Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and Forestry Detects 167 Hotspots, Most in East Kalimantan (Saturday, December 30, 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 167 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This number is a decrease of 41 points compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA accessed on Saturday (30/12/2023) at 13:56 WIB. Of the 167 hotspots detected, 159 are of medium scale and 8 are of 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 the hotspot, the higher the likelihood of forest and land fires in a particular area.

The highest number of detected hotspots is in East Kalimantan with 29 points. North Maluku is second with 26 hotspots. Central Sulawesi is third with 18 hotspots.

14 hotspots were detected in South Kalimantan, followed by Papua with 10 hotspots, and East Java and Southeast Sulawesi each having 8 detected hotspots.

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 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.