The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia: Palm Oil and Patronage

ISBN-13: 9780815355113 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 228 str.

Kuala Lumpur) Helena (University of Malaya Varkkey

Opis

Despite the efforts of Southeast Asian governments and of ASEAN, transboundary haze continues to be a major environmental problem in Southeast Asia. This book demonstrates that the issue is complex, and explains why efforts to solve the problem in purely political terms are ineffective, and likely to continue to be ineffective. The book shows how state-led, state-incentivised agribusiness development lies at the heart of the problem, leading to a large rise in palm oil production, with extensive clearing of forests by burning, and the resulting haze. The author concludes by discussing the huge difficulties involved in overturning the system of 'patronage politics'.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. The Indonesian Oil Palm Sector and Haze  3. The State as Facilitator of Regionalization  4. Regionalization and Patronage Politics  5. The Regionalism of Haze Mitigation at the ASEAN Level  6. Conclusion

O autorze

Helena Varkkey is a senior lecturer in the Department of International and Strategic Studies at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.