Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and Forestry Detects 85 Hotspots, Most in Jambi (Monday, December 16, 2024)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 85 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 16 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is derived from satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Monday (16/12/2024) at 11.06 WIB. Of the 85 hotspots detected, 84 are of medium scale and 1 is of low scale.

The confidence level of hotspots is divided into 3 scales. The low scale has a range of 0-29, the medium scale 30-79, and the high scale 80-100. The higher the confidence level of a hotspot, the higher the likelihood of a forest and land fire in that area.

The highest number of detected hotspots is in Jambi with 16. West Kalimantan is second with 13 hotspots. South Sumatra is third with 9 hotspots.

Eight hotspots were detected in Aceh, followed by Riau with 7, and Southeast Sulawesi and Central Sulawesi with 7 and 4 detected hotspots respectively.

Hotspots are coordinate points 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.