The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted everyday life on a global scale and thrown economies into disarray. For the SIIA Haze Outlook 2020 report, we interviewed private sector, government, academia, and NGO representatives to understand the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak on the risk of fires...
The SIIA released its annual Haze Outlook report in June, warning that a severe transboundary haze in 2020 remains a risk because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is rated amber on a scale of green (low risk), amber (moderate risk) and red (high risk). As...
The People’s Movement to Stop Haze (PM Haze) held a webinar, “Clear the Air 2020”, on 1 July 2020, to discuss the causes of the transboundary haze problem and potential solutions. Ms. Meixi Gan, Assistant Director of Sustainability at the Singapore Institute of International Affairs...
By Meixi Gan and Aaron Choo For The Straits Times Although the Covid-19 pandemic has dominated headlines in 2020, it is unfortunately not the only danger to public health that Singapore and Southeast Asia face this year. With the return of the dry season, there is a...
In the SIIA Haze Outlook 2020 Report, it was found that many hotspots in Indonesia occurred outside of known company concessions during the peak of the 2019 dry season. This was according to data from Global Forest Watch (GFW) Fires. As fires in Indonesia are...
Media Release For Immediate Release Moderate Risk of Severe Transboundary Haze in 2020 SIIA Haze Outlook Report identifies COVID-19 as the major factor impacting fire prevention efforts for 2020 Singapore, 25 June 2020 – There is moderate risk of a severe transboundary haze incident in 2020 – rated Amber on...
In 2017, Indonesia set a target to halve the number of hotspots in the country by 2019. However, the region was plagued by severe transboundary haze last year. Did Indonesia meet its target? Let us take a look at the hotspot trends in Indonesia and...
Forest fires raged across the world in 2019 as a result of deforestation and drier seasons. Even though there was less burnt land in Indonesia than in the Amazon and Australia, Indonesia produced a larger amount of carbon emissions. This is due to the fact...
In May last year, the SIIA launched the SIIA Haze Outlook report to understand the probability of severe transboundary haze in the region. Two weeks ago, we reviewed the various causes of transboundary haze in 2019. This week, let us take a look at the...
Hopes were high for Indonesian President Joko Widodo “Jokowi” as he entered his second term in 2019. Jokowi aimed to make Indonesia more attractive to foreign investors through a series of “omnibus” bills, In addition, infrastructure drive and anti-corruption efforts from his first term were...