Haze in Singapore

Since the burning of the palm trees began in Indonesia the countries surrounding it has been affected by the smoke being blown from the sites of burning.

The pollution from the burning from the palm trees or “the haze”has been cause by the palm tree farmers that are over in Indonesia.

the farmers there are burning down the trees because the field of palm trees that are not making a lot of income for them are being burnt in order to create more fertile soil to plant the next batch of seeds that they hope would better results for them. The indonesian has refused all help from neighboring countries like singapore who have offered their military forces to fly over the sites while pouring water to put out the fires, which is what the indonesian government has been trying to achieve. The psi readings (the reading for air quality) have been raised over 3 thousand in indonesia and has killed lots of wild life already. In singapore the psi reading are from 100-200 (Considered hazardous)on average and this has caused most outdoor activities to cease to a halt while the haze hangs about singapore.

While the Indonesian does it efforts to put out the fires all the neighboring countries can only standby and wait for the haze to stop.

By Chien Yu Huang