Ministry of Environment and Forestry: Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 109 in the Last 24 Hours (Wednesday, December 18, 2024)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, the last 24-hour monitoring shows 109 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is an increase of 13 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Wednesday (18/12/2024) at 11:37 WIB. Of the 109 hotspots detected, 108 are medium scale and 1 is low scale.

The hotspot confidence level 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 hotspot confidence level, the higher the likelihood of forest and land fires in a particular area.

The highest number of detected hotspots is in North Maluku with 40 hotspots. Southeast Sulawesi is second with 17 hotspots, followed by East Kalimantan with 12 hotspots.

Nine hotspots were detected in South Sulawesi, followed by West Java with 6 hotspots, and Central Sulawesi and Banten each with 5 hotspots.

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 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.