Deforestation impacts

B. Sakare (1701030)

Xaysetha District, Attapeu

CLIMATE CHANGE & DISASTERS

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

PRIORITIES & NEEDS

  1. Construct water facility (borehole)

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Ecosystem & Services:

  • - River

Sources of Income:

  • - Subsistence agriculture
  • - Livestock
  • - Trade

Education:

  • - Kindergarten
  • - Primary
  • - High school
Basic Services

IMPACTS:

Health

Changes over the past 30 years

DRY SEASON

Significant Increase

Slight Decrease

WET SEASON

Significant Increase

Slight Decrease

Water-bourne:

    None

HEALTH

Vector-bourne:

  • Dengue
  • Malaria

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

No Landslides
  • 1 every 10 years
  • Houses
  • livelihoods
  • Less severe
  • Less food sources (-)
  • Industrial develop (+)

DEMOGRAPHICS

Population (2017):

3525

Main ethnic group:

Lao

Other ethnic group:

Brao

Religion:

Buddhism, Animism

Hazard Intensity: 1.53

Sensitivity: 2.17

Ranking: 3.32

VULNERABILITY INDEX

Hydropower impacts

   No hydropower dam

Mining impacts

   No positive impact

  • Water contamination(-)