Ministry of Environment and Forestry Finds 150 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in North Maluku (Friday, December 5, 2025)

Based on the SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), monitoring in the last 24 hours showed 150 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This number increased by 41 points compared to the previous period.

The data resulted from satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Friday (12/5/2025) at 11:12 AM WIB. Of the 150 detected hotspots, 2 points had a high confidence level, 146 points were at a medium scale, and 2 points were at a low scale.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into 3 scales. The low scale ranges from 0 - 29, the medium scale from 30 - 79, and the high scale from 80 - 100. The higher the hotspot confidence level, the higher the likelihood of forest and land fires in a particular area.

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The most detected hotspots were in North Maluku, with 32 points. East Kalimantan ranked second with 18 hotspots. South Sulawesi was in third place with 17 hotspots.

As many as 12 hotspots were detected in Southeast Sulawesi, followed by East Nusa Tenggara with 11 hotspots, and South Kalimantan and Aceh each had 10 and 9 hotspots detected.

A hotspot is a coordinate point in an area that has a higher surface temperature than its surroundings and is not the number of forest and land fire incidents.

However, a large number of clustered hotspots in an area indicates the occurrence of forest and land fires. This means that hotspot data detected by remote sensing satellites are still the most effective in monitoring forest and land fires over a wide area.

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