The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia

Palm oil and patronage

Bibliographic Data

ID19902956
AuthorsHelena Varkkey (0000-0002-4622-0450, corresponding author)
Year2015
Publication date2015-07-16
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueHaze Problem in Southeast Asia (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781315717814
OpenAlexW4230150140
Open LibraryOL39584736M
ISBN9781315717814
LanguageEN
Citations received13

Despite the efforts of Southeast Asian governments and of ASEAN, transboundary haze continues to be a major environmental problem in Southeast Asia. This book demonstrates that the issue is complex, and explains why efforts to solve the problem in purely political terms are ineffective, and likely to continue to be ineffective. The book shows how state-led, state-incentivised agribusiness development lies at the heart of the problem, leading to a large rise in palm oil production, with extensive clearing of forests, leading to deliberate or accidental fires and the resulting haze. Moreover, although the forest clearing is occurring in Indonesia, many of the companies involved are Malaysian and Singaporean; and, further, many of these companies have close relationships with the politicians and officials responsible for addressing the problem and who thereby have a conflict of interest. The author concludes by discussing the huge difficulties involved in overturning this system of 'patronage politics'

Ancient history · Geography · Haze · Meteorology · Southeast asia · Asian Studies and History · History · Socioeconomic Development in Asia · Air · Air, pollution · asia · Business & Economics · Environmental aspects · environmental conditions · Environmental protection · Environnement · General · Infrastructure · Political aspects · Pollution · Protection · Social Science

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