Chapter 29: Facts and Figures

The widespread impacts of forest fires and the consequential transboundary haze pollution have been studied on various fronts. Forest fires and haze have, over the years, resulted in serious health risks, environmental damage and economic ramifications on perpetrator countries (mainly Indonesia), victim countries (including Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Southern Thailand), and even affecting the wider world. It is imperative to identify these costs, and even more pertinent to put a dollar value — an objective measure — to them. This chapter highlights some efforts in quantifying the costs of the Southeast Asian haze and Indonesian forest fires…