Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK): 48 Hotspots Detected Across Indonesia in the Last 24 Hours (Thursday, January 2, 2025)

Based on the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK)'s SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 48 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 75 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA accessed on Thursday (2/1/2025) at 11:08 WIB. Of the 48 hotspots detected, 2 have a high confidence level and 46 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 detected hotspots was in North Maluku with 16. West Sumatra is second with 9 hotspots, followed by Riau with 6.

Four hotspots were detected in West Kalimantan, followed by South Sumatra with 3, and East Nusa Tenggara and Jambi each with 3 and 2 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 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.