Analysis of land use/land cover change and erosion hazard levels in the social forestry area of KPH Ulubila, South Sulawesi Indonesia

Abstract Changes in land use/land cover are part of the dynamics nature, both changes caused by natural disasters and human activities. The need for humans encourages acceleration change, especially from forests to non-forests. rate change will affect hydrological state so that becomes very critical. One things causes become critical is erosion. policies carried out reduce cover, reduction erosion area empowerment communities around Social Forestry program. forestry refers any forest utilization activity community providing products their own use or generating local income. case study this social KPH Ulubila. results analysis 2013 2022 showed highest decline agricultural/crop class with an 87.96 ha equivalent 89.20% secondary second was 681.86 27.50% forestry. In other classes, there increase agricultural land, namely plantation 267.83 467.19%, mixed 160.73 7.20% paddy 25.31 18.42%. condition forests, 35.43%, shrubland 23.05% open 400.94%. has affected magnitude extent This leads poor conditions because low (<15 tons / year) decreases 45.94% (15-60 2.19%. addition actually seen heavy (>480 tons/ha/year) 21.57%, moderate (60-180 28.29% (180-480 6.45%.