How serious is the transboundary haze pollution problem in ASEAN?

Major episodes of fire and transboundary haze pollution occurred in the region during the1980s and 1990s. The blaze of 1997-1998which affected Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia,Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand,was among the most damaging in recorded history. More than 9 million hectares of land were burnt, 6.5 million of which were forested areas.

The damage was estimated at more than USD 9 billion in terms of economic, social and environmental losses, including the release of an estimated 1-2 billion tonnes of carbon. More recently, transboundary haze pollution has also become a serious problem in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Thailand.In northern Thailand, land and forest fires caused the air quality to deteriorate to unhealthy levels during the dry season of 2006and 2007. More.

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