Dreaded haze expected to linger until August

Choking skies Smoke rising from burning areas near agricultural plantations in Rokan Hilir, Riau province, Indonesia. An Indonesian environmental NGO says monitoring and prevention of open burning in the country is still

PETALING JAYA: Based on the pattern in previous years, the haze is expected to last until August, according to the assessment of Indonesia’s largest environmental NGO.

Walhi or Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (Indonesian Forum for the Envi­ronment) noted that the root causes of the haze have remained the same, three decades after it became a trans-boundary problem.