Deforestation impacts

B. Phog (1701017)

Xaysetha District, Attapeu

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:

  • - Rice

Sources of Income:

  • - Subsistence agriculture
  • - Livestock
  • - Casual labor

Education:

  • - Primary
  • - High school
Basic Services

IMPACTS:

Health / Livestock

Changes over the past 30 years

DRY SEASON

Significant Increase

No change

WET SEASON

No change

Significant decrease

Water-bourne:

  • Diarrhea
  • Eye

HEALTH

Vector-bourne:

  • Dengue
  • Malaria

  • 1 every 3-5 years
  • Homes
  • Not changing
  • 1 every 10 years
  • Water
  • Food
  • Crops
  • Less severe

No Landslides
  • 1 every 3-5 years
  • Houses
  • livelihoods
  • Less severe


   No deforestation activity

DEMOGRAPHICS

Population (2017):

2496

Main ethnic group:

Cheng

Other ethnic group:

Lao

Religion:

Buddhism

Hazard Intensity: 2.2

Sensitivity: 2.67

Ranking: 5.87

VULNERABILITY INDEX

Hydropower impacts

   No positive impact
  • Water availability (-)

Mining impacts

   No mining activity