00:01Japan has deployed three CH-47 Chinook helicopters to Indonesia's Borneo
00:06to help fight wildfires after haze and poor flying conditions delayed their operations last week.
00:24Indonesian government data showed fires affected more than 200,000 hectares
00:30or nearly 500,000 acres from January to July.
00:34Environmental Group YKAN estimated another 600,000 hectares
00:40or 1.4 million acres were affected by fires in August alone.
00:46President Prabowo Subianto has called for stricter regulations and tougher sanctions
00:51against those using slash and burn methods to clear land.
00:54Indonesia is battling its most intense wildfires in 11 years
00:58with Super El Niño conditions drying out forests and fields.
01:03Borneo and Sumatra have been among the worst hit areas
01:06with hazardous haze contributing to a rise in respiratory illnesses in Indonesia
01:10and neighboring Malaysia and Singapore.
01:16Sanctuary is the best to sort of impact a disaster in the 17-1 year
01:18by the US According to the 17-1 year,
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