Eco-Business

Burning stubble in the fields had been largely banned since 1999, but local governments are now allowing the practice in some circumstances.

Now the main challenges lie in regional disparities, increased coal-chemical use and volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions.

The 2026 fire season in Indonesia is already showing early signs of escalation, as burned areas reached 32,637 hectares by February, 20 times higher than the same period in 2025.

With an increase in air pollution levels in several areas, Sri Lankan authorities trace transboundary air pollution as a key reason for the island’s poor air quality.

Oleh Samantha Ho

Oleh Rhick Lars Albay

Oleh Aisiri Amin

Oleh Robin Hicks

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Economic liberalisation in India has shifted the emissions burden from more equal and developed states to less equal ones. This needs to change. Oleh Prakash Kashwan dan Ashok Swain

Managing air quality by airshed, not by city administrative boundaries, is essential for moving towards cleaner air in India. Oleh Suresh Ramasubramanya Iyer dan Shivang Agarwal

As climate change makes smog and bushfires more common, people will die from air pollution at increasingly high rates – especially in densely populated cities. Oleh Yuming Guo dan Wenhua Yu

Air pollution is a 'silent killer', say former New Zealand PM and former WHO chief scientist. Oleh Helen Clark dan Soumya Swaminathan

Oleh Abdul Waheed Bhutto

Oleh Helena Varkkey

Oleh Euston Quah

Oleh Rhett A. Butler

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Indonesia has made significant progress in fighting the fires caused by slash-and-burn forestry that choke Southeast Asia annually with toxic air pollution. Eco-Business spoke to the chair of Indonesia's Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) about what it will take to put the fires out permanently.

In a bid to prevent another haze crisis, Indonesian agribusiness firms have developed innovative ways to work with communities to stop burning land. Here's how the fire free village programme is tackling the issue, one village at a time.

Scientists from Center for International Forestry Research explain the causes and effects of burning peatlands as they visit Central Kalimantan in Indonesia.

From Greenpeace's drones to NASA's satellites, eyes in the sky are revealing the extent of forest fires in Southeast Asia. The bad news: southern New Guinea is now also a hotspot.

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Indonesian environmental campaigners took a novel approach to raising climate awareness by publishing five children's books about the country's environmental issues. This podcast explores their creative process and the public's response.

Asia lags the world in natural catastrophe protection. Part of the problem could be counting extreme weather losses only after they happen, industry insiders tell the Eco-Business podcast.

Studio EB Transboundary haze pollution is back with a vengeance in Southeast Asia. The Eco-Business Podcast talks to RSPO CEO Joseph D'Cruz about what the palm oil sector can do to put out the peatland fires that have burned annually for four decades.

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