Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK): Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 205 in the Last 24 Hours (Friday, December 22, 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 205 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This number is an increase of 58 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA accessed on Friday (22/12/2023) at 13.53 WIB. Of the 205 hotspots detected, 3 have a high confidence level, 194 are medium, and 8 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 a forest and land fire in that area.

The highest number of hotspots was detected in Papua (26), followed by South Sulawesi (26) and North Maluku (21).

17 hotspots were detected in Southeast Sulawesi, 16 in Central Java, 14 in East Kalimantan, and 12 in East Java.

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 clustered hotspots in an 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.