Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and Forestry Detects 54 Hotspots, Most in North Maluku (Saturday, January 25, 2025)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 54 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is an increase of 15 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Saturday (25/1/2025) at 11:15 WIB. Of the 54 hotspots detected, 1 has a high confidence level and 53 are medium scale.

Hotspot confidence levels are 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 was detected in North Maluku (24). East Kalimantan is second with 9 hotspots, followed by East Java with 6.

Five hotspots were detected in Banten, 2 in Jambi, 2 in Central Java, and 1 in West Java.

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 satellite remote sensing hotspot data remains the most effective method for monitoring forest and land fires over large areas.