雅加达：据环保组织称，最近几周，数十只处于极度濒危状态的猩猩从印度尼西亚各地肆虐的野火中获救。
JAKARTA: Dozens of critically endangered orangutans have been rescued in recent weeks from rampant wildfires burning across Indonesia, conservation groups said.
这些火灾引发了长达数月的空气污染，导致学校关闭、人类和动物的呼吸系统疾病发病率上升，并限制了印度尼西亚、马来西亚、新加坡和东帝汶的户外活动。
The fires have triggered a months-long pollution spell that has closed schools, fuelled a surge in respiratory conditions both among humans and animals, and restricted outdoor activities in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and East Timor.
10月18日（周日），该地区的空气污染程度再次达到“不健康”甚至“非常不健康”的水平，东南亚南部的许多地区被有毒的雾霾笼罩。
Pollution levels again ranged from unhealthy to very unhealthy across the region on Sunday (Oct 18), cloaking many areas across southern Southeast Asia in toxic haze.
总部位于瑞士的空气质量监测机构IQAir再次将新加坡和吉隆坡列为全球污染最严重的五大城市之一。由于婆罗洲和苏门答腊岛上的火灾，以及厄尔尼诺现象的加剧，这些地区的烟雾持续排放。
Swiss-based air quality monitor IQAir again ranked Singapore and Kuala Lumpur among the world's top five most polluted major cities as fires on Borneo and Sumatra islands, intensified by a turbo-charged El Nino weather phenomenon, keep emitting smoke.
在印度尼西亚，各组织正在努力保护野生动物（包括猩猩）免受火灾的伤害。
donesia, groups are working to save wildlife from the fires, including orangutans.
周六，西加里曼丹省的环保机构与印尼非营利组织YIARI宣布：从8月6日至10月19日期间，他们已从该省多个地区疏散了51只猩猩。
On Saturday, the West Kalimantan conservation agency and Indonesian non-profit YIARI said a team evacuated 51 orangutans from locations in the province from Aug 6 to Oct 19.
印度尼西亚林业部的数据显示，最近几个月在加里曼丹岛获救的猩猩数量可能高达96只。不过目前还无法立即联系到相关部门以核实这一数字的准确性。
And figures from Indonesia's forestry ministry suggested this week that the number rescued over recent months in Kalimantan could be as high as 96. Officials could not be immediately reached to clarify the number.
最新的救援行动发生在周六：三个环保组织在婆罗洲中加里曼丹省的汉帕甘村救出了一只20岁的雄性猩猩。
The latest rescue came on Saturday, when three conservation agencies rescued a 20-year-old male orangutan in Hampangen village in Central Kalimantan, on Borneo island.
这些机构表示：“疏散过程进行得非常谨慎。在给猩猩注射镇静剂后，医疗团队立即对其进行了健康检查，随后将其送往康复中心。”
"The evacuation process was carried out with great caution," the agencies said. "After the orangutan was sedated, the medical team immediately conducted a health examination before taking the animal to the ... rehabilitation centre," it said.
印度尼西亚交通部还称，自8月中旬以来，全国约有2,400个航班受到了雾霾的影响。
Indonesia's transport ministry also said around 2,400 flights across the country have been affected by the haze since mid-August.
“雾霾会降低机场的能见度，从而导致航班延误、中断，甚至取消。所有运营决策都以安全为首要考虑因素，”该部门表示。
"Haze reduces visibility around airports, which can lead to delays, disruptions, and even flight cancellations. Every operational decision is made with safety as the top priority," the ministry said.