Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) Detects 377 Hotspots Across Indonesia, Most in East Nusa Tenggara (Thursday, November 7, 2024)

Based on the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK)'s SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 377 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is an increase of 83 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Thursday (7/11/2024) at 11:23 WIB. Of the 377 hotspots detected, 6 have a high confidence level, 324 are medium scale, and 47 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 108 hotspots. West Nusa Tenggara is second with 61 hotspots, followed by Central Sulawesi with 45 hotspots.

27 hotspots were detected in South Sulawesi, followed by East Java with 26 hotspots, and Southeast Sulawesi and East Kalimantan each having 22 and 21 detected hotspots respectively.

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 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.