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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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Energy Markets and the Environment in Asia Pacific 11.14.97

APRENet Home Nautilus Home Energy Markets and the Environment in Asia Pacific— Lyuba Zarsky (Extracted from a paper to a Symposium on the United Nations System in the 21st Century, United Nations University, New York, November 14-15, 1997.) Energy use in Asia-Pacific will grow dramatically over the next decade and indeed, for the next hundred […]

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ESENA Project Workshop Summary Dec. 1997

APRENet Home Nautilus Home ESENA Project Workshop Summary — Ken Wilkening December 1997, Berkeley, CA USA The Energy, Security and Environment in Northeast Asia (ESENA) project’s workshop on energy-related marine impacts in the Sea of Japan drew together a wide variety of interdisciplinary experts, and resulted in expanded understanding of the interwoven set of environmental, […]

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Pacific Asia Regional Energy Security (PARES) Project 12.22.97

APRENet Home Nautilus Home Pacific Asia Regional Energy Security (PARES) Project The PARES project is an interdisciplinary working group of US and Japanese scholars working to develop a stronger mutual understanding of the security dimension of energy in Japan and Northeast Asia. Specifically, PARES is developing ways to analyze energy security. This operational calculus is […]

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Connectivity News Summaries 12.22.97

APRENet Home Nautilus Home News Summaries: Regional News  Global Alliance to Develop Electric Car December 16, 1997 – Source: New York Times Ford Motor Co. announced that it will invest US$420 million in an alliance with German automaker Daimler-Benz AG and Canada’s Ballard Power Systems Inc. to develop automotive engines and drive trains for electric […]

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Energy and the Environment in Asia Pacific: Regional Cooperation and Market Governance 11.15.97

Regional Environmental Issues ____________________________________________________________________ Energy and the Environment in Asia Pacific: Regional Cooperation and Market Governance Lyuba Zarsky CoDirector Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development Symposium on the United Nations System in the 21st Century United Nations University November 14-15,1997 New York, New York AbstractEnergy demand in Asia-Pacific is projected to mushroom over the […]

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ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION (APEC) NINTH MINISTERIAL MEETING JOINT STATEMENT Nov. 1997

Official APEC Documents ____________________________________________________________________ ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION (APEC) NINTH MINISTERIAL MEETING JOINT STATEMENT 1. Ministers from Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Canada; Chile; the People’s Republic of China; Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan; the Republic of Korea; Malaysia; Mexico; New Zealand; Papua New Guinea; the Republic of the Philippines; Singapore; Chinese Taipei; Thailand; and the United States […]

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Connectivity Oct. 24 1997

APRENet Home Nautilus Home October 24th 1997, Vol.1 No. 13-1 _______________________________________________________________ Regional News  Oil Tankers Collide in Singapore Straits October 17-22, 1997 – Sources: Associated Press, Reuters, South China Morning Post, Straits Times, The Star Despite efforts to avoid yet another Southeast Asian transboundary pollution incident, clean up crews from Singapore, Japan, and Australia have […]

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Connectivity 10.10.97

APRENet Home Nautilus Home Regional News  Regional Tolerance of Fires Diminishing September 27 – October 10th, 1997 — Sources: Agence France-Presse, The Economist, Kompas, The Nation, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Utusan Despite a brief respite from shroud of haze blanketing the region, Indonesia’s neighbors are beginning to lose patience over the country’s handling of the […]

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Connectivity 9.27.97

APRENet Home Nautilus Home Regional News  Indonesian Fires Continue to Choke Region – News Roundup September 9.10.97 – 9.25.97 – Sources: Agence France Presse, Associated Press, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, South China Morning Post, Star, Straits Times, Utusan 9.15 According to the Indonesian Environment Minister, plantation and timber companies have to date […]

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FEEEP and the Future of Ecotech 9.10.97

APRENet Home Nautilus Home  In This Issue  Heading for the Doldrums? APEC and the Environment  FEEEP and the Future of Ecotech Youth, Business and APEC ISO 14,000 in Asia-Pacific Upcoming Events Recent Publications FEEEP and the Future of Ecotech Jason Hunter As Canada’s year as chair of APEC lurches towards its November climax, many APEC […]

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