Ministry of Environment and Forestry: Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 35 in the Last 24 Hours (Tuesday, January 21, 2025)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 35 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 33 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Tuesday (21/1/2025) at 11:43 WIB. Of the 35 hotspots detected, 2 have a high confidence level, 32 are medium, and 1 is low.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into 3 scales: low (0-29), medium (30-79), and high (80-100). The higher the confidence level, the greater the likelihood of forest and land fires in that area.

The highest number of hotspots were detected in South Sulawesi (11). Southeast Sulawesi is second with 7 hotspots, followed by North Maluku with 4.

Four hotspots were detected in Aceh, and Central Sulawesi also had 4. Central Kalimantan and Papua each had 1 hotspot detected.

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.