Deforestation impacts

B. Tangkard (1502072)

Kaleum District, Sekong

CLIMATE CHANGE & DISASTERS

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

PRIORITIES & NEEDS

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

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Ecosystem & Services:

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

Sources of Income:

  • - Casual labor

Education:

  • - Primary
Basic Services

IMPACTS:

Health / Water / Livestock

Changes over the past 30 years

DRY SEASON

Significant Increase

Slight Decrease

WET SEASON

Some increase

Some increase

Water-bourne:

  • Allergies
  • Diarrhea
  • Eye
  • Skin

HEALTH

Vector-bourne:

  • Dengue
  • Encephalitis
  • Malaria
  • Scrub typhus

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

No droughts

No Landslides

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

DEMOGRAPHICS

Population (2017):

247

Main ethnic group:

Chatong

Other ethnic group:

Ngkriang (Ngè’),
Alak

Religion:

Animism

Hazard Intensity: 1.3

Sensitivity: 3.13

Ranking: 4.07

VULNERABILITY INDEX

Hydropower impacts

   No hydropower dam

Mining impacts

   No mining activity