As the annual dry season sucks the moisture from tropical forests and scrubland in Indonesia, satellite photographs show clearly the ominous spread of fire, which two years ago caused an environmental and economic disaster in Southeast Asia. Yet critics say that far from acting on the lessons that should have been learned, Indonesian authorities are failing to enforce strict fire control laws while encouraging the rapid expansion of plantation industries that set many of the fires as a cheap way to clear land for crops, including palm oil, timber, rubber and cocoa.