Regional mapping and community development to conserve mangrove forests on the southern coast of Sumenep Madura

Abstract

The extent of Indonesia's mangrove conditions both qualitatively and quantitatively continues to decline from year to year. The increase in the number of industries and settlements requires the opening of new lands. To be able to meet these needs, the area of mangrove forests on the coast often experience land conversion. In order to protect further damage to mangrove forests, conservation and rehabilitation efforts are needed that involve the community actively. This study aims to identify changes in the area of mangrove forest on the southern coast of Sumenep Madura Regency. Then the research was continued with community service activities through planting seeds and training on the use of mangrove fruits. The satellite image used in this study was 2002 Landsat 7 and Landsat 8 imagery in 2017. The analysis was carried out with image composites followed by the supervised classification method. The results showed that there was a decrease in the mangrove forest area of 95.75 ha in the period 2002-2017. Furthermore, the activity continued with community service through the planting of 3000 mangrove seedlings and training on the use of mangrove resources.