Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) Detects 183 Hotspots Across Indonesia, Most in West Nusa Tenggara (Friday, November 8, 2024)

Based on the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK)'s SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 183 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 194 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Friday (8/11/2024) at 11:23 WIB. Of the 183 hotspots detected, 1 has a high confidence level, 147 are medium, and 35 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 were detected in West Nusa Tenggara (38). Central Sulawesi is second with 32 hotspots, followed by East Nusa Tenggara with 26.

Fifteen hotspots were detected in Aceh, 11 in East Kalimantan, and 8 and 7 in Maluku and North Sumatra respectively.

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 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.