Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK): Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 979 in the Last 24 Hours (Saturday, October 19, 2024)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 979 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is an increase of 405 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Saturday (19/10/2024) at 16.11 WIB. Of the 979 detected hotspots, 21 have a high confidence level, 921 are medium, and 37 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 forest and land fires in that area.

The highest number of hotspots was detected in East Nusa Tenggara (130). Southeast Sulawesi is second with 118 hotspots, followed by South Sumatra with 78.

73 hotspots were detected in South Papua, followed by West Kalimantan with 71, West Nusa Tenggara with 65, and Jambi with 47.

Hotspots are coordinate points of an area with a higher surface temperature than its surroundings, 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 satellite remote sensing hotspot data remains the most effective method for monitoring forest and land fires over large areas.