Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK): Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 95 in the Last 24 Hours (Sunday, December 31, 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 95 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This number is a decrease of 72 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA accessed on Sunday (31/12/2023) at 13:56 WIB. Of the 95 hotspots detected, 2 have a high confidence level, 90 are medium, and 3 are low.

The confidence level of hotspots is divided into 3 scales. The low scale ranges from 0-29, the medium scale from 30-79, and the high scale from 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 Papua with 26. East Kalimantan is second with 19 hotspots. East Nusa Tenggara is third with 8 hotspots.

Six hotspots were detected in Central Sulawesi, followed by North Maluku with 6 hotspots, while East Java and Maluku each have 5 and 3 detected hotspots respectively.

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.