The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (LHK) Detects 89 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in East Kalimantan (Tuesday, January 7, 2025)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, the last 24-hour monitoring shows 89 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 61 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA accessed on Tuesday (7/1/2025) at 11:43 WIB. Of the 89 hotspots detected, 82 are of medium scale and 7 are of low scale.

The confidence level of hotspots is divided into 3 scales. The low scale has a range of 0-29, the medium scale 30-79, and the high scale 80-100. The higher the confidence level of the hotspot, the higher the likelihood of forest and land fires in a particular area.

The highest number of detected hotspots is in East Kalimantan with 17 hotspots. North Maluku is second with 13 hotspots. Central Sulawesi is third with 12 hotspots.

Eight hotspots were detected in East Nusa Tenggara, followed by Central Kalimantan with 7 hotspots, and West Kalimantan and West Java each having 7 and 5 detected 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 satellite detection is still the most effective in monitoring forest and land fires over large areas.