Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) Detects 383 Hotspots, Most in Central Sulawesi (Saturday, November 9, 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 383 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is an increase of 200 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Saturday (November 9th, 2024) at 11:23 WIB (Western Indonesian Time). Of the 383 hotspots detected, 12 have a high confidence level, 349 are medium, and 22 are low.

The hotspot confidence level is divided into three scales: low (0-29), medium (30-79), and high (80-100). The higher the confidence level, the higher the likelihood of forest and land fires in that area.

The highest number of hotspots was detected in Central Sulawesi with 61 hotspots. Maluku is second with 34 hotspots, followed by East Nusa Tenggara with 34 hotspots.

31 hotspots were detected in East Kalimantan, followed by South Papua with 28, Southeast Sulawesi and West Nusa Tenggara with 28 and 21 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.