Haze, a test of palm oil dominance

Adisti Sukma Sawitri, Jakarta | Opinion | Tue, November 24 2015, 4:37 PM

egions in recent weeks. Will the government’s sense of urgency in tackling the annual problem also recede? One may fear so.

Despite months of serious efforts to address the fires, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s administration hasn’t established concrete measures to stop the expansion of oil palm plantations through slash-and-burn practices, the main cause of the problem.

It is not rocket science to understand why that is.
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