2016 Southeast Asian haze

The 2016 Southeast Asian haze is an air pollution crisis affecting several countries in Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. The haze is caused by Indonesian agricultural fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan. The fires are attributed to illegal slash-and-burn practices by companies and individual farmers, which remove vegetation to make way for plantations of palm oil, pulp and paper.

2016 Southeast Asian haze

The 2016 Southeast Asian haze is an air pollution crisis affecting several countries in Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. The haze is caused by Indonesian agricultural fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan. The fires are attributed to illegal slash-and-burn practices by companies and individual farmers, which remove vegetation to make way for plantations of palm oil, pulp and paper.