Southeast Asian haze
"They only have to be sparked by cigarette butts and they (peatlands) will go up in flames"
The Southeast Asian haze is a perennial air quality problem stemming from slash and burn deforestation techniques coupled with expansion of the palm oil industry, mainly originating in the Indonesian island of Sumatra, but its effects are felt in Singapore and Malaysia as well.[2]
Traditionally, the large multinational corporations had been blamed, but in recent years the small- to medium-size plantations have been found to start the majority of fires.[2]
The problem flares up every dry season, in varying degrees, and affects Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, southern Thailand, and Indonesia. Rice paddy burning is also a common practice throughout Southeast Asia, resulting in poor air quality at a local level.
Haze by year
It generally refers to haze occurring in Southeast Asia; see Smog#Southeast Asia. In specific intense cases, it may refer to:
- 1997 Southeast Asian haze
- 1997 Indonesian forest fires
- 2005 Malaysian haze
- 2006 Southeast Asian haze
- 2009 Southeast Asian haze
- 2013 Southeast Asian haze
See also
References
- ↑ Idrus, Ansyor (15 August 2012). "Slash-and-burn practices lead to forest fires in S. Sumatra". The Jakarta Post.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://world.time.com/2013/07/30/the-southeast-asian-haze-is-back-and-worse-may-follow/
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