Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and Forestry Detects 70 Hotspots Across the Archipelago, Most in South Sumatra (Thursday, December 5, 2024)

Based on the Forest and Land Fire Monitoring System (SiPongi) of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), 24-hour monitoring shows 70 hotspots detected in Indonesia.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Thursday (5/12/2024) at 11:10 WIB. Of the 70 hotspots detected, 70 are of moderate scale.

The confidence level of hotspots is divided into 3 scales. The low scale ranges from 0-29, the moderate scale from 30-79, and the high scale from 80-100. The higher the confidence level of a hotspot, the higher the likelihood of a forest and land fire in that area.

The highest number of detected hotspots is in South Sumatra with 18 points. North Maluku is second with 18 hotspots. Riau is third with 8 hotspots.

Six hotspots were detected in Jambi, followed by South Sulawesi with 5 hotspots, and Central Java and East Java each having 4 detected hotspots.

A hotspot is a coordinate point 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 the occurrence of 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.