印度尼西亚一名高级官员周四表示，该国将努力恢复其泥炭生态系统，并将过去粮食基地对泥炭地的退化归咎为导致其11年来最严重野火季的原因，因为浓雾仍在笼罩其城市并飘向邻国。
Indonesia has blamed peatland degradation by past food estates for its worst wildfire season in 11 years, and will work to restore its peat ecosystem, a senior official said on Thursday as thick haze continued to blanket its cities and drift into neighbouring countries.
东南亚国家印度尼西亚正努力扑灭自2015年以来最猛烈的野火，厄尔尼诺现象引发的干旱使其森林和土地变得极易燃烧。野火已持续燃烧数月，仅在印度尼西亚的七个省份就有数十万人患上呼吸道疾病。
The Southeast Asian nation is struggling to put out its most intense wildfire since 2015 after an El Niño-driven drought made its forests and land highly flammable. The fires have been raging for months and hundreds of thousands of people have contracted respiratory illnesses in seven Indonesian provinces alone.
跨国雾霾也污染了邻国的空气，东帝汶的学校停课，马来西亚部分州份也受到影响。
The transboundary haze has also polluted the air in neighbouring countries, with schools suspended in East Timor and some states of Malaysia.
印度尼西亚的城市，尤其是苏门答腊和加里曼丹地区，正被雾霾笼罩，空气污染指数远超“危险”水平300。周四早些时候，中加里曼丹省的卡蒂安县读数接近1600，而该省首府巴长拉雅记录的读数接近1300。
Indonesian cities, especially in Sumatra and Kalimantan, are being choked by haze, with the air pollution index far exceeding the "hazardous" level of 300. The Katingan district of Central Kalimantan had a reading of nearly 1,600 earlier on Thursday, while the provincial capital Palangka Raya recorded nearly 1,300.
由于泥炭地火灾，中加里曼丹和南苏门答腊目前是受影响最严重的地区。泥炭地火灾会在地表下缓慢燃烧，随时可能重新爆发，并且会产生更浓的烟雾。
Central Kalimantan and South Sumatra are currently the worst affected areas due to peatland fires, which smoulder slowly beneath the surface and can re-emerge anytime, and also produce thicker smoke.
“由于长期的干预措施，中加里曼丹和南苏门答腊的泥炭地遭受了严重退化。大规模的排水工程被实施，从根本上改变了泥炭的自然特性，”副食品部长哈尼夫·费索尔·努罗菲克表示，他指出20世纪90年代的一个粮食基地项目是导致退化的原因之一。“如今，这些泥炭地的大部分已经被毁坏，”他说。
"As a result of long-standing interventions, the peatlands in Central Kalimantan and South Sumatra have suffered serious degradation. Massive drainage efforts were carried out, fundamentally altering the natural properties of the peat," said deputy food minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq, identifying a food estate project in the 1990s as one of the causes of degradation. "Today, a large portion of these peatlands has been destroyed," he said.
泥炭地保护组织“泥炭地监测”（Pantau Gambut）估计，在印度尼西亚2400万公顷的泥炭地中，由于生态系统受损——包括广泛的森林砍伐和地下水位下降——有1600万公顷的泥炭地变得更易燃。
Peatland protection group Pantau Gambut estimated that out of 24 million hectares of Indonesian peatland, 16 million hectares have been made more fire-prone as a result of ecosystem damage, including extensive deforestation and the depletion of water tables.
根据潘陶·甘布特（Pantau Gambut）在2024年进行的研究，2015年至2019年间因火灾受损的泥炭地中，仅有3%被恢复为森林，而54%被改造成单一作物种植园（主要是油棕种植园）。
A 2024 study conducted by Pantau Gambut showed that only 3% of the peatland damaged by fires over the 2015-2019 period has been restored into forest, while 54% was converted into monoculture plantations, mainly oil palm.
哈尼夫（Hanif）表示，政府计划通过钻井来为这些泥炭地补充水分，并改善水利系统的管理。
The government is aiming to drill wells to rewet peatlands and improve water canal management, Hanif said.
“其实解决方法很简单，但我们却忘记了这些措施，或者干脆没有将其付诸实施，”他说。
"It is quite simple, yet we have forgotten, neglected, or failed to carry it out," he said.
据当地媒体报道，本周帕朗卡拉亚（Palangka Raya）被浓重的橙色烟雾笼罩，数十名居民于周四在该市市长办公室前举行了抗议活动，要求政府能够更有效地解决这一环境问题。
Dozens of residents of Palangka Raya, which has been swathed in thick orange smog this week, staged a protest at its governor's office on Thursday, calling for the situation to be handled more effectively, local news reported. "The sky yesterday was very yellow ...
“昨天的天空呈现非常黄色的状态……由于这种恶劣的天气条件，人们的日常活动受到了严重影响。我们希望很快能下雨，以缓解这一困境，”一位名叫阿迪纳塔（Adinata）的46岁帕朗卡拉亚居民对路透社说道。
People's activities are far reduced because of this condition. We hope there will be rain soon that will ease this problem," a 46-year-old Palangka Raya resident named Adinata told Reuters.