Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK): Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 401 in the Last 24 Hours (Wednesday, September 11, 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 401 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 564 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) at 4:47 PM WIB. Of the 401 hotspots detected, 6 have a high confidence level, 381 are medium scale, and 14 are low scale.

The hotspot confidence level is 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 detected hotspots was in South Papua with 88 hotspots. North Maluku is second with 40 hotspots, followed by East Kalimantan with 36 hotspots.

36 hotspots were detected in East Nusa Tenggara, followed by Central Sulawesi with 35 hotspots, and South Kalimantan and South Sulawesi each with 34 and 32 detected hotspots, respectively.

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.