Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK): Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 385 in the Last 24 Hours (Saturday, August 10, 2024)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 385 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 214 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Saturday (10/8/2024) at 16.08 WIB. Of the 385 hotspots detected, 8 have a high confidence level, 374 are medium scale, and 3 are low scale.

The hotspot confidence level is divided into 3 scales: low (0-29), medium (30-79), and high (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 hotspots were detected in South Sumatra (54). Central Sulawesi is second with 46 hotspots, followed by East Java with 45 hotspots.

35 hotspots were detected in South Kalimantan, followed by East Nusa Tenggara with 30, and Jambi and South Sulawesi each with 24 hotspots.

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 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.