A Strategic Consultation Pocantico Conference Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund Tarrytown, NY December 2-4, 2001 Welcome Participants letter Meeting Agenda Sunday and Tuesday train schedule from Grand Central Station to Tarrytown Getting to and from Pocantico About Pocantico Map of area around the Pocantico facility Reimbursement and dress code information Background Reading Material Workshop background reader […]
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Research Stage of Scenarios Project Completed
Wednesday, July 14, 1999 Jason Hunter, Nautilus Institute program officer, completed a two-month, seven country, field research project examining emerging trends and perspectives in post-crisis Asia. During the trip, Jason interviewed over 150 key government, business, NGO, and academic leaders in China, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and the Philippines. The research trip is […]
Trade and Environment
Thursday, June 3, 1999 The APEC & the Environment Project, active between 1992-1999, aimed to define and promote a regional sustainable development agenda within the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. The Project generated research papers, organized workshops of regional analysts and activists, and producedConnectivity Monitor, an on-line regional environmental news round-up. Lyuba Zarsky also served […]
Draft Agenda: Trade Policy and Sustainability: Regional Approaches
Trade Policy and Sustainability: Regional Approaches Draft Agenda Concept Paper Centre de Conférences de Varembé 9, Rue de Varembé, Geneva DIALOGUE – DIALOGUE – DI·LOGO TRADE POLICY AND SUSTAINABILITY: THE REGIONAL APPROACHES POLITIQUE COMMERCIALE ET DÈVELOPPEMENT DURABLE : LES APPROCHES RÈGIONALES POLÌTICA COMERCIAL Y DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE: LOS ENFOQUES REGIONALES MONDAY 1 FEBRUARY Welcome – Bienvenue […]
Conference Announcement: Trade Policy and Sustainability: Regional Approaches
The International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (Geneva) and the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development (Berkeley) will hold on February 1 & 2, 1999, a Dialogue titled “Trade policy and sustainability: the regional approaches”. The Dialogue will focus on regional integration approaches to addressing the issues of trade liberalisation and sustainable development. […]
APEC, Globalization and the “Sustainable Development Agenda”
Lyuba Zarsky CoDirector Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development Draft text for Asian Perspectives Fall 1998 Introduction:In the early 1990s, popular concern about mounting ecological degradation swept the world. The historical moment was crystallized in the 1992 UN World Conference on Environment and Development, known popularly as the Rio Summit. Attended by over 100 […]
APEC, Citizen Groups and the Environment
I. Introduction The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) has emerged as the overarching institution in the Asia-Pacific region. APEC’s eighteen members span East Asia, Australasia and the Western Hemisphere and include the world’s fastest growing economies.1 The heart of APEC’s diplomatic agenda is the creation of a region-wide, liberal trade and investment regime. Although not […]
Japanese Official Development Assistance and Industrial Environmental Management in Asia
Wataru Yamamoto Japan Development Institute (JDI) Engineering Consulting Firms Association, Japan (ECFA) 3-2-5 Kasumigaseki Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100, Japan Tel: 81-3-3593-1171 Fax: 81-3-3595-2489 Presented at the Nautilus Institute Workshop on Trade and Environment in Asia-Pacific: Prospects for Regional Cooperation 23-25 September 1994 East-West Center, Honolulu Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Characteristics of Industrial Environmental Management in Japan […]
Sustainable Fisheries, Environment and the Prospects of Regional Cooperation in Southeast Asia
(Prof.) APRILANI SOEGIARTO (Ph.D) The Indonesian Institute of Sciences-LIPI Jl. Gatot Subroto 10 Jakarta 12710 – INDONESIA Phone : (62-21)-5225641 5225711 Telex : 62554-LIPI IA Fax : (62-21)-5225709 5207226 Presented at the Nautilus Institute Workshop on Trade and Environment in Asia-Pacific: Prospects for Regional Cooperation 23-25 September 1994 East-West Center, Honolulu ABSTRACT Fisheries is very […]
Unilateral Environmental Regulations and the Implications for International Commodity-Related Environmental Agreements
Khalid Abdul Rahim Faculty of Economics and Management Universiti Pertanian Malaysia 43400 UPM Serdang Selangor Visiting Fellow P.O. Box 12424 50778 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Presented at the Nautilus Institute Workshop on Trade and Environment in Asia-Pacific: Prospects for Regional Cooperation 23-25 September 1994 East-West Center, Honolulu Summary Unilateral measures by individual countries to internalize environmental […]