HAZE

A picture taken in July last year showing the aftermath of a forest fire in Meulaboh, Aceh. The slash-and-burn method of clearing forests has led to huge conflagrations that have contributed to premature deaths and cost billions in damage. "That is w

Singapore-based palm oil trader, NGO face off

Sep 23, 2018, 5:00 am

Traditional slash-and-burn practices 'don't cause haze', say Dayak communities in West Kalimantan

Aug 31, 2018, 11:50 am
A student walking along a road amid thick haze in Pontianak, in the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan, on Monday.

Schools close as haze worsens in Pontianak

Aug 22, 2018, 5:00 am

Schools close as haze worsens in Pontianak in Indonesia's West Kalimantan

Aug 21, 2018, 1:21 pm
A man trying to extinguish a fire at an oil palm plantation in Pekanbaru on Tuesday. Most of the land fires were started by locals using the slash-and-burn method to clear their land.

Shoot-on-sight order issued as Riau fights fires

Aug 18, 2018, 5:00 am

Malaysia's Defence Ministry deploys cloud seeding to deal with haze

Aug 17, 2018, 11:07 pm

Shoot-on-sight order issued in Riau as growing forest and peatland fires cause choking haze

Aug 17, 2018, 9:37 am

Parts of Malaysia hit by unhealthy levels of haze

Aug 17, 2018, 5:00 am

'Buck up and find ways to stop open burning,' Malaysian minister tells Dept of Environment

Aug 16, 2018, 1:32 pm

Hotspots and open burning bring back haze in Sarawak

Aug 16, 2018, 10:13 am