Ministry of Environment and Forestry: Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 185 in the Last 24 Hours (Tuesday, December 19, 2023)

Based on the forest and land fire monitoring system SiPongi of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), the last 24-hour monitoring shows 185 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This number is a decrease of 27 points compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA accessed on Tuesday (12/19/2023) at 13:44 WIB. Of the 185 hotspots detected, 2 have a high confidence level, 178 are medium scale, and 5 are 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 North Maluku with 25 points. Papua is second with 21 hotspots. Southeast Sulawesi is third with 20 hotspots.

17 hotspots were detected in South Sumatra, followed by Central Java with 16 hotspots, and Banten and East Java each having 12 detected hotspots.

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 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.