Ministry of Environment and Forestry: Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 49 in the Last 24 Hours (Monday, December 23, 2024)

Based on the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK)'s SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 49 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 49 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is from satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Monday (23/12/2024) at 11.08 WIB. Of the 49 hotspots detected, 3 have a high confidence level and 46 are at a moderate level.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into 3 scales: low (0-29), moderate (30-79), and high (80-100). The higher the confidence level, the higher the likelihood of a forest and land fire in that area.

The highest number of hotspots, 24, were detected in North Maluku. Central Kalimantan is second with 6 hotspots, followed by Southeast Sulawesi with 6 hotspots.

Four hotspots were detected in West Kalimantan, 3 in South Sulawesi, 2 in Central Java, and 1 in East Java.

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.