Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry: Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 98 in the Last 24 Hours (Sunday, December 22, 2024)

Based on the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK)'s SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 98 hotspots detected in Indonesia.

This data is from satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Sunday (22/12/2024) at 11:08 WIB. Of the 98 hotspots detected, 2 have a high confidence level, 94 are medium, and 2 are 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 higher the likelihood of a forest and land fire in that area.

The highest number of hotspots were detected in Central Sulawesi (24). North Maluku is second with 20 hotspots, followed by Southeast Sulawesi with 18.

Eleven hotspots were detected in Central Kalimantan, 5 in Papua, and 4 each in East Nusa Tenggara and South Kalimantan.

A hotspot is a coordinate point with a higher surface temperature than its surroundings, 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 satellite remote sensing data on hotspots remains the most effective method for monitoring forest and land fires over large areas.