Ministry of Environment and Forestry: Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 491 in the Last 24 Hours (Friday, August 30, 2024)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 491 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is an increase of 60 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is from satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Friday (30/8/2024) at 16:16 WIB. Of the 491 hotspots detected, 11 have a high confidence level, 447 are medium, and 33 are low.

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

The highest number of hotspots was detected in East Java with 82. South Sumatra is second with 81, followed by Central Java with 64.

44 hotspots were detected in East Nusa Tenggara, followed by West Kalimantan with 27, Maluku and Riau with 19 and 18 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 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.