Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) Detects 655 Hotspots Across Indonesia, Most in East Nusa Tenggara (Saturday, August 3, 2024)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 655 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is an increase of 135 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Saturday (August 3, 2024) at 4:08 PM WIB. Of the 655 hotspots detected, 13 have a high confidence level, 604 are medium scale, and 38 are low scale.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into three 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 was detected in East Nusa Tenggara with 93 hotspots. Riau is second with 76 hotspots, followed by East Java with 63 hotspots.

54 hotspots were detected in South Sulawesi, followed by West Kalimantan with 53 hotspots, and Jambi and South Sumatra with 51 and 36 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 hotspots clustered in one 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.