Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK): Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 65 in the Last 24 Hours (Saturday, April 5, 2025)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, the last 24-hour monitoring shows 65 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 28 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Saturday (5/4/2025) at 11:14 WIB. Of the 65 hotspots detected, 1 has a high confidence level, 61 are medium, and 3 are low.

The hotspot confidence level is divided into 3 scales: low (0-29), medium (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 was detected in East Nusa Tenggara with 14. West Kalimantan is second with 9 hotspots, followed by West Sumatra with 8.

Six hotspots were detected in East Java, followed by South Sulawesi with 6, and Jambi and South Papua with 5 each.

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.