Could spending more to prevent haze save Southeast Asia billions?

The annual haze has been over 20 years plus or more. So do you think spending more could prevent the haze?!! Your headline is rather silly. We have 10 (now 11) nations in ASEAN with brilliant minds, experts in environment/climate change matters and leaders so if spending more money can prevent haze, I am sure they would have done so many years ago. What can prevent haze? We all know who are the main culprits, yet no one dares or want to talk about the elephant in the room. All being 'nice', pleasant, diplomatic pleasantries, consensus style. Identify who are the culprits, companies, landowners, CEO/Chairman of those large corporate, and arrest and charge them to the full extend of the law. BUT we all know these big honchos are connected/linked to political leaders survive, and lots of money, are involved. So, we are stuck. And continue every year, the same toxic haze smoke and more smoke, press/media issue some press statements, politicians have more meetings, and more talks... Whilst Super El Nino is already at our doorstep.