Case studies on inter-linkages and environmental governance in 14 Asia and Pacific countries

Abstract

Studies on environmental policies and the implementation of multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) in four Pacific island countries and the 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) were conducted during 2001 and 2002 bythe UNU. These studies were conducted in close collaboration with the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), the ASEAN Secretariat, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the Pacific, the United Nations Environment Programme Asia Pacific (UNEP/ROAP) and the Institute of International and Strategic Studies (ISIS) Malaysia. These countrystudies are part of a series of case studies agreed upon during a regional workshop on interlinkages, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in February 2001 (National and Regional Approaches in Asia and the Pacific, 2002).