Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK): Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 312 in the Last 24 Hours (Friday, February 14, 2025)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, the last 24-hour monitoring shows 312 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is an increase of 82 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Friday (February 14, 2025) at 11:43 WIB. Of the 312 hotspots detected, 11 have a high confidence level, 289 are medium scale, and 12 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 hotspots was detected in Bengkulu with 50 hotspots. West Kalimantan is second with 30 hotspots, followed by South Sumatra with 30 hotspots.

25 hotspots were detected in Bangka Belitung Islands, Riau followed with 23 hotspots, while North Maluku and South Sulawesi each had 19 and 18 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 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.