Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) Detects 187 Hotspots, Most in East Nusa Tenggara (Monday, September 30, 2024)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 187 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 581 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is derived from satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Monday (30/9/2024) at 16:28 WIB. Of the 187 detected hotspots, 8 have a high confidence level, 174 are medium, and 5 are low.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into 3 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 27. Central Sulawesi is second with 21, followed by North Maluku with 18.

South Sulawesi has 18 detected hotspots, followed by East Java with 13, and Riau and South Papua each with 11.

Hotspots are coordinate points of an area with a higher surface temperature than its surroundings, and do not represent 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.