http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/10/28/indonesia-haze-crisis-smog-sater-lklv.cnn
Indonesia's forest fires costing more than the 2004 tsunami
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/dec/15/indonesia-forest-fires-cost-twice-as-much-as-tsunami-clean-up-says-world-bank
Slash-and-burn farming caused a haze in 2015 across Southeast Asia.
"Fire has long been a popular way of quickly and cheaply clearing land on Indonesia’s Sumatra island and the Indonesian part of Borneo, to make way for lucrative palm oil plantations...
But the fires burn out of control and produce noxious haze during the months-long dry season, particularly when started on carbon-rich peatland...
So on the one hand 16 billion dollars cost to the public, on the other hand, eight billion dollars – lots of money – to a handful of individuals,” said World Bank environmental specialist Ann Jeannette Glauber...
"More than half a million people suffered acute respiratory infections in Indonesia, while many in neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia also fell ill."
Riau province, Sumatra, Indonesia
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