Indonesia Finally Ratifies ASEAN Agreement on Trans-border Haze Pollution

After being urged by the international community to respond promptly to the haze pollution problem through ratifying the ASEAN Agreement on Trans-border Haze Pollution (“Haze Pollution Agreement”),[1] Indonesia finally passed a Bill (“Bill”) to ratify the Haze Pollution Agreement[2]  on September 16^th 2014.

Under the Haze Pollution Agreement, signatory states are required to take measures to stop cross-border haze pollution caused by forest fires in their jurisdiction. The Haze Pollution Agreement provides a set of holistic measures that must be taken by states covering: