ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution

ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution
TypeEnvironmental protocol
Signed2002
Signatories
DepositarySecretary General of ASEAN
LanguageEnglish
The business district of Kuala Lumpur in the evening of 29 September 2006. Menara Kuala Lumpur was barely visible.
Southeast Asian haze series
Haze in Borneo, 2019
History
1990s
2000s
2010s
Key topics
Responses
See also
 Category
Singapore's Downtown Core on 7 October 2006, when it was affected by forest fires in Sumatra, Indonesia
Satellite photograph of the 2006 haze above Borneo
Severe haze affecting Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in August 2005

The ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution is a legally binding environmental agreement signed in 2002 by the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to reduce haze pollution in Southeast Asia.[1] The Agreement recognises that transboundary haze pollution which results from land and/or forest fires should be mitigated through concerted national efforts and international co-operation.

As of September 2014, all ten ASEAN countries have ratified the haze agreement.[2]

  1. ^ ASEAN Secretariat. ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution Archived 3 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Extracted 12 October 2006
  2. ^ Indonesia Ministry of Environment.[1] Archived 20 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Extracted 23 September 2014