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  2. 2016 Malaysian haze - Wikipedia

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    The fires became worse due to the effects of the 2014–16 El Niño event. [3] Natural Resource and Environment Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said open burning by farmers are the main cause of the fire and haze.

  3. 2019 Southeast Asian haze - Wikipedia

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    Malaysia also activated its National Action Plan for Open Burning and its existing National Haze Action Plan on 14 August, as air quality in Kuala Baram and Miri reached hazardous levels. In Rompin, Pahang, the Air Pollution Index (API) recorded on the 18th of August was 223, which is categorized as being "very unhealthy".

  4. 2013 Southeast Asian haze - Wikipedia

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    A NASA satellite image of the haze on 19 June 2013. The extent of the haze as of 19 June 2013. [1] The extent of the haze as of 23 June 2013. [1]The 2013 Southeast Asian haze was a haze crisis that affected several countries in Southeast Asia, including Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore [2] and Southern Thailand, mainly during June and July 2013.

  5. Southeast Asian haze - Wikipedia

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    Malaysia also has significant peatland in the Peninsular and Borneo, at 26,685 km 2, covering 8.1% of its land area. [ 22 ] Although originally a wetland ecosystem, much of the peatland in Southeast Asia have been drained for human activities such as agriculture, forestry and urban development.

  6. 2015 Southeast Asian haze - Wikipedia

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    The 2015 Southeast Asian haze was an air pollution crisis affecting several countries in Southeast Asia, including Brunei, Indonesia (especially its islands of Sumatra and Borneo), Malaysia, Singapore, southern Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and the Philippines.

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  8. 2006 Southeast Asian haze - Wikipedia

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    Satellite photograph of the haze above Borneo. The 2006 Southeast Asian haze was an air pollution event caused by continuous, uncontrolled burning from "slash and burn" cultivation in Indonesia, which affected several countries in the Southeast Asian region and beyond, including Malaysia, Singapore, southern Thailand, and as far away as Saipan; [1] the effects of the haze may have even spread ...

  9. Binsuluk Forest Reserve - Wikipedia

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    In 2016 large fires in peat bogs, which were caused by fires spread to Binsuluk and other forest reserves from nearby open burning, contributed to the 2016 Malaysian haze. [8] [9] Over half of the reserve were burnt during this event. [6] Open burning caused yet another forest fire in 2020, this time burning 274 hectares (2.74 km 2). [10]