Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK): Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 373 in the Last 24 Hours (Thursday, September 12, 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 373 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 28 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Thursday (12/9/2024) at 16.47 WIB. Of the 373 detected hotspots, 6 have a high confidence level, 362 are medium scale, and 5 are low scale.

The hotspot confidence level is divided into 3 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 detected hotspots is in East Nusa Tenggara with 68 hotspots. East Java is second with 49 hotspots, followed by North Maluku with 36 hotspots.

South Kalimantan has 34 detected hotspots, followed by South Papua with 33, and South Sulawesi and East Kalimantan with 28 and 27 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 satellites remains the most effective method for monitoring forest and land fires over large areas.