Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK): Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 129 in the Last 24 Hours (Wednesday, April 16, 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 129 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 30 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA accessed on Wednesday (16/4/2025) at 11:52 WIB. Of the 129 hotspots detected, 129 are of medium 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 25 hotspots. South Kalimantan is in second place with 12 hotspots, followed by East Kalimantan with 12 hotspots.

Ten hotspots were detected in Banten, followed by Central Kalimantan with 8 hotspots, and East Nusa Tenggara and Central Java each having 8 and 7 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 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.