Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry: Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 61 in the Last 24 Hours (Thursday, December 12, 2024)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, the last 24-hour monitoring shows 61 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 127 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Thursday (12/12/2024) at 11:26 WIB. Of the 61 hotspots detected, 59 are of medium scale and 2 are of low scale.

The confidence level of hotspots is divided into 3 scales. The low scale has a range of 0-29, the medium scale 30-79, and the high scale 80-100. The higher the confidence level of a hotspot, the higher the likelihood of a forest and land fire in that area.

The highest number of detected hotspots is in Southeast Sulawesi with 12 hotspots. Riau is in second place with 6 hotspots. East Kalimantan is in third place with 5 hotspots.

Five hotspots were detected in Aceh, followed by North Maluku with 5 hotspots, and East Nusa Tenggara and Papua each having 4 detected hotspots.

A hotspot is a coordinate point 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 hotspots clustered in one area indicates the occurrence of 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.