Deforestation impacts

B. Darkta ork yai (1503028)

Dakcheung District, Sekong

CLIMATE CHANGE & DISASTERS

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

PRIORITIES & NEEDS

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

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Ecosystem & Services:

  • - Livestock
  • - Coffee

Sources of Income:

  • - Subsistence agriculture
  • - Casual labor

Education:

  • - Kindergarten
  • - Primary incomplete
Basic Services

IMPACTS:

Health / Livestock

Changes over the past 30 years

DRY SEASON

Slight Decrease

Slight Decrease

WET SEASON

Significant Increase

Slight Decrease

Water-bourne:

  • Diarrhea

HEALTH

Vector-bourne:

  • Malaria

  • More than 1 per year
  • Infrastructure
  • Income
  • More frequent

No droughts

No Landslides

   No floods
  • Loss of biodiversity (-)
  • Industrial develop (+)
  • More agricultural land (+)

AGE: 0-17 18-56 >56

50%

25%

23%

2%

23%

24%

3%

50%

DEMOGRAPHICS

Population (2017):

318

Main ethnic group:

Tariang

Other ethnic group:

None

Religion:

Animism

Hazard Intensity: 1.9

Sensitivity: 3.13

Ranking: 5.95

VULNERABILITY INDEX

Hydropower impacts

   No positive impact
  • Changing river flows (-)
  • Water availability (-)

Mining impacts

   No mining activity