Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and Forestry Detects 556 Hotspots, Most in Central Sulawesi (Saturday, November 2, 2024)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 556 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 38 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Saturday (2/11/2024) at 11:46 WIB. Of the 556 hotspots detected, 3 have a high confidence level, 531 are medium, and 22 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 a forest and land fire in that area.

The highest number of hotspots was detected in Central Sulawesi with 89. Jambi had the second highest number with 42, followed by Riau with 41.

39 hotspots were detected in East Nusa Tenggara, followed by North Maluku with 37, and South Sumatra and Maluku with 37 and 32 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 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.