Publications by authors named "Niken Gusmawati"
Article Synopsis
- The paper emphasizes the importance of restoring abandoned aquaculture areas as a key part of coastal zone management, using a unique series of satellite images to analyze mangrove forest changes from 2001 to 2015.
- Findings show that mangroves are growing both within aquaculture ponds and their surroundings, but the rate of growth varies significantly depending on the specific ponds.
- Ground truthing revealed that only Rhizophora species were actively replanted, which have poor regeneration capabilities compared to the naturally occurring Avicennia and Sonneratia species.
From the 1980's, Indonesian shrimp production has continuously increased through a large expansion of cultured areas and an intensification of the production. As consequences of diseases and environmental degradations linked to this development, there are currently 250,000ha of abandoned ponds in Indonesia. To implement effective procedure to undertake appropriate aquaculture ecosystem assessment and monitoring, an integrated indicator based on four criteria using very high spatial optical satellite images, has been developed to discriminate active from abandoned ponds.
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