Ministry of Environment and Forestry Finds 193 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in Aceh (Tuesday, March 10, 2026)

Based on the SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), monitoring over the last 24 hours shows 193 hotspots detected in Indonesia.

The data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA accessed on Tuesday (March 10, 2026) at 11:47 WIB. Of the 193 detected hotspots, 6 have a high hotspot confidence level, 180 are medium scale, and 7 are low scale.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into 3 scales. The low scale ranges from 0 - 29, medium scale from 30 - 79, and high scale from 80 - 100. The higher the hotspot confidence level, the higher the possibility of forest and land fires occurring in a particular area.

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The most hotspots detected are in Aceh, totaling 49. Riau ranks second with 26 hotspots. South Sulawesi is third with 20 hotspots.

19 hotspots were detected in Southeast Sulawesi, the Riau Islands follow with 15 hotspots, while North Sumatra and South Sumatra have 11 and 10 detected hotspots respectively.

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

However, a large number of clustered hotspots in an area indicates the occurrence of forest and land fires. This means that remote sensing satellite-detected hotspot data remains the most effective for monitoring forest and land fires over large areas.

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