Transboundary Haze Pollution : Balancing the ASEAN Way and the Malaysia Approach

The haze phenomenon is engulfing Southeast Asia. Such a yearly epidemic is primarily originating from fires ravaging the foreste of the Indonesian islands. Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore are often badly distressed by this environmental anomaly. Thick smog hovers over the airspace of Malaysia, Sin...

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Main Author: Dr.Mohd Hazmi, Mohd Rusli
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Published: 2019
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spelling my.usim-173362019-01-16T07:52:18Z Transboundary Haze Pollution : Balancing the ASEAN Way and the Malaysia Approach Dr.Mohd Hazmi, Mohd Rusli The haze phenomenon is engulfing Southeast Asia. Such a yearly epidemic is primarily originating from fires ravaging the foreste of the Indonesian islands. Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore are often badly distressed by this environmental anomaly. Thick smog hovers over the airspace of Malaysia, Singapore, Southern, Thailand, and at times the Philippine islands , causing environmental and health problems for millions of people inhabiting areas across the region.The scarcity of rain often worsens the appalling air quality in affected areas. Nearly every year,the unwanted smoke – broght about by the winds from forest fires in Sumatra and Borneo – hovers over Southeast Asian skies for months, depriving millions their right to enjoy clean air. On October 4,2015, satellites detected 1,840 hotspots over Sumatra. 2019-01-10T04:50:56Z 2019-01-10T04:50:56Z 2017 Article 1976-9229 http://ddms.usim.edu.my:80/jspui/handle/123456789/17336 en_US
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description The haze phenomenon is engulfing Southeast Asia. Such a yearly epidemic is primarily originating from fires ravaging the foreste of the Indonesian islands. Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore are often badly distressed by this environmental anomaly. Thick smog hovers over the airspace of Malaysia, Singapore, Southern, Thailand, and at times the Philippine islands , causing environmental and health problems for millions of people inhabiting areas across the region.The scarcity of rain often worsens the appalling air quality in affected areas. Nearly every year,the unwanted smoke – broght about by the winds from forest fires in Sumatra and Borneo – hovers over Southeast Asian skies for months, depriving millions their right to enjoy clean air. On October 4,2015, satellites detected 1,840 hotspots over Sumatra.
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title Transboundary Haze Pollution : Balancing the ASEAN Way and the Malaysia Approach
title_short Transboundary Haze Pollution : Balancing the ASEAN Way and the Malaysia Approach
title_full Transboundary Haze Pollution : Balancing the ASEAN Way and the Malaysia Approach
title_fullStr Transboundary Haze Pollution : Balancing the ASEAN Way and the Malaysia Approach
title_full_unstemmed Transboundary Haze Pollution : Balancing the ASEAN Way and the Malaysia Approach
title_sort transboundary haze pollution : balancing the asean way and the malaysia approach
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