Plantation land management, fires and haze in southeast Asia

Forest fires and its resulting haze has been a recurring transboundary environmental problem in Southeast Asia. This research paper shows the strong correlation between the opening of plantation land in Indonesia and Malaysia and fires that cause haze. It argues that commercial plantations contrib...

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Main Author: Varkkey, H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2011
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Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/8412/1/mjem_2011_publisher_PDF.pdf