Ministry of Environment and Forestry Finds 78 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in East Kalimantan (Saturday, November 22, 2025)

Based on the SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), monitoring in the last 24 hours shows that 78 hotspots were detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots decreased by 45 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Saturday (22/11/2025) at 11:12 AM Western Indonesia Time. Of the 78 detected hotspots, 4 points have a high hotspot confidence level, 73 points are on a medium scale, and 1 point is on a low scale.

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

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The most detected hotspots were in East Kalimantan with 16 points. South Papua ranked second with the most hotspots, with 11 points. South Sumatra was in third place with 8 hotspots.

As many as 8 hotspots were detected in East Nusa Tenggara, followed by Bangka Belitung Islands with 4 hotspots, and Banten and West Nusa Tenggara each having 4 and 4 detected hotspots.

A hotspot is a coordinate point of an area that has 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 an area indicates the occurrence of 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 for large areas.

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