Deforestation impacts

B. Moon (1704021)

Sanxay District, Attapeu

CLIMATE CHANGE & DISASTERS

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

PRIORITIES & NEEDS

  1. Construct water facility (borehole)
  2. Construct pipe distribution system
  3. Build latrine (Sanitation)

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Ecosystem & Services:

  • - None

Sources of Income:

  • - Subsistence agriculture

Education:

  • - Kindergarten
  • - Primary
Basic Services

IMPACTS:

Health / Livestock

Changes over the past 30 years

DRY SEASON

Some increase

Some increase

WET SEASON

Slight increase

Slight increase

Water-bourne:

  • Diarrhea

HEALTH

Vector-bourne:

  • Encephalitis
  • Malaria

  • 1 every 10 years
  • Homes
  • Infrastructure
  • Less frequent
  • 1 every 3-5 years
  • Water
  • Crops
  • Less severe

No Landslides

   No floods

  No negative impact

   No positive impact

AGE: 0-17 18-56 >56

52%

24%

19%

9%

18%

15%

15%

48%

DEMOGRAPHICS

Population (2017):

1022

Main ethnic group:

Alak

Other ethnic group:

None

Religion:

Animism

Hazard Intensity: 1.03

Sensitivity: 3.3

Ranking: 3.41

VULNERABILITY INDEX

Hydropower impacts

   No hydropower dam

Mining impacts

   No mining activity