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\"Adaptation to Climate Change: ASEAN and Comparative Experiences presents a dynamic and comprehensive collection of works from legal scholars around the world that delves into a relatively new frontier on legal aspects of climate change adaptation with focus on the ASEAN region, both at the regional level as well as at the national level in some ASEAN countries -- such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand. Other countries not within ASEAN are also represented, such as Bangladesh, People's Republic of China, India, Sri Lanka, and the Republic of Taiwan. In doing so, it surveys one of the most important issues confronting developing countries today, and the challenges to building resilient societies. It is an essential source of reference for policy-makers, administrators, the private sector officials, scientists, academic scholars, climatologists, NGOs, and CSOs in ASEAN and the world\"-- Provided by publisher.

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 - \"Setting the Stage for ASEAN Environmental Cooperation, Harmonization and Integration\" - 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 \"General Legal Frameworks on the Environment\". 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.

Crucial Issues in Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol: Asia and the World focuses on responses to climate change in the world's most populous region. This book provides the most comprehensive insight to the climate change discourse within Asia to date by drawing on the diverse disciplines and experience of legal practitioners, climate change consultants, government officials and academics. Individual chapters address issues such as how the various Asian countries — highly disparate in their cultures, socio-economic conditions and political systems — are responding to climate change, the challenges of mitigating and adapting to climate change, and the effective implementation of the Kyoto Protocol in Asia.

News:The 2012 Elizabeth Haub Prize for Environmental Law is awarded to Emeritus Professor Koh Kheng-Lian in recognition of her important and pioneering contributions to the development and evolution of environmental law in Singapore and in the whole ASEAN region. Her contributions have been particularly significant in the areas of capacity building and scholarship in the field of ASEAN environmental law.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 - \"Setting the Stage for ASEAN Environmental Cooperation, Harmonization and Integration\" - 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 \"General Legal Frameworks on the Environment\". 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.This book is also available as a set with ASEAN Environmental Law, Policy and Governance (Volume II).Errata(s)ErrataForewordForeword (71 KB)Sample Chapter(s)Introduction (75 KB)Chapter 1: The Asean Declaration (84 KB)Contents: Part I: Setting the Stage for ASEAN Environmental Cooperation, Harmonization and Integration: 1967: The ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration)1976: Declaration of ASEAN Concord1976: Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, Protocol Amending the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (1987), Second Protocol Amending the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (1998)1987: Manila Declaration1994: Chairman's Statement on the First Meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum (with Annex and Protocol)1995: Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone1995: The ASEAN Regional Forum: A Concept Paper1997: ASEAN Vision 20202001: Joint Communique of the 34th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting2002: Joint Statement of the Ministers Responsible for Environment of the Member States of ASEAN to the World Summit on Sustainable Development2003: Declaration of ASEAN Concord II (Bali Concord II)2005: Chairman's Statement of the 11th ASEAN Summit \"One Vision, One Identity, One Community\"2005: Kuala Lumpur Declaration on the East Asia Summit, Kuala Lumpur2005: Chairman's Statement of the First East Asia Summit, Kuala Lumpur2005: Kuala Lumpur Declaration on the Establishment of the ASEAN Charter2006: ASEAN Obtains Observer Status in the United Nations2006: Joint Communique of the 39th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM)2007: Chairperson's Statement of the 12th ASEAN Summit H. E. the President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo2007: Cebu Declaration Towards One Caring and Sharing Community2007: Chairman's Statement of the 13th ASEAN Summit, \"One ASEAN at the Heart of Dynamic Asia\"2007: Joint Statement on the Commission for the Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone2007: Cebu Declaration on the Acceleration of the Establishment of an ASEAN Community by 20152007: ASEAN Convention on Counter Terrorism2007 Cebu Declaration on the Blueprint of the ASEAN Charter2007: Charter of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (including Annexes 1-4)2007 Singapore Declaration on the ASEAN Charter2007: Chairman's Statement of the Second East Asia Summit2007: Chairman's Statement of the 3rd East Asia Summit2007: Declaration on the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint2007: Joint Declaration of the ASEAN-EU Commemorative Summit2007: Joint Communique of the 40th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM) \"One Caring and Sharing Community\"2007: Chairman's Statement of the 6th ASEAN-India Summit2007: Chairman's Statement, 15th ASEAN Regional Forum2007: Co-Chairs' Statement of the 4th ASEAN-Canada Dialogue2007: Joint Declaration on ASEAN-Australia Comprehensive Partnership2007: Co-Chairs Statement ASEAN-Canada Dialogue2008: Singapore Declaration on the 15th ASEAN Regional Forum2008: Joint Communique of the 41st ASEAN Ministerial Meeting \"One ASEAN at the Heart of Dynamic Asia\"2008: Statement by Mr George Yeo, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore and Chairman of the 41st ASEAN Standing Committee at the Closing Ceremony of the 41st ASEAN Ministerial Meeting and Handing Over of the ASEAN Standing Committee2008: ASEAN Charter Enters into Force Next Month2009: Chairman's Statement of the 14th ASEAN Summit \"ASEAN Charter for ASEAN Peoples\" Part II: General Legal Frameworks On The Environment: A. General: Programmes, Strategies, Plans of Action and Blueprints:1978-1982: ASEAN Sub-Regional Environment Programme, Phase I1983-1987: ASEAN Sub-Regional Environment Programme, Phase II1988-1992 ASEAN Sub-Regional Environment Programme, Phase III1994-1998: ASEAN Strategic Plan of Action on the Environment1999-2004 Hanoi Plan of Action2004-2010: Vientiane Action Programme (VAP)2004: ASEAN Security Community Plan of Action (with Annex)2005: The ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC): Plan of Action (with Appendix A)2007-2010: 2nd ASEAN-Canada Joint Cooperation Work Plan2007-2017: ASEAN Plus Three Cooperation Work Plan2008: Plan of Action to Implement the Joint Declaration on ASEAN-Australia Comprehensive Partnership2009: Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) Strategic Framework and IAI Work Plan 2 (2009-2015)2009: ASEAN Political-Security Community Blueprint2009: Blueprint for the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (2009-2019)B. Declarations, Resolutions and Accord:1981: Manila Declaration on the ASEAN Environment1984: Bangkok Declaration on the ASEAN Environment1987: Jakarta Resolution on Sustainable Development1990: The Kuala Lumpur Accord on Environment and Development Issued by the ASEAN Ministers for the Environment at the Fourth ASEAN Ministers for the Environment Meeting1992: Singapore Resolution on Environment and Development (with Annex)1994: Bandar Seri Begawan Resolution on Environment and Development1997: Jakarta Declaration on Environment and Development2000: Kota Kinabalu Resolution on the Environment2003: Yangon Resolution on Sustainable Development2006: Cebu Resolution on Sustainable Development2007: ASEAN Declaration on Environmental Sustainability2009: Cha-am Hua Hin Declaration on the Roadmap for an ASEAN Community (2009-2015)2009: Joint Declaration on the Attainment of the Millennium Development Goals in ASEAN Readership: Researchers and teachers of environmental law in ASEAN; policy makers, administrators, diplomats, comparative environmental lawyers, think tanks, NGOs, civil societies and other stakeholders with an interest in the ASEAN region.

