hat is the government doing now?
Cifor's Mr Purnomo said environmental workers were out in the field doing their best to rehabilitate about 600,000 hectares of precious peatlands - with the aim of restoring some two million hectares in the coming years.
"There is a lot of important work being done by the government as well as the private sector, including the giant companies and the wood plantation companies - they are trying to work together," he said.
"And President Jokowi has said regional chiefs of police will be replaced if there are ongoing fires in their region."
In December last year, Indonesia announced that more than 50 companies would be punished for their role in the fires - and that further investigations were taking place.
Just weeks later, however, a $565m lawsuit against one plantation company was rejected due to lack of evidence.