Deforestation impacts

B. Maythavone (1704023)

Sanxay District, Attapeu

CLIMATE CHANGE & DISASTERS

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

PRIORITIES & NEEDS

  1. Construct water facility (borehole)
  2. Build latrine (Health)
  3. Vaccinate animals/lifestock

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Ecosystem & Services:

  • - None

Sources of Income:

  • - Livestock
  • - Casual labor

Education:

  • - Primary
Basic Services

IMPACTS:

Health / Livestock

Changes over the past 30 years

DRY SEASON

Slight increase

No change

WET SEASON

Slight increase

No change

Water-bourne:

  • Eye
  • Skin
  • Scrub typhus

HEALTH

Vector-bourne:

  • Dengue
  • Encephalitis

  • Never
  • No impact

No droughts

No Landslides

   No floods

  No negative impact

   No positive impact

AGE: 0-17 18-56 >56

53%

19%

21%

13%

17%

19%

11%

47%

DEMOGRAPHICS

Population (2017):

514

Main ethnic group:

Tariang

Other ethnic group:

None

Religion:

Animism

Hazard Intensity: 0.4

Sensitivity: 3.23

Ranking: 1.29

VULNERABILITY INDEX

Hydropower impacts

   No hydropower dam

Mining impacts

   No mining activity