Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) Detects 431 Hotspots Across Indonesia, Most in South Papua (Thursday, August 29, 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 431 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 525 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Thursday (29/8/2024) at 16.16 WIB. Of the 431 hotspots detected, 13 have a high confidence level, 401 are medium, and 17 are low.

The hotspot confidence level is divided into three scales: low (0-29), medium (30-79), and high (80-100). The higher the confidence level, the higher the likelihood of forest and land fires in a particular area.

The highest number of hotspots was detected in South Papua (69). South Sumatra is second with 60 hotspots, followed by East Nusa Tenggara with 52.

49 hotspots were detected in East Java, followed by South Sulawesi with 36, and East Kalimantan and North Maluku each with 17.

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.