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Go for Choke
Deliberate forest fires cause choking haze in Southeast Asia |
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23 Oct 2006 |
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| Go for Choke Deliberate forest fires cause choking haze in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia has been suffering through hellish smog over the last few weeks thanks to Indonesian farmers and owners of timber and palm-oil plantations who have set massive fires to clear land. Slash-and-burn practices are illegal in Indonesia, but nonetheless take place every year and rarely result in punishment. This year, th ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, Asia, deforestation, Indonesia, news (all these topics) |
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