What Can Indonesia Do about the Haze?

Euston Quah and Tsiat Siong Tan

Chapter 28 in Pollution Across Borders:Transboundary Fire, Smoke and Haze in Southeast Asia, 2018, pp 343-346 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: If there is any solution to the relentless haze problem, it lies in Indonesia.President Joko Widodo’s administration has undoubtedly shown renewed resolve and increased efforts in tackling the Indonesian forest fires, but his three-year target to greatly reduce the fire episodes seems more of a political timeframe than a realistic one…

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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