South Sumatera, Jambi and Riau are the provinces located in Sumatera Island which have many peat swamp forests. This can be an advantage to each province because peat swamp forests are easy to be converted as agricultural fields, industrial forests or areas for settlement. Those reasons trigger people to clear the object. The fastest way is burning and it will be effective if it's done in dry season.

Many things happen behind the legal incineration and the illegal incineration. People usually do for their personal business. Some companies sponsor local citizen to do it because they will use the clear land for industry.  It's good for economy but there is must be one thing to be considered. It is the smog.

The smog has embraces people in these three provinces and it has merge to be a part of their lives every year. Even the smog almost covers the other provinces and the other area too. It has been a big issue for almost 5 years. The mass media have made it as their headline news. The government has sent official apology to other areas for the incident. They did some actions to extinguish the fire. But this year, they are starting to forget the issue and they try to accept it as the usual thing happened in a year.

I still remember 8 years ago, when I went to my school earlier, I could see floating ashes in the air. They looked like snow. Beautiful but dangerous. Then I still feel the same now and I don't know when my body stops to tolerate toxic material in the air.

Living in this condition isn't easy. You might be limp, difficult to breathe, teary eyes and maybe you would get other diseases related to respiratory system.

The campaign must be one of the alternative solvers. But the mindset which has existed since a long time isn't easy to be changed. The only hope is the youth who will be the future leader can take the lesson and take a role as agent of change. When the right time comes, the smog will only be a memory.