Land Capability Evaluation of Reclamation Areain Indonesia Coal Mining Using LCLP Software

Land capability evaluation is process to evaluate land potency according to its capability for sustainable land uses. It is important to be implemented for management reclamation area in coal mining operation because as generally known that land is limited resource and improper land management led to decline in land productivity, so reclamation area needs to be well managed for sustainable land use. Purpose of this study is to evaluate land capability of reclamation area in Indonesia coal mining. The required data for land capability evaluation are climate properties, slope, erosion risk, soil properties, and natural hazard risk. This process consist of collecting land characteristic data include, soil properties, topographic properties, erosion risk, flood risk and landslide risk; soil laboratory analysis; data input and analysis using Land Classification and Land Use Planning (LCLP) software; land capability classification using LCLP. Land capability analysis in this study is carried out using LCLP software. LCLP is software to classify land and to generate new map according to the class of land capability. As open source software, it is possible to modify parameters for analysis according to data availability and purpose of the study. The result of this study is categorized the study area as land can be cultivated which is varying from class II, III and IV based on land characteristic and limitation factor.