Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK): Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 123 in the Last 24 Hours (Wednesday, January 1, 2025)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 123 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is an increase of 35 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Wednesday, January 1, 2025, at 11:08 WIB (Western Indonesian Time). Of the 123 hotspots detected, 122 are of moderate scale and 1 is of low scale.

The hotspot confidence level is divided into 3 scales. The low scale has a range of 0-29, the moderate scale 30-79, and the high scale 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 detected hotspots is in West Sumatra with 40 hotspots. Bengkulu is second with 14 hotspots, followed by Jambi with 13 hotspots.

Eleven hotspots were detected in North Maluku, followed by South Kalimantan with 11 hotspots, while North Sumatra and East Kalimantan each have 6 and 5 detected 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 hotspots clustered in one 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.