Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) Detects 512 Hotspots, Most in East Nusa Tenggara (Tuesday, November 12, 2024)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 512 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 39 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is derived from satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Tuesday (11/12/2024) at 11:23 WIB. Of the 512 detected hotspots, 16 have a high confidence level, 431 are medium, and 65 are low.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into three scales: low (0-29), medium (30-79), and high (80-100). The higher the confidence level, the greater the likelihood of a forest and land fire in that area.

The highest number of detected hotspots is in East Nusa Tenggara, with 246. North Maluku is second with 43 hotspots, followed by Southeast Sulawesi with 38.

Thirty-four hotspots were detected in East Kalimantan, followed by West Nusa Tenggara with 29, South Sumatra with 19, and South Kalimantan with 17.

A hotspot is a coordinate point in 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 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.