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4 Oct 2015

2015 Haze in Southeast Asia: Causes, human rights impacts & the roles of business & govt.

 

This is a compilation of 2015 reports related to the seasonal occurrence of air pollution or haze in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore caused by the movement of smoke from forest fires in palm oil plantations. Recently, the haze has also reached parts of the Philippines and Thailand.

A related story with company responses is available here.

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