KLHK Finds 109 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in Central Papua (Thursday, December 4, 2025)

Based on the SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), the last 24-hour monitoring shows 109 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots decreased by 47 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Thursday (December 4, 2025) at 11:12 AM WIB. Of the 109 detected hotspots, 1 point has a high hotspot confidence level, 104 points are at a medium scale, and 4 points are at a low scale.

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

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The most detected hotspots are in Central Papua with 14 points. East Kalimantan ranks second with 11 hotspots. Central Sulawesi is in third place with 10 hotspots.

A total of 7 hotspots were detected in Aceh, followed by East Nusa Tenggara with 7 hotspots, and Riau and East Java each having 6 detected hotspots.

A hotspot is a coordinate point of an area that has 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 the occurrence of forest and land fires. This means that hotspot data from remote sensing satellite detection is still the most effective for monitoring forest and land fires over a large area.

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