Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) Detects 172 Hotspots Across Indonesia, Most in East Nusa Tenggara (Thursday, June 13, 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 172 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 17 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is based on satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Thursday (13/6/2024) at 16:58 WIB. Of the 172 detected hotspots, 5 have a high confidence level, 165 are medium, and 2 are low.

The confidence level of hotspots is divided into 3 scales: low (0-29), medium (30-79), and high (80-100). The higher the confidence level, the higher the likelihood of a forest and land fire in that area.

The highest number of detected hotspots is in East Nusa Tenggara with 47. West Nusa Tenggara is second with 33 hotspots, followed by East Java with 31.

Eleven hotspots were detected in North Maluku, followed by East Kalimantan with 9, Riau and Southeast Sulawesi with 9 and 7 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 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.