Ministry of Environment and Forestry: Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 79 in the Last 24 Hours (Sunday, January 26, 2025)

Based on the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK)'s SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 79 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is an increase of 25 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Sunday (26/1/2025) at 11:39 WIB. Of the 79 hotspots detected, 1 has a high confidence level and 78 are of medium 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 South Sulawesi with 21. East Kalimantan is second with 16 hotspots, followed by North Maluku with 12.

Ten hotspots were detected in South Kalimantan, followed by Central Sulawesi with 9, Banten with 6, and Riau with 3.

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 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.