As smoke from Indonesia’s burning forests drifted across the Strait of Malacca into Singapore last June, the pollution index shot up and Ong Eng Tong’s golf course shut down, Bloomberg reported.

The recent surge in forest fires in Riau has raised questions over the commitment of major companies to fight open burning, as satellites revealed that the current number of hot spots exceeds the number that caused last year's choking haze.

The Forests Dialogue (TFD), in partnership with Daemeter Consulting, the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), and the University of Palangka Raya (UNPAR), is hosting a field dialogue on Food, Fuel, Fiber and Forests (4Fs) in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, to…