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fire-prevention efforts
Coverage of fire-prevention efforts in the Nexus archive.
- Southeast Asia’s ‘red alert’ haze fight faces economic test
Southeast Asia faces a heightened risk of dangerous haze due to rising energy and fertilizer costs, which may lead agricultural companies to use fire for land clearing. Analysts warn that weakened fire-prevention efforts, combined with extreme weather, could exacerbate forest and land blazes. The Singapore Institute of International Affairs issued a rare alert highlighting these concerns.