In recent years, as population in the area grew, the demand for land to secure access to food, water,
shelter, fodder, energy and security escalated. The thick forests became dominated by agriculture. Indigenous
trees that nature provided to stabilize loose soils after heavy rainfall and hold excess water were heavily
reduced. Today climate change causes heavier rainfall to an already unstable soil structure. This results in
slope failure. Depending on which side of the mountain you are located, the risks of heavy rain are either
floods or landslides