COMPARISON OF THE MANGROVE FOREST MAPPING ALGORITHMS IN KELABAT BAY USING RANDOM FOREST AND SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES

One of the tropical ecosystems is the mangrove forest, which thrives on protected coastlines such as bays, estuaries, lagoons, and rivers. These are usually found in the intertidal zone. Mangroves are a valuable natural resource because they stabilize coastlines, prevent erosion, retain sediment and nutrients, protect against storms, regulate floods and currents, sequester carbon, maintain water quality, serve as spawning grounds for fish and other marine life, and provide food For plankton. With over 59.8% of the total area of mangroves on the planet, Indonesia has some of the largest mangrove forests in the world. With the case study of Kelabat Bay in Bangka Regency and the Bangka Belitung Islands, this study compares the use of random forest (RF) techniques and support vector machines (SVM) for mapping mangrove forests. Landsat-9 imagery from 2022, taken via the Google Earth Engine (GEE), is the data source used in this study. This study utilizes computer programming and accuracy testing. As a result, RF detected mangrove forests covering an area of approximately 67 ha (OA: 0.932), while SVM detected mangrove forests covering an area of approximately 62 ha (OA: 0.912)