Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK): Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 61 in the Last 24 Hours (Sunday, December 1, 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 61 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 65 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Sunday (1/12/2024) at 11:23 WIB. Of the 61 hotspots detected, 1 has a high confidence level and 60 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 East Kalimantan with 18. North Maluku is second with 13 hotspots, followed by Southeast Sulawesi with 6 hotspots.

Five hotspots were detected in East Nusa Tenggara, followed by Riau with 3, and South Sulawesi and West Sumatra with 3 and 2 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.