IDENTIFKASI KERUSAKAN LAHAN HUTAN AKIBAT AKTIVITAS PERTAMBANGAN EMAS DESA BOWONE KECAMATAN TABUKAN SELATAN TENGAH

Abstract

The problem of this research is changes in forest land use and the level of damage to forest land due to gold mining activities in Bowone Village South Central Tabukan District Sangihe Islands Regency The research method is quantitative with GIS based spatial analysis using Supervised Classification and NDVI The study results show that the mining area expanded from 11 83 hectares in 2015 from 2 35 hectares to 14 18 hectares in 2020 with an average expansion of 2 37 hectares per year or 45 53 per year Heavy damage in the forest area of Bowone Village with an area of 131 2422 hectares 15 Moderate damage with an area of 279 8941 hectares 35 and light damage with an area of 435 7669 hectares 51 45 The condition of forest land cover in Bowone village is categorized as quite reasonable However it should be noted and anticipated that the current state of vegetation cover may decrease because 279 8941 hectares 33 05 have experienced a medium density category < em>< p>