LAND COVER CHANGES ANALYSIS USING LANDSAT SATELLITE IMAGERY IN FOREST AREA WITH THE SPECIAL PURPOSE SISIMENI SANAM 2021
Abstract
Sisimeni Sanam has several problems, such as slashing, burning, and land clearing from
local community. In addition, forest and land fires also occurred in Sisimeni Sanam area. This
research was conducted to monitor the changes of land cover in the Sisimeni Sanam, East Nusa
Tenggara Province from March to April 2022 All the data from this study was analyzed with
quantitative analysis that utilizes remote sensing data so that can be interpreted satellite imagery.
The method used in this research is OBIS (Object Based Image Segmentation) in order to
determine the area of land cover 2021 in the Sisimeni Sanam. In 2021, the value of land cover in
the Sisimeni Sanam Special Purpose Forest Area has land cover in the dense forest class of
241.03 Ha (8%), medium forest of 991.04 Ha (33%), shrubs of 1453.31 Ha (49%), and open
land pad of 287.82 Ha (10%).