Why the Southeast Asian Haze Problem Is Difficult to Solve

Parkash Chander
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Evelyn Shyamala Devadason ()

Chapter 3 in Pollution Across Borders:Transboundary Fire, Smoke and Haze in Southeast Asia, 2018, pp 31-35 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The Southeast Asian haze is a major environmental problem facing the region and a much studied subject. Thus it may seem that there cannot be much new to say or write about it. Undoubtedly, significant progress has been made in both understanding and instituting policies and mechanisms to tackle it. But the problem continues to persist evenafter nearly two decades since the region experienced one of the worst episodes in 1997–98. It seems to appear and disappear much like the proverbial Cheshire cat in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland…

Keywords: Transboundary Pollution; Air Pollution; Pollution; Haze; ASEAN Haze; SEA Haze; Environmental Economics; Externality; Slash and Burn; Palm Oil Plantation; Pulpwood Plantation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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