Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) Detects 667 Hotspots Across Indonesia, Most in East Java (Tuesday, August 20, 2024)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, the last 24-hour monitoring shows 667 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 298 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Tuesday (20/8/2024) at 16.16 WIB. Of the 667 hotspots detected, 25 have a high confidence level, 623 are medium scale, and 19 are low scale.

The hotspot confidence level is divided into three scales: low (0-29), medium (30-79), and high (80-100). The higher the hotspot confidence level, the higher the likelihood of forest and land fires in a particular area.

The highest number of hotspots were detected in East Java with 120. South Sulawesi is second with 70 hotspots, followed by Riau with 53.

47 hotspots were detected in South Sumatra, followed by Central Java with 43, and East Kalimantan and South Kalimantan with 39 and 31 hotspots respectively.

Hotspots are coordinate points of an area with a higher surface temperature than its surroundings, and not the number of forest and land fire incidents.

However, a large number of hotspots clustered in one area indicates forest and land fires. This means that hotspot data from remote sensing satellites remains the most effective method for monitoring forest and land fires over large areas.