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Global Launch of New ADB Publication in Washington D.C. & Singapore
CAPACITY BUILDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IN THE ASIAN AND PACIFIC REGION: Approaches and Resources
The 1992 world summit on the environment in Rio Agenda 21 called for better facilities in educational institutions for postgraduate and in-service training in environmental and developmental law.
ADB's latest publication, Capacity Building for Environmental Law in the Asian and Pacific Region: Approaches and Resources, answers that call.
A pioneering work, this is the first comprehensive environmental law book based primarily on materials from the Asian and Pacific region. It
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Combines national, sectoral, and international approaches to the teaching of environmental law in the region
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Adds to the expertise in environmental law in the Asian and Pacific region, particularly for those in universities, governments, the private sector, and nongovernment organizations
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Adopts a broad view of sustainable development as the basis of modern environmental law, with an emphasis on social justice and equity
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Requires that environmental law address and incorporate social, cultural, and economic dimensions in addition to the physical environment
Edited by three distinguished law professors who are associated with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN):
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Donna G. Craig, Associate Professor of the Centre for Environmental Law Macquarie University in Australia and Vice Chair (Oceana) 1994-2001 of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law. |
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Nicholas A. Robinson, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center for Environment Legal Studies at Pace University School of Law in New York and IUCN Legal Advisor and Chairman of the IUCN Law Commission on Environmental Law |
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Koh Kheng-Lian, Professor of the Faculty of Law at the National University of Singapore Director of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law, and Vice Chair for South and East Asia of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law. |
From Left - Gerald A. Sumida (General Counsel, ADB), John Boyd (Former Principal Sector Specialist, ADB), Koh Kheng-Lian, Donna G. Craig (two of the co-editors of the above book). They were at ADB in September 2001 to discuss the final manuscript.
Produced through a joint effort of ADB, IUCN, the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law, and the United Nations Environment Programme.
Two volumes. Available in hardback (US$200 for the two volumes) and on CD (US$25).
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