The 12th ASEAN Summit consists of a number of meetings which took place in Cebu from 9-12 January 2007. This Report focuses on the areas of the environment discussed at the Cebu Summit and presents highlights of the Summit that deal with or impact on environmental matters.

This contribution focuses on the challenges that regional organizations face as they are increasingly confronted with, and need to respond to, transboundary and global environmental problems. Ever more frequently, environmental issues that begin as matters of national concern rapidly become transboundary in scope. As exemplified by the outbreak of avian flu, integrated national, regional and international efforts are necessary to tackle transboundary environmental issues which, by their very definition, call for a coordinated effort. This article will concentrate on the impact of transboundary environmental challenges on the objectives and functions of the Association of South East Asian Nations (asean).

The aim of this paper is to examine whether cultural heritage can be used as a mechanism for developing a transnational ASEAN identity in addition to the nationality of each ASEAN Member Country (AMC) in order to promote unity in the establishment of the ASEAN Community by 2015. It focuses on cultural issues, particularly intangible cultural heritage, in this context, and the relevance of these issues to a variety of ASEAN declarations and other soft instruments on cultural heritage. The ten AMCs (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) have diverse cultures and heritages arising from different languages, religions, traditions, etc. Even within a country, sub-cultures complicate the origins of a cultural heritage, as does the mixture of cultures derived through inter-marriages and other influences, such as from migrants. On the other hand, certain ethnic groups such as Chinese, Indians and Malays are found in the various AMCs.

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 — “Setting the Stage for ASEAN Environmental Cooperation, Harmonization and Integration” — 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 “General Legal Frameworks on the Environment”. It is subdivided into (A) Programmes, Strategies, Plans of Action and Blueprints; and (B) Declarations, Resolutions and Accord.

The 11th workshop organized by the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law for the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs was held Dec 8-14, 2010, at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore. The resource persons were drawn from academia, government agencies and the private sector. The purpose of the workshop was to build capacity in urban and industrial environmental management, taking Singapore as a case study. The topics covered were wide-ranging, demonstrating Singapore's efforts in the field of environment and development -- brown, green and blue (water-related) issues that have progressively turned Singapore into a success story in sustainable development. The workshop considered the many challenges that Singapore has faced and is facing from the 1960s to the present, including the impact of climate change and adaptation. The role of Singapore in the regional and global context was also considered. The participants found the Workshop extremely useful. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]