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View all search resultsA study by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago estimated that residents of Sumatra and Kalimantan risk having their life expectancy shaved off by four years on average due to exposure to dangerous particulate matter caused by the haze.
And while some experts have dismissed the notion that Indonesia is responsible for the creeping haze that has reportedly blanketed Singapore and parts of Malaysia in recent weeks, a diplomatic gesture by the President during his visits there would help alleviate public pressure.
Speaking at a coordination meeting on forest and land fires on Tuesday, Jokowi, who in the 1980s worked as an employee of state-owned paper producer PT Kertas Kraft Aceh, ordered the authorities to prioritize preventive actions in vulnerable provinces as the dry spell is expected to persist until October.
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