Ministry of Environment and Forestry Finds 5,310 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in West Kalimantan (Friday, August 29, 2025)

Based on the SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), monitoring in the last 24 hours shows that 5,310 hotspots were detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots increased by 2,386 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Friday (August 29, 2025) at 11:30 AM WIB. Of the 5,310 detected hotspots, 398 points have a high confidence level, 4,825 points are at a medium scale, and 87 points are at a low scale.

The hotspot confidence level is divided into 3 scales. Low scale has a range of 0 - 29, medium scale 30 - 79, and high scale 80 - 100. The higher the hotspot confidence level, the higher the likelihood of forest and land fires occurring in a particular area.

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The most detected hotspots are in West Kalimantan, with 4,409 points. Central Kalimantan ranks second with the most hotspots, with 148 points. Bangka Belitung Islands are in third position with 143 hotspots.

As many as 112 hotspots were detected in South Sumatra, North Kalimantan follows with 79 hotspots, while East Kalimantan and West Nusa Tenggara each have 70 and 59 detected hotspots.

A hotspot is a coordinate point in an area that has 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 the occurrence of forest and land fires. This means that hotspot data from remote sensing satellite detection is still the most effective for monitoring forest and land fires over a large area.

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