TRANSBOUNDARY HAZE POLLUTION
WEEK 3: TRANSBOUNDARY HAZE POLLUTION WHAT IS TRANSBOUNDARY HAZE POLLUTION? Transboundary Haze Pollution is one of ASEAN’s agreement. This agreement was produced in June 2002, held in Siem Reap, Cambodia. All ASEAN member states have ratified the agreement, which went into effect in 2003. The agreement includes provisions for monitoring, assessment and prevention, technical cooperation and scientific research, mechanism of coordination, lines of communication and simplified customs and immigration procedures for disaster relief. The term of Transboundary Haze Pollution occurred because of the burning of plants, lands of jungle, crops by the farmer, estate owners and logging companies mostly in Indonesia has polluted this region atmosphere. In addition, neighboring countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Thailand have negatively impact by Indonesia’s action. There are the contributing factors to this problem such as Slash and burn. In Indonesia, slash and burn is a comm