Asean Environmental Law Policy And Governance

Download or read book ASEAN Environmental Law, Policy and Governance written by Kheng Lian Koh and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2009 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ASEAN Environmental Law, Policy and Governance: Selected Documents, in two volumes, contains a judicious compilation of relevant ASEAN environmental instruments. These documents deal with ASEAN''s progressive development of environmental law, policy and governance. Volume I consists of two parts. Part I OCo OC Setting the Stage for ASEAN Environmental Cooperation, Harmonization and IntegrationOCO OCo contains documents which are directly or indirectly related to various aspects of the environment, including their potential impact. The scope of environmental law is wide-ranging and its interrelationship straddles the three mutually reinforcing ASEAN pillars, namely, security, economic and socio-cultural. Part II deals with the OC General Legal Frameworks on the EnvironmentOCO. It is subdivided into (A) Programmes, Strategies, Plans of Action and Blueprints; and (B) Declarations, Resolutions and Accord. The forthcoming Volume II will deal with key sectoral areas including nature conservation and biodiversity; water resources management; animal and human health; climate change and energy; transboundary pollution; and disaster management and emergency response. The book will be of interest to all ASEAN government officials, diplomats and its peoples; ASEAN dialogue partners; entities associated with ASEAN; comparative environmental lawyers and every ASEAN watcher."