<![CDATA[This study aims to determine (1) changes in land cover in the Mount Padang Region in 1996, 2006 and 2016, (2) changes in carbon stocks as a result of changes in land cover in the Mount Padang Region of Padang City. The type of research is quantitative descriptive. Changes in land cover isanalyzed based on Landsat TM 5 of 1996 and 2006, as well as Landsat 8 OLI of 2016, using ENVI 4.5 and ArcGIS 10.1 and supervised classification method. Value of carbon stocks is obtained from the equation C = B ×% C (0.47), by predicting biomass on each type of carbon pool using allometric equations, which D2,62 ρ B = 0.11, B = exp {-2.134 + 2.530 × ln (D)}, B = 0.281 D2,06, and B = 0.030 D2,13, where D (diameter at breast height of trees, cm) and ρ (wood density). The sampling technique used is stratified random sampling method which refers to the technique of each plot on land cover classes which are then converted to thehectares area. The results of the analysis show that (1) the land cover in the Mount Padang Region of Padang City in 1996 has forest area of 744.23 Ha (92.6%), mixed garden area of 39.44 Ha (4.9%), shrubs of 17, 92 Ha (2.2%), and the settlement area of 2.35 Ha (0.3%). 2006 forest cover an area of 696.84 Ha (87%), mixed garden area of 18.84 Ha (2%), shrubs covering 37.55 Ha (5%), and residential area of 50.71 ha (6%). 2016 forest cover an area of 533.50 Ha (66%), mixed garden covering an area of 69.14 Ha (9%),shrubs covering 119.81 Ha (15%), and residential area of 81.49 Ha (10%). (2) the carbon stock in 1996 amounted to 495,800.03 tons, in 2006 a number of 458,165.73 tons, and in 2016 a number of 369,223.00 tons. Over the last 20 years, as a result of land cover changes in carbon stocks in Padang Mountain Region has been reduced as much as 126,577.03 tons.]]>
