Haze Prevention: Transforming Agriculture Use?

• Main Author: Montesclaros, Jose Ma. Luis P.
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Regionalism and Multilateralism; Southeast Asia and ASEAN
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83201; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42458
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

At the 19th Sub-Regional Ministerial Steering Committee on Transboundary Haze Pollution in Kuala Lumpur this week, ASEAN reiterated its commitment to a haze-free region by 2020. Could a long-term solution to preventing forest fires in Southeast Asia lie in alternative commodities that can grow in we...