Abstract
Enyironmental problems became a national issue in Indonesia in 1972 when Indonesia responded to and participated in the Stockholm Conference on the Humau Environment, which identified three problems - i.e., environmental problems of human settlements, managemsnt of natural resources and euvironmental pollution (Rangkuti, 2005, at 5 9-60). Currently, attention has focused on the environmental problems related to forest fires in Kalimantan and Sumatera whic inter alia, caused serious transboundery air pollution, leading to formal conrplaints by Singapore, threatening to take its transboundary air pollution claims to the international level if the case were not seriously managed. To date, however, the problem has been settled through the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). ott the basis of what is temred a spirit of ASEAN. Beyond these claims, it is posited that air pollution caused by Indonesian forest fires also raises potential climatechange challenges in the ASEAN region.
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