Ministry of Environment and Forestry Detects 130 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in East Kalimantan (Wednesday, November 12, 2025)

Based on the SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), the last 24-hour monitoring showed 130 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots decreased by 95 points compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Wednesday (12/11/2025) at 11:53 AM WIB. Of the 130 hotspots detected, 1 point has a high hotspot confidence level and 129 points are on a medium scale.

Hotspot confidence levels are 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 occurring in a particular area.

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The most detected hotspots were in East Kalimantan with 38 points. North Maluku ranked second with the highest number of hotspots with 16 points. West Kalimantan was in third place with 14 hotspots.

As many as 14 hotspots were detected in Riau, South Kalimantan followed with 12 hotspots, while Central Kalimantan and Southeast Sulawesi each had 9 and 7 hotspots detected.

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

However, a large number of hotspots clustered in an area indicates the occurrence of forest and land fires. This means that hotspot data from remote sensing satellite detection is still the most effective in monitoring forest and land fires for large areas.

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