Reuters reports that the government of Indonesia believes that the effects on ENSO could persist into 1998, at least until February. Fire has already burned over 165,352 hectares (413,000 acres) of forest, including 44,000 hectares (110,000 acres) of forest plantations at a loss of $26.4 million). The European Union estimates a loss of 150,000 to 300,000 hectares (375,000 to 750,000 acres). The World Wide Fund for Nature estimates that one million hectares (2.5 million acres) of peat continues to burn.