Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry: Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 597 in the Last 24 Hours (Saturday, September 7, 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 597 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is an increase of 269 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Saturday (7/9/2024) at 16.47 WIB. Of the 597 hotspots detected, 6 have a high confidence level, 586 are medium scale, and 5 are low scale.

The hotspot confidence level is divided into 3 scales: low (0-29), medium (30-79), and high (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 hotspots was detected in South Sumatra with 208 hotspots. East Java is second with 50 hotspots, followed by Jambi with 43 hotspots.

37 hotspots were detected in East Nusa Tenggara, followed by South Sulawesi with 31 hotspots, and South Papua and East Kalimantan with 30 and 25 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 the occurrence of 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.