PENGARUH NERACA AIR DALAM PERTUMBUHAN HUTAN BAKAU TERHADAP DEGRADASI DAN PENIPISAN HUTAN BAKAU STUDI KASUS: ASIA TENGGARA

• Main Author: Niwan Wilwatikta, Felia
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/39897
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Mangrove forests should be managed for the sustainable benefit of both present and future generation. Great concern has been expressed by scientists to explain the importance of the direct and indirect benefits of them. Serious attention needs to be given to the mangrove forests because, over the past 50 years, approximately one-third of them have been lost. As natural drivers, mangrove forests’ water balance, as the ability of them to absorb and release water, which is related to mangrove’s coefficient growth, also makes an impact to mangrove forests degradation and depletion. The intention of this research is to identify the mangrove growth coefficient that can be used to analyze mangrove’s water balance and to identify the influence of mangrove’s water balance from mangrove’s depletion and degradation. The study domain is situated at mangrove forests in Southeast Asia in 2000 and 2012. As a proxy for mangrove coefficient growth, MOD13A1 V6 satellite imagery that provides vegetation index values were used and will be multiplied by using the linear regression model that establishes the relationship between Vegetation Index and mangrove coefficient growth. The procedure for quantifying the mangrove’s water balance is carried out by multiplying the mangrove coefficient growth with evapotranspiration data derived from MOD16A2 V5 and then deducting it by precipitation data from CHIRPS. The results presented here confirm how these parameters influence the mangrove’s water balance and influential or not against the mangrove’s lost. Then, adaptation options to avoid and minimize adverse outcomes of mangrove responses can be identified.