Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK): Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 533 in the Last 24 Hours (Sunday, August 11, 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 533 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is an increase of 148 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA accessed on Sunday (11/8/2024) at 16.08 WIB. Of the 533 hotspots detected, 20 have a high confidence level, 503 are medium scale, and 10 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 West Kalimantan with 75 hotspots. South Sulawesi is second with 55 hotspots, followed by East Java with 54 hotspots.

51 hotspots were detected in East Kalimantan, followed by East Nusa Tenggara with 49 hotspots, and West Nusa Tenggara and South Kalimantan each having 41 and 35 detected hotspots respectively.

A hotspot is a coordinate point of an area with a higher surface temperature than its surroundings, and not the number of forest and land fire incidents.

However, a large number of hotspots clustered in one 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.