Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) Detects 65 Hotspots Across Indonesia, Most in Central Sulawesi (Friday, January 17, 2025)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 65 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 49 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is derived from satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Friday (17/1/2025) at 11:43 WIB. Of the 65 hotspots detected, 65 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 Central Sulawesi (16), followed by Southeast Sulawesi (15) and North Maluku (10).

Five hotspots were detected in East Kalimantan, four in East Java, four in South Sulawesi, and two in Papua.

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 the occurrence of 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.