Authors:
Helena Binti and Muhamad Varkkey
Book:
Proceedings of the 15th International Peat Congress
Venue:
Kuching
Keywords:
asean, fire-monitoring, haze-monitoring-system, peatland-management, transboundary-haze
Documentfile:
ipc16p370-374a180varkkey.pdf
Summary:
SUMMARY
The recent haze episodes of 2013 and 2015 have been especially severe, with serious consequences on the day-today lives of Indonesians living closest to the fires and in neighbouring countries. With satellite imagery and news reports pinpointing sustained peat fires as a major source of the haze, national and regional responses have, more than ever, focused on peatlands. At the ASEAN level, on-going efforts to address peat and haze issues focus around two documents, namely the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution (ATHP) 2002 and the ASEAN…