“Key practitioners in ASEAN and Australia shared insights on the impacts and potential risks of the pandemic situation on ASEAN’s response to fire and haze events, as well as lessons learnt from the 2020 Mekong dry season and 2019 Australia bushfire crisis. Further, they shared preparedness actions for the upcoming dry season in the Southern ASEAN region as well as the measures that deployed to prevent forest fires and transboundary haze.”