ASEAN environmental legal integration : sustainable goals? / Koh Kheng-Lian, Nicholas A. Robinson and Lye Lin-Heng.
2016
KNC705 .K64 2016 (Map It)
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Title
ASEAN environmental legal integration : sustainable goals? / Koh Kheng-Lian, Nicholas A. Robinson and Lye Lin-Heng.
Published
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Copyright
©2016
Call Number
KNC705 .K64 2016
ISBN
9781316604311 paperback
1316604314 paperback
1316604314 paperback
Description
xviii, 251 pages ; 22 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)943670676
Summary
"While the environmental performance of most ASEAN member states is above the world average, ASEAN nations will continue to face growing environmental challenges due to pressures exerted on them such as population growth, urbanization and industrialization. The authors of this book look at how the member states of ASEAN employ law as a means of regional integration within the context of environmental conservation. While the goal of new laws is to implement sustainable development, it continues to be an ongoing adaptive process, since clear and immediate answers to environmental challenges are rarely available. Readers of this book will gain a clear idea of the evolving cooperation for sustainability within ASEAN at regional and global levels, and the areas of focus for the future. The book will be of interest to policy and decision makers, as well as environmental organizations and academics in the field"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Purchased from the income of the Beinecke Fund
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The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
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Table of Contents
List of tables
viii
General editors' preface
ix
Foreword / Tommy Koh
xv
Acknowledgments
xvii
Introduction: exploring environmental law in Southeast Asia
1
1.
ASEAN and environmental sustainability
13
2.
Integrating sustainability into ASEAN state practice
27
3.
environment in the ASEAN region
37
3.1.
Evaluating bio-geographic trends in the ASEAN region
37
3.2.
state of the environment in the ASEAN region and five key issues
48
3.2.1.
Biodiversity conservation and natural and cultural heritage
53
3.2.2.
Freshwater resources and forests
57
3.2.3.
Fisheries and the marine environment
63
3.2.4.
Human settlements
70
3.2.5.
Atmosphere
77
4.
Environmental sustainability laws in the ASEAN member states
82
4.1.
Southeast Asian legal systems and constitutions
83
4.2.
Regional and international cooperation
89
4.3.
Protection and conservation of biological, natural and cultural heritage
91
4.3.1.
Biological diversity: Flora and fauna
91
4.3.2.
Natural and cultural heritage
96
4.4.
Natural resources: Fresh and other sources of water and forests
99
4.4.1.
Fresh water
99
4.4.2.
Forests
108
4.5.
Marine and coastal resources
112
4.6.
Human settlements
114
4.7.
Atmosphere
117
4.8.
Appraisal of integration through law
124
5.
ASEAN collaboration towards environmental sustainability
126
5.1.
Cooperation before the ASEAN Charter of 2007
131
5.2.
ASEAN Charter and beyond
137
5.3.
Implementing the Roadmap for an ASEAN Community 2009-2015
139
5.4.
ASEAN's Roadmap for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
140
5.5.
Selected regional case studies
142
5.5.1.
Avian influenza
143
5.5.2.
"Haze"
149
5.5.3.
Cyclone Nargis and Myanmar
153
5.5.4.
Thai floods and Typhoon Bopha and Typhoon Yolanda/Haiyan in the Philippines
156
5.5.5.
Wildlife crimes
161
5.5.6.
ASEAN's strategic transnational water action plan
171
6.
ASEAN and climate disruption
176
6.1.
Flora and fauna and protected areas
190
6.2.
Fresh water and forests
191
6.3.
Marine and coastal resources
194
6.4.
Human settlements
196
6.4.1.
Cities
196
6.4.2.
Countryside
200
6.5.
Atmosphere
203
Executive summary
223
Appendix A
ASEAN organizational structure relevant to the environment - the ASEAN Charter
228
Appendix B
Founding of ASEAN - a short history
229
Index
240