Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) Detects 317 Hotspots Across Indonesia, Most in Central Sulawesi (Saturday, November 23, 2024)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 317 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is an increase of 28 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Saturday (23/11/2024) at 11:23 WIB. Of the 317 hotspots detected, 296 are medium scale and 21 are low scale.

The confidence level of hotspots is divided into 3 scales. The low scale has a range of 0-29, the medium scale 30-79, and the high scale 80-100. The higher the confidence level of the hotspot, the higher the likelihood of forest and land fires in a particular area.

The highest number of detected hotspots is in Central Sulawesi with 61 hotspots. East Nusa Tenggara is in second place with 57 hotspots. North Maluku is in third place with 42 hotspots.

37 hotspots were detected in East Kalimantan, followed by Southeast Sulawesi with 36 hotspots, while Maluku and South Sulawesi each have 20 and 11 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, the large number of hotspots clustered in one area indicates the occurrence of forest and land fires. This means that hotspot data from remote sensing satellite detection is still the most effective in monitoring forest and land fires over large areas.