Residents in Southeast Asia are currently being subjected to a heavy blanket of smoke and haze spreading across the region. The haze originates in large part from the burning of forests and peat soils in order to prepare land for agriculture, such as palm oil. But reading news reports and even seeing pictures cannot always convey the daily experience in the way that first-hand accounts can. Read more >
4 Reasons to Pay Attention to the Deadly Haze in Southeast Asia this Year
Lael Goodman, analyst, Tropical Forest & Climate Initiative
October 7, 2015 4:45 PM EDT
Days of Haze: How Palm Oil and Landscape Fires Affect Health in Southeast Asia
Lael Goodman, analyst, Tropical Forest & Climate Initiative
March 4, 2015 2:27 PM EDT
On a recent trip to Singapore, after the day’s discussion about how best to stop deforestation in Southeast Asia had ceased and the jet-lag was just beginning to take a hold of me, I hopped into bed to fall asleep. Or probably more accurately, I collapsed into bed. I turned on the television and what I saw on the screen was surprising. Read more >