Ministry of Environment and Forestry: Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 362 in the Last 24 Hours (Thursday, February 29, 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 362 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is an increase of 133 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA accessed on Thursday (29/2/2024) at 08.51 WIB. Of the 362 hotspots detected, 10 have a high confidence level, 334 are medium, and 18 are low.

The confidence level of hotspots 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 a particular area.

The highest number of hotspots was detected in East Kalimantan with 74. Riau is second with 73 hotspots, followed by Central Sulawesi with 57.

Twenty hotspots were detected in East Nusa Tenggara, followed by North Maluku with 19, South Sulawesi with 17, and Southeast Sulawesi with 12.

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.