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Smoky Haze Costing Southeast Asia Billions of Dollars

Published on 09 Oct 2015
A smoky haze from land-clearing fires in Indonesia is choking Southeast Asia and causing billions of dollars in damages, threatening to become the worst event of its kind on record. The Indonesia-based Center for International Forestry Research estimates the haze will cost the region about $14 billion related to agriculture production, forest degradation, health, transportation and tourism, compared with $9 billion in 1997.
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