Raise public understanding in Indonesia to tackle haze

OVER the last five decades, the problem of transboundary air pollution due to the South-east Asian haze has become progressively serious. During the 1960s and the 1970s, the problem already existed. However, it was minor and thus did not garner much attention in the countries that were affected by it. It was neither a political nor a social issue, and did not attract any serious media attention.

The situation started to change in the late 1980s; and by the first half of the 1990s, transboundary haze problems could no longer be ignored. As the area under palm oil cultivation grew dramat…