Smoke billows during a forest fires in Pelalawan, Riau province, Indonesia, as seen in this file photo on June 27, 2013.

Minister expects ratification on haze pollution soon

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BALIKPAPAN - Environmental Affairs Minister Baltasar Kambuaya Is expecting the trans boundary haze pollution agreement to be ratified soon to handle the haze pollution from forest fires. Indonesia is the only country in Southeast Asia that has not ratified the agreement ever since it was signed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2002. "Only last week, parliament agreed on the...