Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) Detects 590 Hotspots Across Indonesia, Most in East Nusa Tenggara (Wednesday, August 7, 2024)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 590 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 236 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is derived from satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Wednesday (August 7, 2024) at 16:08 WIB. Of the 590 detected hotspots, 6 have a high confidence level, 538 are medium, and 46 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 with 218. Riau is second with 64 hotspots, followed by East Java with 57.

Fifty hotspots were detected in South Sumatra, followed by West Nusa Tenggara with 44, Jambi with 31, and Central Java with 25.

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.