Ministry of Environment and Forestry: Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 96 in the Last 24 Hours (Tuesday, April 22, 2025)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, the last 24-hour monitoring shows 96 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 176 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Tuesday (22/4/2025) at 11:50 WIB. Of the 96 hotspots detected, 93 are of moderate scale and 3 are of low scale.

The hotspot confidence level is divided into 3 scales. The low scale has a range of 0-29, the moderate scale 30-79, and the high scale 80-100. The higher the hotspot confidence level, the higher the likelihood of forest and land fires in a particular area.

The highest number of detected hotspots is in East Kalimantan with 19 hotspots. South Sulawesi is second with 17 hotspots, followed by Central Sulawesi with 16 hotspots.

Ten hotspots were detected in West Sumatra, followed by East Nusa Tenggara with 8 hotspots, while Riau and East Java each have 5 and 4 detected hotspots, respectively.

Hotspots are coordinate points of an area with a higher surface temperature than its surroundings and do not represent the number of forest and land fire incidents.

However, a large number of hotspots clustered in one 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.