Predicting land cover changes in Xuan Lien Nature Reserve,  Thanh Hoa province, Vietnam

Dang Viet Hung; Kovyazin Vasily Fedorovich; Nguyen Thanh Hung; Dang Thi Lan Anh

doi:10.55250/Jo.vnuf.9.2.2024.065-075

Keywords:

CA-Markov model, NDVI, NDWI, land areas, land cover, satellite images

Abstract

The research was carried out in Xuan Lien Nature Reserve, which is a specially protected natural area and one of the five main centers of biodiversity in Vietnam. The work is aimed at analyzing changes and predicting the state of land cover in Xuan Lien Reserve. For these purposes, Landsat-7, Landsat-5 and Landsat-8 images obtained in 2000, 2010 and 2020 were studied. Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) method was used to isolate the vegetation cover on the land areas, and Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) method was used. The results of the study indicate that the vegetation on the land is transforming in Xuan Lien Reserve. The area of broadleaf forests decreased by 6.2% from 2000 to 2020, and the area of wetlands increased by 4.9% due to the construction of Cua Dat hydroelectric complex in Reserve. The model of Markov chains and cellular automata was used to predict the state of the allocated lands in the study area. The predicted results of the model have been successfully confirmed using the agreement indices. According to the results of the predicted, by 2035 the area of broadleaf forests and wetlands will increase to 86.3% and 7.4%. The change in the structure of the vegetation cover of Reserve's land is explained by the measures taken by the Vietnamese government to regulate the water level in Cua Dat reservoir and expand the forest area.

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