By coincidence, two separate stories have appeared on the regional haze issue today, each with a different take on the problem...
Why Indonesia cannot stop the fires and haze (Star Online, Dr Francis Ng)
Slash and Burn Agriculture in Sanggau Ledo Sub-District, Kalimantan (Marc Henrich, Ecodana)... dead link, changed to: http://www.ssireview.org/blog/entry/from_the_field_indigenous_environmentalists_strive_to_reforest_indonesia/
It would be interesting debate the different reasons high-lighted by these two pictures... maybe they are both correct in their location and context. And maybe there are other issues that could be included in this discussion.
But maybe traditional (?) shifting agriculture can be improved through biochar. It would be great to see a pilot village scale research program based around small scale pyrolysis of this annual biomass removal ritual. Dr Christoph Steiner proposed a Slash & Char solution as part of his doctoral studies. He has expressed interest in the past, on collaborating in a SEA research program. Interest in this probably needs to be taken up by a NGO.
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