Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK): Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 404 in the Last 24 Hours (Saturday, September 14, 2024)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 404 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is an increase of 150 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is from satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Saturday (14/9/2024) at 16.53 WIB. Of the 404 hotspots detected, 17 have a high confidence level, 382 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 higher the likelihood of forest and land fires in that area.

The highest number of hotspots were detected in East Nusa Tenggara (89). East Kalimantan is second with 53 hotspots, followed by East Java with 42.

37 hotspots were detected in Central Sulawesi, followed by South Sulawesi with 35, and Central Java and South Kalimantan with 27 and 26 hotspots respectively.

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.