Fires in Indonesia: causes, costs and policy implications

This paper reassesses the economic costs of 1997-98 fires during the El Niño Southern Oscillation event, defines the fire-related policy problems such as smoke haze pollution and carbon emission, forest degradation and deforestation and loss of products and services, and rural sector losses, and identifies broad policies that may be needed to address the negative impacts of fires in Indonesia. View source

Author(s)

Tacconi L.

Year

2003

Secondary Title

CIFOR Occasional Paper

Publisher

Center for International Forestry Research

DOI

https://doi.org/10.17528/cifor/001130

Language

Keyword(s)

air pollution, burning, carbon dioxide, costs, deforestation, emission, environmental policy, fire, forest fires, land clearance, land degradation, land policy, policy, smoke, Indonesia, APEC countries, ASEAN Countries, Developing Countries, South East Asia, Asia, atmospheric pollution, costings, flaming, land clearing, Natural Resource Economics (EE115) (New March 2000), Policy and Planning (EE120), Forest Fires (KK130), Pollution and Degradation (PP600)

Classification

Form: Serial
Geographical Area: Indonesia