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Transboundary haze pollution (THP) resulting from land and/or forest fires experienced in the ASEAN regions has been formally addressed by ASEAN with the establishment of instruments of cooperation, and the significant effort was the formulation of ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution (AATHP) which was eventually signed by all member states in June 2002 and came into force with ratification by a total of six member states in November 2003. To prevent the periodic incident of THP, zero burning policy is agreed as an alternative solution to mitigate transboundary haze pollution caused by forest and land fires in the AATHP. Anyhow AATHP still give access to controlled burning in applying the zero burning policy. This paper therefore will try to picture out how zero burning policy implemented at national level which still allow some forms of controlled burning. The national and regional legislation indicate efforts to comply the concept of sustainable development by ASEAN and Indonesia in particular.