956 Hotspots Detected in Indonesia in the Last 24 Hours (Wednesday, August 28, 2024)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 956 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is an increase of 221 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is derived from satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Wednesday (28/8/2024) at 16.16 WIB. Of the 956 detected hotspots, 21 have a high confidence level, 840 are medium, and 95 are low.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into three scales: low (0-29), medium (30-79), and high (80-100). The higher the confidence level, the greater the likelihood of forest and land fires in that area.

The highest number of detected hotspots is in East Nusa Tenggara with 218. West Nusa Tenggara is second with 184 hotspots, followed by South Sumatra with 104.

99 hotspots were detected in Jambi, 84 in East Java, and 79 and 40 in South Sulawesi and East Kalimantan, 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.