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The Asia-Pacific is engaged in an intense process of region-building. Driven by economic integration and the end of the Cold War, regionalism is embodied in the rising stature of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC). At the same time, the need for environmental cooperation is urgent. With the world’s highest rates of economic growth, the Asia-Pacific region, especially Northeast Asia, is rapidly emerging as the source of some of the world’s worst environmental problems, including loss of biodiversity, greenhouse gas emissions, acid rain, and high levels of toxic waste pollution. In the context of economic integration, competitive market forces constrain national governments from raising their environmental commitments. Concerted approaches are needed to establish common environmental policy frameworks.
The APRENet Online Library seeks to facilitate these concerted approaches via information exchange and consensus building. Included below is the “Aprenet search filter,” which may be used to explore the Network’s archives.
Please contact the Nautilus Institute’s Environment Program at nautilus@nautilus.org for further details.
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An Overview Of US Trade Law United States Information Agency June 1997

Trade and the Environment ____________________________________________________________________ An Overview Of US Trade Law United States Information Agency June, 1997 TEXT: (Compilation of laws that affect imports and exports) (11,350) (PLEASE NOTE that the following document is not an official summary of U.S. trade law. It is an outline intended to provide the reader with information on a […]

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Connectivity 5.8.97

APRENet Home Nautilus Home Regional News ASEAN Against Labor Standards April 24, 1997 – Source: Singapore Press Holdings ASEAN labor ministers reaffirmed their position against international labor standards. “There should not be any … link between labour standards and economic and trade issues, and we reached a consensus on that,” said Vietnamese Labour Minister Tran […]

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Action Plan for Sustainability of the Marine Environment May 1997

Official APEC Documents ____________________________________________________________________ Action Plan for Sustainability of the Marine Environment May 1997 – DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION 1. APEC and Sustainability of the Marine Environment 1.1 Vision APEC Ministers responsible for sustainable development, meeting in July 1996 in the Philippines, identified three principal themes to take action on: sustainable cities, cleaner production and sustainability […]

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APEC and the Environment: Innovative Approaches to Trade and Environment in Asia-Pacific

May 1, 1997 – Update The following articles (excluding David Morgan’s) are now only available as abstracts. The full text edited versions will be published later this year in a special edition of the Journal of Environment and Development. Trade and Environment Policy Project APEC and the Environment: Innovative Approaches to Trade and Environment in […]

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Focus on APEC – Special issue on trade and the environment 4.28.97

FOCUS on APEC ____________________________________________________________________ Mon, 28 Apr 1997 07:45:26 -0600   FOCUS-on-APEC A regular bulletin produced by Focus on the Global South (FOCUS) Bangkok, Thailand Number 13, April 1997 Special issue on trade and the environment This issue and Focus-on-APEC Bulletins 10, 11 and 12 include some of the papers presented at the Manila Peoples […]

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Natural Resource Subsidies, Trade and Environment: The Cases of Forests and Fisheries

Natural Resource Subsidies, Trade and Environment: The Cases of Forests and Fisheries Gareth Porter Center for International Environmental Law ABSTRACT As tariffs have been reduced by successive multilateral trade liberalization agreements, subsidies have emerged as a major issue in international trade policy. And as environmental concerns have been linked with trade issues, it has increasingly […]

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Connectivity 8.20.97

APRENet Home Nautilus Home Aug. 20th, Vol. 1 No. 9 _______________________________________________________________________ Regional News  Canada Looks Abroad for Nukes after Shutdown August 15, 1997 – Source: The Christian Science Monitor, New York Times According to the Christian Science Monitor, CANDU (Canadian Deuterium Uranium) is seeking greater export possibilities in response to the announcement that the Canadian […]

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Connectivity 4.20.97

  APRENet Home Nautilus Home Regional News   Green Trade Needs Special Study, Envoy April 18, 1997 – Source: Bangkok Post Thai Ambassador to the WTO, Krirk-krai Jirapaet, stressed today that attempts to link trade and environmental protection must be studied very carefully before moving ahead in the WTO’s Committee on Trade and Environment. The […]

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Connectivity 4.20.97

APRENet Home Nautilus Home Regional News   Green Trade Needs Special Study, Envoy April 18, 1997 – Source: Bangkok Post Thai Ambassador to the WTO, Krirk-krai Jirapaet, stressed today that attempts to link trade and environmental protection must be studied very carefully before moving ahead in the WTO’s Committee on Trade and Environment. The Ambassador […]

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Connectivity 4.5.97

APRENet Home Nautilus Home Few regions in the world can match the economic growth and development achieved in …

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