Ministry of Environment and Forestry: Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 334 in the Last 24 Hours (Saturday, February 24, 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 334 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 87 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Saturday (24/2/2024) at 08.51 WIB. Of the 334 hotspots detected, 14 have a high confidence level, 309 are medium scale, and 11 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 hotspots were detected in East Kalimantan (113). Central Sulawesi is second with 37 hotspots, followed by East Nusa Tenggara with 31 hotspots.

22 hotspots were detected in North Maluku, followed by North Kalimantan with 21, South Sulawesi and North Sumatra with 18 and 14 hotspots respectively.

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 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.