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AUTHOR
Hanum Resti Saputri
Department of Silviculture, Faculty of Forestry and Environment, IPB University, Bogor Regency 16680, Indonesia
https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9904-2803
Izzah Aulia Inanda
Department of Soil Science and Land Resources, Faculty of Agriculture, IPB University, Bogor Regency 16680, Indonesia
Intan Nur Rahmadhanti
Department of Silviculture, Faculty of Forestry and Environment, IPB University, Bogor Regency 16680, Indonesia
Rahmat Asy’Ari
Department of Forest Management, Faculty of Forestry and Environment, IPB University, Bogor Regency 16680, Indonesia
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7867-2251
Muhammad Hisyam Fadhil
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, IPB University, Bogor Regency 16680, Indonesia
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6329-8612
Salsa Fauziyyah Adni
Department of Silviculture, Faculty of Forestry and Environment, IPB University, Bogor Regency 16680, Indonesia
Fajar Raihan
Department of Silviculture, Faculty of Forestry and Environment, IPB University, Bogor Regency 16680, Indonesia
Erianto Indra Putra
Department of Silviculture, Faculty of Forestry and Environment, IPB University, Bogor Regency 16680, Indonesia
Yudi Setiawan
Center for Environmental Research, IPB University, Bogor Regency 16680, Indonesia
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1482-1905
Rahmat Pramulya
Center for Low Carbon Development, University of Teuku Umar, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province, Indonesia
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8569-7203
Neviaty Putri Zamani
Center for Transdisciplinary and Sustainability Sciences (CTSS), IPB University, Bogor Regency 16680, Indonesia
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7687-9443
ABSTRACT
Peat is one of the wetland ecosystems in Indonesia which is often damaged due to unsustainable human intervention. This causes fires in peatlands, thereby eliminating ecological functions which are characterized by changes in land cover. The protection of peat ecosystems in Indonesia relies on hydrological aspects, namely the Peat Hydrological Unit (PHU) to maintain the Ground Water Levels (GWL) to minimize the potential for forest and peat land fires. This research aims to develop the DATAINDO InaPeat platform for monitoring PHU ecosystems in Jambi Province based on changes in land cover and hotspot distribution from 2002 to 2022. Data analysis was carried out by identifying the distribution of hotspots for each type of land cover. Hotspot and land cover data were obtained through the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) and Landsat 9 OLI 2-TIRS2 imagery imported from the Google Earth Engine (GEE) dataset. The land cover classification was carried out using guided classification in 2021-2023. There are two types of classification used, namely classification to assess the condition of peatland damage (degraded and natural areas) and land cover (swamps, swamp forests, open land, plantations, mixed plantations, settlements, and water bodies). Based on the data analysis, the distribution of hotspots that dominated natural areas was 940 hotspots in 2002, 731 hotspots in 2007, and 651 hotspots in 2012, meanwhile, in degraded areas, 279 and 152 points in 2017 and 2022, respectively. This shows that hotspots caused damage to peatlands, thereby increasing the degraded area to 63.73% of the total PHU area of 874,951.7 ha. These were caused by the opening of oil palm plantations which can reduce GWL, thus potentially triggering forest and peatland fires. Data on hotspots and degraded areas that have been recorded are displayed on the Earth Engine Apps platform in the form of DATAINDO InaPeat. It is hoped that the use of this monitoring platform can become a tool for monitoring the physical condition of peat ecosystems and supporting the sustainable use of peatlands in Indonesia.
CITATION
Saputri, H. R., Inanda, I. A., Rahmadhanti, I. N., Asy’Ari, R., Fadhil, M. H., Adni, S. F., Raihan, F., Putra, E. I., Setiawan, Y., Pramulya, R., & Zamani, N. P. (2024). Data Indo InaPeat: An Environmental Monitoring Platform on Peatlands Area and PHU (Peat Hydrological Units) using Earth Engine Apps . SSRS Journal A: Agro-Environmental Research, 2, 20–27. Retrieved from https://publishing.ssrs.or.id/ojs/index.php/ssrs-a/article/view/19
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