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SE Asia seeks new strategy fight slash and burn haze problem
2015-10-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Irrawaddy: As a blanket of haze, caused by thick smoke from forest fires in Indonesia, covers parts of Southeast Asia, the region is struggling to find an effective response to the problem, experts said. The haze has caused health problems, flight delays and school closures across Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore in what has become an annual ordeal that has defied attempts by governments, businesses and green groups to tackle it. At the heart of the problem are palm oil plantation owners, who use cheap...
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