South East Asian forest fires: haze over ASEAN and international environmental law

Review of European Community and International Environmental Law

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 202-208

  Tay, Simon S C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASEAN; EMISSIONS CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; FOREST FIRE; INTERNATIONAL LAW;

(SOUTHEAST); ASIA;

EID: 0031768269     PISSN: 09628797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9388.00147     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. Haze consists of smoke, condensation and particulate matter created by burning organic matter and fossil fuels which, among other effects, reduce visibility. Haze from forest fires has a huge concentration of particulates. Larger particulates fall rapidly from the atmosphere but small particulates can be spread by winds, exacerbate other pollutants and are therefore of primary concern to health. Once they penetrate the respiratory system, they remain there for a long period.
2. Study by the Economics and Environment Program of South East Asia (EEPSEA) and the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF), dated 20 February 1998 (publication forthcoming), and cited in Asiaweek, 13 March 1998, at 47.
3. Euston Quah, The 1997 Haze and The Damage Costs to Singapore: Preliminary Findings', paper presented at the South East Asian Land/ Forest Fires: Science and Policy Workshop., 30 April-2 May 1998, Singapore.
4. See The Fires Are Back', Asiaweek, 13 March 1998, at 46.