Patronage politics, plantation fires and transboundary haze

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 200-217

  Varkkey, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

environmental law; forest fires; haze pollution; Indonesia; oil palm; patronage

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST FIRE; HAZE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PLANTATION; POLITICS; POLLUTION;

INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ELAEIS;

EID: 84890426446     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: 18780059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17477891.2012.759524     Document Type: Article

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