMATE CHANGE & DISASTERS

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

PRIORITIES & NEEDS

  1. Construct water facility (gravity fed)
  2. Improve water quality
  3. Build latrine (Sanitation)

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Ecosystem & Services:

  • - Grass
  • - Stream
  • - Water spring

Sources of Income:

  • - Casual labor

Education:

  • - None
Basic Services

IMPACTS:

Health / Water / Agriculture / Livestock

Changes over the past 30 years

DRY SEASON

Significant Increase

Slight Decrease

WET SEASON

Slight Decrease

Slight Decrease

Water-bourne:

  • Allergies
  • Diarrhea
  • Eye
  • Skin

HEALTH

Vector-bourne:

  • Dengue
  • Encephalitis
  • Malaria
  • Scrub typhus

  • Never
  • No impact
  • 0

No droughts

No Landslides

   No floods
  • Loss of biodiversity (-)
  • Erosion (-)
  • Less food sources (-)
  • Charcoal production (+)
  • More agricultural land (+)

DEMOGRAPHICS

Population (2017):

170

Main ethnic group:

Katu

Other ethnic group:

None

Religion:

Animism

Hazard Intensity: 0.9

Sensitivity: 3.5

Ranking: 3.15

VULNERABILITY INDEX

Hydropower impacts

   No hydropower dam

Mining impacts

   No mining activity