The problem with our haze has become critical. The yearly forest firesstrongly suspected to have been started deliberatelyin almost the same locations numbering in the hundreds, come from the same plantation companies. Yet nothing at all has been done about it. The haze from the resulting harmful smoke recurs, again and again.

The majority of the hotspots are in the provinces of Riau and Sumatra, from where the smoke has spread uncontrollably. In