A NASA satellite image showing the extent of the haze in Borneo on 15 September 2019.
Duration
February – May 2019 (Thailand) June – September 2019 (other countries)
Location
Brunei Indonesia Malaysia Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam
Outcome
School closures in Malaysia and Indonesia Cancellation of all Firefly flights between Singapore and Malaysia, as well as in Indonesia
Deaths
Indonesia: 2 died from respiratory infections.
Arrests
Indonesia: 230 people were arrested for their suspected involvement in forest and land burning.[1]
Southeast Asian haze series
Haze in Borneo, 2019
History
1990s
1997 Southeast Asian haze
1997 Indonesian forest fires
2000s
2005 Malaysian haze
2006 Southeast Asian haze
2009 Southeast Asian haze
2010s
2010 Southeast Asian haze
2013 Southeast Asian haze
2015 Southeast Asian haze
2016 Malaysian haze
2016 Southeast Asian haze
2017 Southeast Asian haze
2019 Southeast Asian haze
Key topics
Chemical equator
Deforestation
in Borneo
in Indonesia
Mega Rice Project
Peat swamp forest
Borneo
Responses
ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution
Operation Haze
Transboundary Haze Pollution Act 2014
People's Movement to Stop Haze
See also
Air pollution in Malaysia
API
Singapore PSI
Social and environmental impact of palm oil
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A trans-national air pollution crisis affected several countries in Southeast Asia from February to September 2019, including Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Thailand began to experience a haze in February that lasted until May, peaking in March and April. Indonesia began to experience haze between June and July. Malaysia was affected from August, while Singapore, Brunei, and Vietnam experienced haze in September.
It was the latest occurrence of the Southeast Asian haze, a long-term issue that occurs in varying intensity during every dry season in the region. It was mainly caused by forest fires resulting from illegal slash-and-burn clearing performed on behalf of the palm oil industry in Indonesia, principally on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo, which then spread quickly in the dry season.
^"Indonesian police arrest hundreds linked to forest fires". The Star. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
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