Resources 'Asia Pacific'
On October 31, 2005, the Japanese Ministry of the Environment announced the creation of a website on endocrine disruption. The Environmental Information Center is running the website under the…
"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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
One of the principal priorities within the program of the Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia is providing support to the civil society initiatives and efforts aimed at sustainable…
