The cause of Indonesia’s recurring infernos is the common practice of lighting fires to clear land for palm oil production, exacerbated by a prolonged dry spell partly attributable to El Niño. While stricter enforcement of rules against deliberate fires in Indonesia’s 1999 Basic Forestry Law and the 2014 Law on Plantations will help, far more needs to be done.
印尼反复发生无法控制的大火的原因是焚林开荒种植棕榈油作物的常规作业，部分因厄尔尼诺造成的长期干旱则是助推因素。印尼1999年基本森林法（Basic Forestry Law）和2014年造林法（Law on Plantations）等法律加大了治理故意放火的执法力度，这起到了一些效果，但还需要做更多的事。