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Balancing trade growth and environmental protection in ASEAN : Environmental issues in trade and investment policy deliberations in the Mekong subregion

17 Jun 2010

The majority of ASEAN states struggle in the field of effective administration, Series on Trade and the Environment in ASEAN – Policy Report 2 viii Balancing Trade Growth and Environmental Protection in ASEAN: Environmental issues in Trade and Investment Policy Deliberations in the Mekong subregion trade knowledge network which affects the enforcement of national laws and the fulfilment of interna [...] Series on Trade and the Environment in ASEAN – Policy Report 2 Balancing Trade Growth and Environmental Protection in ASEAN: Environmental issues in Trade and Investment Policy 3 Deliberations in the Mekong subregion trade knowledge network 2. Context analysis: The environment and trade in the Mekong subregion The Mekong River is the world’s twelfth-largest river and Southeast Asia’s longest water [...] Program tasks included analysis of the effectiveness and efficiency of existing environmental laws, regulations and institutions in each ASEAN country; the introduction of market based incentives to foster improved environmental management; the encouragement of regional policies to prevent industrial pollution and raise the level of environmental awareness and concern in the region; and the establ [...] A Subprogram on Trade and Environment was launched with the objective of laying the foundation for reconciling the trade and environment sectors, developing an information base for the external use of trade measures for environmental purposes and a set of regional guidelines and recommendations on trade and environment, and implementing the major recommendations. [...] ASEAN has established a network of intergovernmental meetings on the environment, including the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment, the Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution and the ASEAN Plus Three Environment Ministers Meeting.23 In 2006 ASEAN environment ministers adopted the Cebu Resolution on Sustainable Development24 to further
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Authors

Dosch, Jörn

Pages
38
Published in
Canada

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