Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK): Number of hotspots in Indonesia reaches 298 in the last 24 hours (Sunday, November 3, 2024)

Based on the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK)'s SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 298 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 258 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA accessed on Sunday (3/11/2024) at 11:46 WIB. Of the 298 hotspots detected, 2 have a high confidence level, 275 are medium scale, and 21 are low 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 (51). East Nusa Tenggara is second with 39 hotspots, followed by Aceh with 30.

Twenty-one hotspots were detected in West Kalimantan, followed by Maluku with 19, and West Nusa Tenggara and South Sumatra with 18 and 14 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 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.