Geographic information system change forest mangrove primary at Districts Merauke

Mangrove forests are the main types of plants with excellent ability to store and absorb carbon. Merauke Regency is one of the districts with the largest mangrove forest in Indonesia. The results of calculations in this study use Geographic Information System technology in 2012 the primary area of p...

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Published in:IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science 2019-10, Vol.343 (1), p.12205
Main Authors: Xaverius, F, Jayawardana, H, Zubaedah, R, Iswoyo, H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Forests
Geographic information systems
Mangrove swamps
Remote sensing
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Summary:Mangrove forests are the main types of plants with excellent ability to store and absorb carbon. Merauke Regency is one of the districts with the largest mangrove forest in Indonesia. The results of calculations in this study use Geographic Information System technology in 2012 the primary area of primary mangrove forest reached 195,401, 20 ha and in 2016 the total area of primary mangrove forest reached 210,310 ha. The most dominant addition of primary mangrove forest occurred in the Waan sub-district reaching 3,862.01 Ha with an area of 71,199.99 Ha and the most dominant decline in forest area occurred in the Merauke sub-district reaching 0.12 Ha with an area of 1,195.12 Ha.
ISSN:1755-1307
1755-1315
DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/343/1/012205