印尼搁置了向邻国寻求外国援助以遏制持续数月的森林火灾的计划，这些火灾正引发跨国毒雾，印尼坚称其“仍有能力”处理这场危机。
Indonesia has held off on seeking foreign aid from its neighbours to contain months-long forest fires fuelling a toxic transboundary haze, insisting it is “still capable” of handling the crisis.
政治与安全事务统筹部长杜东·阿卜杜拉赫曼将这一决定归因于雅加达迟迟未宣布火灾为国家灾难，尽管日本自卫队上个月在该国开展了空中灭火行动。此前，雅加达与东京于5月签署了一项扩大防务合作（包括救灾）的条约。
Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Dudung Abdurachman attributed the decision to Jakarta’s delay in declaring the fires a national disaster, despite Japan’s Self-Defence Forces conducting aerial firefighting operations in the country last month. The deployment follows a pact signed in May between Jakarta and Tokyo to expand defence cooperation, including disaster relief.
据当地新闻媒体《罗盘报》周一援引，杜东表示：“这意味着一旦宣布发生国家灾难，外国的援助就会到位。”
“This means that if a national disaster is declared, assistance from foreign countries would become available,” Dudung said on Monday, as quoted by local news outlet Kompas.
“这不仅关乎援助本身。现场还会存在许多技术挑战。”国家灾难宣布在印尼很罕见，印尼上一次使用这一标签是在2020年的新冠疫情期间。甚至连2018年龙目岛地震和去年造成数百人死亡的苏门答腊洪灾等灾难性事件，也未被指定为国家灾难。
“It’s not about the assistance itself. There would also be many technical challenges on the ground.”National disaster declarations are rare in Indonesia, which last assigned the label to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. Even cataclysmic events such as the 2018 Lombok earthquake and last year’s Sumatra floods – which left hundreds dead – were not designated national disasters.
负责林业议会小组的议员丹尼尔·约汉表示，宣布灾难可以为灭火工作释放更多的政府资金和人力。
Daniel Johan, a lawmaker heading a parliamentary panel on forestry, said the declaration could unlock more government funding and manpower for firefighting.
环保活动人士猛烈抨击了政府的应对措施。绿色和平组织活动人士贝尔吉斯·哈比巴指责官员未能迅速采取行动，尽管早有警告称厄尔尼诺天气现象会加剧干旱条件。
Environmental campaigners have slammed the government’s response. Greenpeace activist Belgis Habiba rebuked officials for failing to act quickly despite early warnings that the El Nino weather phenomenon would exacerbate dry conditions.
据《雅加达邮报》上周报道，她批评称：“这种情况并没有得到严肃处理，[因为]未能宣布（火灾和雾霾）为国家灾难。”
“This situation hasn’t been handled seriously, [as] evidenced by the failure to declare the [fires and haze] a national disaster,” The Jakarta Post quoted her as saying last week.
据国家通讯社安塔拉社报道，印尼这一明显的立场反转发生在外交部长阿尔曼马塔·纳西尔表示区域援助机制“已经在进行中”并已获得总统批准的几天之后。
Indonesia’s apparent U-turn comes just days after Foreign Minister Arrmanatha Nasir said the regional aid mechanisms were “already in progress” and had received presidential approval, according to state news agency Antara.
杜东表示，印尼拥有扑灭大火的资源，大火已将东南亚部分地区笼罩在浓重的烟雾中，迫使学校停课、航班中断，并引发呼吸系统疾病激增以及对医疗氧气和空气净化器的需求增加。
Dudung said Indonesia had the resources to extinguish the blazes, which have blanketed parts of Southeast Asia in a thick smog, forcing school closures, disrupting flights and triggering a spike in respiratory illnesses and demand for medical oxygen and air purifiers.
他周一对马来西亚国家新闻社马新社表示：“目前，我们仍然有能力。我们的国家仍然有能力。”“正如我之前所说，马来西亚已经提供了援助，如果宣布发生国家灾难，该援助将会提供。”马来西亚总理安瓦尔周日表示，吉隆坡已提议建立一个东南亚国家联盟层面的机制，以加强应对雾霾的协调和准备工作。上个月，马来西亚曾提出部署52名人员、3架直升机和1架飞机，但路透社报道称，并没有采取后续行动。
“For now, we are still capable. Our country is still capable,” he told Malaysian state news agency Bernama on Monday. “As I said earlier, Malaysia has offered assistance, and if a national disaster is declared, that assistance will be extended.”Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Sunday that Kuala Lumpur had proposed an Association of Southeast Asian Nations-level mechanism to boost coordination and preparedness against the haze. Last month, Malaysia offered to deploy 52 personnel, three helicopters and an aircraft, but Reuters reported that no follow-up action had been taken.
新加坡也再次提出了支持意愿。据新闻频道CNA报道，内政部长尚穆根周一体现了该城市国家随时准备提供帮助的立场，同时将火灾归咎于企业的贪婪。
Singapore has also renewed its offer of support. According to news channel CNA, Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam on Monday reiterated the city state’s readiness to help, while placing the blame for the fires on corporate greed.
能源与清洁空气研究中心9月份的一份报告称，火灾引起的雾霾在上个月导致印尼1700人死亡。
A September report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air said that fire-related haze caused 1,700 deaths in Indonesia the previous month.
大火还威胁着六个省份的濒危猩猩，当局已调集6万多名人员并任命了一位新的灾难减缓机构负责人来平息烈火。
The fires also threaten endangered orangutans across six provinces where authorities have mobilised over 60,000 personnel and appointed a new disaster mitigation agency chief to quell the flames.
国家警察局长苏尤迪·阿里奥·塞托周日表示，当局正在调查与火灾有关的98家公司，并补充说一旦证据搜集完成，他们的身份将被公布。据《海峡时报》报道，被调查的公司包括来自“邻国”的企业。
National police chief Suyudi Ario Seto on Monday said that authorities are investigating 98 firms linked to the fires, adding that their identities would be disclosed once evidence gathering was complete. According to The Straits Times, the companies under investigation include firms from “neighbouring countries”. By SCMP’s Asia desk