A domestic solution for transboundary harm: Singapore's haze pollution law

• Main Author: MOHAN, Mahdev
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Haze; air pollution; Singapore; Indonesia; transboundary issues; pollution law; environment law; Asian Studies; Environmental Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2139; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4089/viewcontent/domestic_solution_for_transboundary_harm_singapores_haze_pollution_law.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Toxic ‘haze’ from fires, often burning over dry peatland in Indonesia, has affected millions across Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia, as well as parts of the Philippines and Thailand. For Singapore in particular, this slash-and-burn method of clearing land in Indonesia to cultivate crops such as oi...