Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK): Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 531 in the Last 24 Hours (Saturday, August 17, 2024)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 531 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 204 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Saturday (17/8/2024) at 16.16 WIB. Of the 531 hotspots detected, 18 are high confidence hotspots, 498 are medium confidence, and 15 are low confidence.

Hotspot confidence levels are 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 that area.

East Java has the highest number of detected hotspots with 86. North Kalimantan is second with 63 hotspots, followed by Bangka Belitung Islands with 57 hotspots.

Central Java has 53 detected hotspots, followed by East Kalimantan with 44, and East Nusa Tenggara and South Sulawesi with 44 and 34 detected hotspots respectively.

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

However, a large number of clustered hotspots in an 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.