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Mekong River Basin Development Issues ____________________________________________________________________ Open Access, Hidden Meanings: Public Forests and Private Paddies in the Mekong Delta of Viet Nam James H. Spencer Masters Project Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies DRAFT Please do not cite without author’s permission Standing atop the Ca Dam canal in the heart of Tam Nong district in Viet […]

Regional Environmental Issues ____________________________________________________________________ DRAFT 05/05/95 Northeast Asian Marine Environmental Quality and Living Resources: Transnational Issues for Sustainable Development by Mark J. Valencia Senior Fellow East-West Center Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Introduction Northeast Asian Seas comprise the semienclosed Sea of Japan, the Yellow Sea, and the East China Sea (Figure 1). Both the environmental quality and […]

Regional Environmental Issues ____________________________________________________________________ DRAFT Do Not Cite Without Permission The Domain of Environmental Cooperation in Northeast Asia Lyuba Zarsky Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development Prepared for the Sixth Annual International Conference Korea and the Future of Northeast Asia: Conflict or Cooperation? Portland State University Portland, Oregon May 4-5. 1995 I. INTRODUCTION The […]

APEC, Citizen Groups, and the Environment: Common Interests, Broad Agenda Lyuba Zarsky Co-Director Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development Berkeley, California May, 1995   Introduction and Summary: 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 […]

Tumen River Area Development Issues ____________________________________________________________________ An earlier version of this article appeared in the Spring 1995 issue of Natural Resources Defense Council’s Amicus Journal. COMMENTARY A GREEN TRADE ZONE IN NORTHEAST ASIA? