Landscape structure of forest patches in Langkawi archipelago: pattern and trends
2007
Norhayati, A. | Saiful Arif, A. | Sharuddin, M.I.
Langkawi archipelago, one of the most popular tourist destinations in Malaysia, has experienced tremendous development since the past years of the 20th century. Increase demand for land to accomodate various developments includes the natural forest areas. To manage nad conserve this natural landscape effectively in future development, understanding of its changes as response to human land use need to be quantified. Therefore, using the landscape perspective assessment, this study analysed the pattern change of landscape spatial structure of forest in the arshipelago. Analysis was conducted in three decades based on National Forest inventory maps of 1971/1972, 1981/1982 and 1991/1992. The analysis showed that throughout the priod, area of forest in the archipelago experinced fragmentation and elimination. Change detection analysis revealed that disturbed secondary forest particularly the mangrove of the coastal margin was highly threatened by human land use. In conclusion, all these could provide significant impication biodiversity conservation, forst management system and land use planning and management in the archipelago.
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