Toward clearer skies: Challenges in regulating transboundary haze in Southeast Asia

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 87-95

  Lee, Janice Ser Huay ^a   Jaafar, Zeehan ^b,c   Tan, Alan Khee Jin ^b   Carrasco, Luis R ^b   Ewing, J Jackson ^d   Bickford, David P ^b   Webb, Edward L ^b   Koh, Lian Pin ^e  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Environmental law; Fires; Governance; Indonesia; Industrial plantations

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; FORESTRY; GOVERNMENT; HAZE; LAW; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84942515146     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.09.008     Document Type: Article

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