International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology Vol.130 (2019), pp.151-160 http://dx.doi.org/10.33832/ijast.2019.130.14 ISSN: 2207-6360 IJAST Copyright ⓒ 2019 NADIA CHARACTERIZATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF MANGROVE FOREST OF SOUTHERN COAST MALANG REGION IN VIEW OF SUSTAINABILITY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ^ Erfan Rohadi 1* , Aida Sartimbul 2 and Imam Fahrurrozi 1 1 The State Polytechnic of Malang, Jl. Soekarno Hatta No. 9, Malang 65141, Indonesia 2 University of Brawijaya, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Jl. Veteran No. 16, Malang 65145, Indonesia erfanr@polinema.ac.id Abstract— The characteristic of Southern of Java coast area is typically rocky beach (rocky shore). Its characteristics which are connected directly to the Indian Ocean may affect the ecosystem of flora and fauna therein. The mangrove performs diverse functions and service on an ecosystem and landscape scale. The important factors for sustainable coastal management are the both economical values and ecological management as the association functions. Furthermore, the typical of tropical marine ecology is a chain as a triangular pattern that means each associated with one another such as the coral reefs, the seagrass and mangrove. Those may have distinct characteristics in the ecosystem. The mangrove in the Southern coast region of Malang grows scattered with various kind of interesting to do data collection based on the characteristics of mangrove found in Southeast Asia. This work presents an attempt to provide helpful information and integrative condition of mangrove ecosystems in Southern coast of Malang Region. The information contains in the form of the identification of species, mangrove biodiversity of the 18 beaches. The proposed methods are on data processing of satellite image ALOS (AVNIR-2) and Landsat 7. The software ENVI 4.4 and Arc GIS 9.3 are used for data processing. The identification of various mangrove species using methods of in situ and laboratory observations. However, the satellite datum must be processed with in situ data so that it provides the informative map with some density classification. The results show that the recent mangrove vegetation (forest) condition in Southern Malang Region is recommended as a prior conservation for sustainability coastal management system. This work also provides the mangrove iBook format and e- book. The hard copy is obliged to the library flora Malang Regency as a supporting information for Southern Malang Region management system and as the academic learning process reference for high school students and universities students. Keywords— Mangrove; Coastal management; Southern Malang; ALOS; Ecosystem; E-book ^ Received: April 16, 2019 Reviewed: June 23, 2019 Accepted: July 4, 2019 * Corresponding Author