AS another outbreak of forest fires in Indonesia sent harmful smoke drifting across parts of Southeast Asia, researchers and environmental activists urged Jakarta to step up efforts to prevent a repeat of the last major haze crisis in 2015.
Emergencies were declared in six Indonesian provinces on Sumatra island and in Kalimantan last week as fires raged, while neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia issued health warnings about the air pollution that is heading their way.
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