Ministry of Environment and Forestry: Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 196 in the Last 24 Hours (Wednesday, June 26, 2024)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 196 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is an increase of 28 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA accessed on Wednesday (26/6/2024) at 16.06 WIB. Of the 196 hotspots detected, 5 have a high confidence level, 188 are medium, and 3 are 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 a particular area.

The highest number of hotspots were detected in East Kalimantan (33). East Java is second with 24 hotspots, followed by Central Sulawesi with 23.

19 hotspots were detected in South Kalimantan, 17 in South Sulawesi, 12 in Southeast Sulawesi, and 11 in East Nusa Tenggara.

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.