IMPACT OF LAND USE LAND COVER CHANGES ON WILDLIFE PRESENCE IN ENDAU ROMPIN JOHOR (PETA) NATIONAL PARK
Nur Fayyadhulain Mat KHIR, Noordyana, HASSAN, Suzanna Noor AZMY and Mohamad Zakri TARMIDI

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA

Abstract

Endau-Rompin Johor (Peta) National Park (ERJNP) in Johor, Malaysia, is a protected areas (PAs) with major biodiversity that protects endangered species. This study hypothesizes that anthropology activities and rural area development surrounding the area has change the land use patterns that altering the wildlife presence of the area. Land use land cover of year 2016 and 2020 were classified using Random Forest approach on multi-temporal Landsat 8. In this study, camera traps dataset of four different places along a ^logging road^ as a forest corridor to monitor wildlife presence trends. These sites were chosen due to the land use land cover of this area has high potential of changes as it was a location for human or wildlife to commute called as ^permatang^. Land use land cover change detection was employed to identify the land use land cover change between year 2016 and 2020. The one-way ANOVA was utilized to identify the significant impact of the land use changes on wildlife presence in the area. Result shows that there was significant (F=237.44, p-val: <0.001) impact of LULC changes on wildlife presence. Results suggested that the land use changes of surrounding the ERJNP may cause in effectiveness as wildlife habitat conservation.

Keywords: Forest changes, wildlife presence, tropical rainforest, remote sensing, geospatial approach

Topic: Topic B: Applications of Remote Sensing