Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry: Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 234 in the Last 24 Hours (Thursday, November 28, 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 234 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is an increase of 61 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Thursday (28/11/2024) at 11:23 WIB. Of the 234 hotspots detected, 1 has a high confidence level, 216 are medium scale, and 17 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 were detected in East Kalimantan (58). Central Sulawesi is second with 51 hotspots, followed by North Maluku with 38 hotspots.

Southeast Sulawesi has 29 detected hotspots, followed by South Sulawesi with 19, and East Nusa Tenggara and East Java each have 17 and 8 detected hotspots, 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.