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    Southeast Asian haze

    Regular large scale fire-related air pollution problems that occurs in Southeast Asia

    The Southeast Asian haze is a fire-related recurrent transboundary air pollution issue. Haze events, where air quality reaches hazardous levels due to high concentrations of airborne particulate matter from burning biomass, have caused adverse health, environmental and economic impacts in several countries in Southeast Asia. Caused primarily by slash-and-burn land clearing, the problem flares up every dry season to varying degrees and generally is worst between July and October and during El Niño events. Transboundary haze in Southeast Asia has been recorded since 1972 with the 1997 and 2015 events being particularly severe. Industrial-scale slash-and-burn practices to clear land for agricultural purposes are a major cause of the haze, particularly for palm oil and pulpwood production in the region. Burning land occurs as it is cheaper and faster compared to cutting and clearing using excavators or other machinery. Wikipedia

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    The Southeast Asian haze is a fire-related recurrent transboundary air pollution issue. Haze events, where air quality reaches hazardous levels due to high concentrations of airborne particulate matter from burning biomass , [ 1 ] have caused adverse health, environmental and economic impacts in several countries in Southeast Asia .
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    A trans-national air pollution crisis affected several countries in Southeast Asia from February to September 2019, including Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.. Thailand began to experience a haze in February that lasted until May, peaking in March and April. Indonesia began to experience haze between June and July.
  5. en.wikipedia.org

    The 1997 Southeast Asian haze was an international air pollution disaster that occurred during the second half of 1997, its after-effects causing widespread atmospheric visibility and health problems within Southeast Asia.Considered the most severe Southeast Asian haze event of all time, [1] the total costs of the 1997 haze are estimated at US$9 billion, due mainly to health care and ...
  6. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

    Regional air quality in Southeast Asia has been seasonally affected by the transboundary haze problem, which has often been the result of forest fires from "slash-and-burn" farming methods. In light of growing public health concerns, recent studies have begun to examine the health effects of this seasonal haze problem in Southeast Asia.
  7. iopscience.iop.org

    The Southeast Asian region had been subjected to a drastic reduction in air quality from the biomass burnings that occurred in 2013 and 2015. The smoke from the biomass burnings covered the entire region including Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, with haze particulate matter (PM) reducing the air quality to hazardous levels.
  8. lowyinstitute.org

    Aug 22, 2024Transboundary haze pollution remains a key environmental challenge for Southeast Asia. Only last year, after a drop in forest and peatland fires due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the region saw the return of intense and smoky fires, exacerbated by a dry El Niño season. Air quality across Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore worsened significantly.
  9. seasia.yale.edu

    Transboundary haze is a form of seasonal air pollution that crosses national borders, affecting up to six Southeast Asian countries on a near-annual basis. [1] The particulates that make up the haze arise from forest and peat fires during the dry season, mostly in Indonesia on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra.
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