Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry: Number of hotspots in Indonesia reaches 476 in the last 24 hours (Thursday, August 8, 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 476 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 114 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Thursday (8/8/2024) at 16.08 WIB. Of the 476 hotspots detected, 6 have a high confidence level, 458 are medium scale, and 12 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 detected hotspots was in East Nusa Tenggara with 168. West Kalimantan is second with 69 hotspots, followed by East Java with 41.

34 hotspots were detected in Maluku, followed by Bangka Belitung Islands with 29, West Nusa Tenggara and Central Java with 15 and 14 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, a large number of hotspots clustered in one 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.