Multi-temporal Land-Cover Classification of Kinabalu Eco-Linc Site and the Protected Park Areas

The Crocker Range Park and Kinabalu Park are Sabah's largest terrestrial parks physically separated by approximately 10 km. Both parks are involved in a set up plan of ecological linkages to connect and further strengthen the biodiversity conservation efforts in the State of Sabah. The part of...

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Published in:Journal of physics. Conference series 2019-11, Vol.1358 (1), p.12034
Main Authors: Miuse, C F, Kamlun, K U
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Barren lands
Biodiversity
Deforestation
Forests
Grasslands
Land cover
Land cover change
Land use
Landsat satellites
Linkages
Parks
Parks & recreation areas
Physics
REDD
Remote monitoring
Remote sensing
Satellite imagery
Supervised classification
Wildlife conservation
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Summary:The Crocker Range Park and Kinabalu Park are Sabah's largest terrestrial parks physically separated by approximately 10 km. Both parks are involved in a set up plan of ecological linkages to connect and further strengthen the biodiversity conservation efforts in the State of Sabah. The part of ecological linkages project is known as Kinabalu Eco-Linc (Kinabalu Ecological Linkage). This study is designed to monitor the land use change of the area between year 1991 - 2018 using Landsat imagery. Maximum likelihood classifier was used to create the land cover change map of both protected areas. Seven land cover type were identified in the area which comprises of primary forest, secondary forest, shrubland/grassland, barren land, agriculture, plantation, and river. The result illustrated a drastic declined of primary forest and increased secondary forest and agricultural over the period of 28-years assessed. The spatial changes that occur throughout the period within state park and KEL area is drives by natural and anthropogenic activities. To support the increase in local population and their demand, the natural environment underwent changes for their welfare improvement. It is concluded that, monitoring protected area using remote sensing technique provide useful spatiotemporal data to locate key areas that are vulnerable to threat and can be utilized for better management of both protected areas and human use resources in adjacent area.
ISSN:1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/1358/1/012034