Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK): Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 183 in the Last 24 Hours (Saturday, February 3, 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 183 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 12 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA accessed on Saturday (February 3, 2024) at 08:49 WIB. Of the 183 hotspots detected, 6 have a high confidence level, 165 are medium, and 12 are low.

The hotspot confidence level is 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 was detected in North Maluku (26). East Nusa Tenggara is second with 24 hotspots, followed by Maluku with 19.

Seventeen hotspots were detected in Aceh, followed by Central Sulawesi with 15, and Central Java and East Kalimantan with 14 and 13 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 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.