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Indonesia orders action against land burning as haze chokes SE Asia

2015-09-15 05:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Indonesian President Joko Widodo called late on Monday for strong action against anyone caught lighting fires to clear forested land, as a worsening haze blanketed the north of the country and neighboring Singapore and Malaysia. Southeast Asia has suffered for years from annual bouts of smog caused by slash-and-burn practices in Indonesia's Sumatra and Kalimantan islands, but governments in the region have failed to address the problem. Air quality dipped to "unhealthy levels" in Malaysia and...

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