The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (LHK) Detects 95 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in East Java (Thursday, December 19, 2024)

Based on the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK)'s SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 95 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 14 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA accessed on Thursday (19/12/2024) at 11:37 WIB. Of the 95 hotspots detected, 1 has a high confidence level, 92 are medium, and 2 are low.

Hotspot confidence levels are 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 were detected in East Java (16), followed by Central Sulawesi (16) and North Maluku (13).

Nine hotspots were detected in South Kalimantan, six in Southeast Sulawesi, and six and five in South Sulawesi and Central Java respectively.

A hotspot is a coordinate point in 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.