Deforestation impacts

B. Darkwor+Dark ark (1503127)

Dakcheung District, Sekong

CLIMATE CHANGE & DISASTERS

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

PRIORITIES & NEEDS

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

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Ecosystem & Services:

  • - Livestock
  • - Coffee

Sources of Income:

  • - Subsistence agriculture
  • - Livestock
  • - Casual labor

Education:

  • - Kindergarten
  • - Primary
Basic Services

IMPACTS:

Health / Water / Livestock

Changes over the past 30 years

DRY SEASON

Significant Increase

Significant Increase

WET SEASON

Slight Decrease

Slight Decrease

Water-bourne:

  • Diarrhea
  • Eye

HEALTH

Vector-bourne:

  • Dengue
  • Encephalitis

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

No droughts

No Landslides

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

AGE: 0-17 18-56 >56

51%

25%

22%

4%

23%

22%

4%

49%

DEMOGRAPHICS

Population (2017):

445

Main ethnic group:

Yè (Jeh)

Other ethnic group:

None

Religion:

Animism

Hazard Intensity: 1.1

Sensitivity: 3.13

Ranking: 3.45

VULNERABILITY INDEX

Hydropower impacts

   No hydropower dam

Mining impacts

   No mining activity