Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry: Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 140 in the Last 24 Hours (Monday, February 17, 2025)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, the last 24-hour monitoring shows 140 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 76 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Monday (17/2/2025) at 11:08 WIB. Of the 140 hotspots detected, 134 are medium scale and 6 are low scale.

The hotspot confidence level is divided into 3 scales. The low scale has a range of 0-29, the medium scale 30-79, and the high scale 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 detected hotspots is in East Kalimantan with 66 hotspots. North Maluku is in second place with 26 hotspots. South Papua is in third place with 8 hotspots.

Eight hotspots were detected in Bangka Belitung Islands, followed by East Java with 7 hotspots, and Riau Islands and West Kalimantan each having 4 and 3 detected 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, the large number of hotspots clustered in one 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.