Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) Detects 44 Hotspots Across Indonesia, Most in North Maluku (Thursday, January 30, 2025)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) forest and land fire monitoring system, SiPongi, monitoring over the past 24 hours shows 44 hotspots detected in Indonesia.

This data is derived from satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Thursday (30/1/2025) at 11:26 WIB. Of the 44 hotspots detected, 43 are of medium scale and 1 is of low scale.

The confidence level of hotspots is 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 confidence level of a hotspot, the higher the likelihood of a forest and land fire in that area.

The highest number of detected hotspots is in North Maluku with 19. Riau is second with 7 hotspots, followed by Papua with 5.

Four hotspots were detected in Aceh, and Central Sulawesi follows with 4 hotspots. Gorontalo and East Nusa Tenggara each have 1 hotspot detected.

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 hotspots clustered in one area indicates the occurrence of 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.