LAND COVER IDENTIFICATION USING GOOGLE EARTH ENGINE IN REGISTER 38 AREA OF KPH GUNUNG BALAK

Abstract

Register 38 KPHL Gunung Balak is a protected forest area the community has encroached upon. The problem in Register 38 Gunung Balak, East Lampung Regency, is a problem that has been introduced previously. Forest clearing started in 1965, covering an area of 1200 hectares, and until now, the Register 38 area is dominated by settlements and agricultural land. With the forest and land rehabilitation activities carried out by the Way Seputih Way Sekampung Watershed Management Center (BPDAS WSS), land cover conditions in the Register 38 KPHL Gunung Balak area began to improve. Remote sensing technology can identify land cover in the Register 38 KPHL Gunung Balak area. Remote sensing technology is one way to quickly and accurately analyze land change for a certain period to produce information about land cover distribution. This paper aims to identify land cover in the Register 38 area of KPHL Gunung Balak. The land cover identification in the Register 38 KPHL Gunung Balak area was carried out using visual interpretation, ground check methods, and literature studies using sources from several related references/literature. Based on the results of ground check and interpretation conducted using the google earth engine, there are five classes of land cover in the Register 38 area of Gunung Balak, namely water bodies, built-up open land, dry land agriculture, mixed gardens, and rice fields.