Spatial Analysis of Human-Wildlife Conflict in Mount Masigit Kareumbi, West Java

• Main Author: YUSKA NURRAHMAN (NIM : 11514035), ADENNA
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/24969
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

<p align="justify"> Human activities inside and around forest areas often overlap with the habitats of wildlife in the forest, which potentially lead to the conflict between humans and wildlife. Mount Masigit Kareumbi (MMK) is one of the 15 hunting parks in Indonesia, located in three districts in West Java, i.e. Bandung, Garut, and Sumedang. MMK is surrounded by settlements and private areas, hence human activities inside the area are unavoidable. This study aims to identify the areas with high potential conflict between human and wildlife inside MMK area. Four animals were selected for this study, i.e. Wild Boar (Sus scrofa), Black Eagle (Ictinaetus malayensis), Long Tailed Monkey (Macaca fascicularis), and Javan Lutung (Trachypithecus auratus). Locations with high probability of human activities was analyzed using Arcmap 10.4 software based on a weighted combination of four variables: elevation, landcover, distance from roads, and forest distance from settlements . We applied Principal Componen Analysis (PCA) using SPSS 22 and Arcmap 10.4 software to produce models and maps of suitable habitats. The input data include the coordinates of the presence of wildlife and some environmental variables, i.e. road networks, river networks, settlements, heights, slopes, Normalization of Differences in Vegetation Index (NDVI), and Leaf Area Index (LAI). This study identifies that human activities inside MMK mostly dstribute in Sumedang District part of the area with an area of 2369.83 Ha. For Wild Boar suitability habitat model, the weights obtained from PCA for each variable are 1.073 for NDVI and 3.078 for height, slope, distance from the road, and distance from the river. For Black Eagle, the weights are 1.032 for altitude and 2.114 for slope, LAI, and distance from settlement. For Long Tailed Monkeys, the weights are 1.117 for NDVI and 2.197 for distance from the river, height, and distance from the road. For Javan Lutung, the weights are 1.314 for NDVI and slope, 1.151 for height and distance from the river, and 2, 07 for distance from the road. The area of potential human conflict with Black Hawk, Javan Lutung, Wild Boar, and Long Tailed Monkey are 56.28 Ha, 686.48 Ha, 1191.7 Ha and 3000.01 Ha respectively. The findings of this study can further be used to design buffer zones in MMK, with one of the main goals is to minimize the potential conflict between human and wildlife.<p align="justify">