Resources 'Asia Pacific'
The International Conference on Chemicals Management was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 4 to 6 February 2006. The high-level and multi-sectoral meeting was attended by over 600…
"The NGO Network for Realization of the Aarhus Convention in Japan" (Aarhus Net Japan) is a network of citizens, members of non-governmental or non-profit organizations, lawyers and…
This policy brief, prepared for the 2005 Asia-Europe Environment Forum, maintains that access to environmental information is vital for promoting policies and measures conducive to sustainable…
Participants in this Asia-Europe Environment Forum 2005 Workshop found that Asian countries face many challenges for establishing freedom of information laws considered vital for promoting…
This selection from Fuji Xerox's 2005 Sustainability Report sets goals for the three priority issues of CO2 emissions, new resource input and hazardous substance reduction, as part of a…
The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), established by an initiative of the Japanese Government in 1998, is a research institute that conducts pragmatic and innovative strategic…
Citizen Participation in Local Governance: Experiences from Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Divided into two parts, this report draws on research into Civil Society Engagements in Local Governance from Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. The first part "Frameworks for Citizen…
Associated with the growing demand for quantifying the governance performance of countries, localities, and institutions, there has been a proliferation of datasets measuring quality of institutions…
This article reports on Taiwan's deployment of volunteers to serve as environmental guards monitoring compliance with the nation's environmental protection laws. The scheme was introduced…
This in-depth assessment of the environmental and security situation in the Ferghana valley was released on the occasion of the Second Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention, in Almaty,…
