Ministry of Environment and Forestry: Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 455 in the Last 24 Hours (Sunday, August 25, 2024)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 455 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 291 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Sunday (25/8/2024) at 16.16 WIB. Of the 455 hotspots detected, 16 have a high confidence level, 435 are medium, and 4 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 forest and land fires in that area.

The highest number of hotspots was detected in East Java with 107. Central Java is second with 56 hotspots, followed by South Sumatra with 52.

51 hotspots were detected in East Nusa Tenggara, followed by Central Kalimantan with 47, West Java with 25, and South Kalimantan with 16.

Hotspots are coordinate points of an area with a higher surface temperature than its surroundings and do not represent 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.