Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

INTERPRETATION OF LANDSAT IMAGERY TO CHANGES IN THE LAND COVER CONDITIONS IN BUKIT TANGKILING NATURE RESERVE AND NATURAL TOURISM PARKS IN PALANGKA RAYA CITY CENTRAL KALIMANTAN PROVINCE, INDONESIA

Saptawartono, Widen, K., Segah, H. and Yanarita

Abstract

Bukit Tangkiling Nature Reserve (CA) and Natural Tourism Park (TWA) covers an area of 2,594 ha with unique potential natural resources (SDA), which has a high and strategic sale value in the context of community economic development and regional development, especially in Palangka Raya City, Central Kalimantan Province . In addition to having the potential for the use of clean water, honey bees, environmental recreation services and religious services, in this region there are 9 (nine) rock hills that have a large enough stone potential to be mined and utilized by the community to fulfill their socioeconomic needs, as well as to meet the needs of raw materials for the construction of the city of Palangka Raya and its surrounding areas. If the existing potential natural resources are not wisely managed and utilized, it is feared that there will be environmental damage and the loss of potential natural resources. Therefore, information about changes in land covers that have occurred so far is needed, and is able to be obtained through research activities on Lands at image interpretation on changes in conditions of land cover in the Bukit Tangkiling CA and TWA. The results can be used as recommendations for the government to make an improvement in implementing the region’s management and utilization policies in the future. Based on the results of research conducted on five classes of land cover in Bukit Tangkiling CA and TWA, it can be concluded that the land cover class of dry land forest has decreased by 102.49 ha (42.40%) from 1996 (241.74 ha) to 2017 (139.49 ha), bush and shrub land experienced a wide decline of 835.86 ha (50.10%) from 1996 (1,668.42 ha) to 2017 (832.56 ha), residential land and non-agricultural land increased by 457.06 ha (649.42%) from 1996 (70.38 ha) to 2007 (527.44 ha), open land increased by 435.76 ha (4,567.71%) from 1996 (9.54 ha) to 2017 (445.30), and aquatic land increased by 44.89 ha (4,489%) from 1996 (0 ha) to 2017 (44.89 ha).