Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and Forestry Detects 453 Hotspots, Most in East Java (Thursday, August 15, 2024)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 453 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is an increase of 103 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is from satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Thursday (15/8/2024) at 16.16 WIB. Of the 453 hotspots detected, 10 have a high confidence level, 442 are medium, and 1 is low.

The hotspot confidence level is divided into 3 scales: low (0-29), medium (30-79), and high (80-100). The higher the confidence level, the higher the likelihood of forest and land fires in that area.

The highest number of hotspots was detected in East Java (48). East Kalimantan is second with 48 hotspots, followed by Central Java with 46.

South Kalimantan has 44 hotspots, followed by Central Sulawesi with 38, and West Java and South Sulawesi each with 29.

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.