Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK): Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 99 in the Last 24 Hours (Saturday, December 21, 2024)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 99 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is an increase of 13 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Saturday (21/12/2024) at 11:08 WIB. Of the 99 hotspots detected, 1 has a high confidence level, 97 are medium, and 1 is low.

Hotspot confidence levels are 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 South Sulawesi with 26. Southeast Sulawesi is second with 21 hotspots, followed by North Maluku with 14.

Seven hotspots were detected in Papua, followed by Central Sulawesi with 6, and Papua Pegunungan and South Kalimantan each with 4.

A hotspot is a coordinate point in 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 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.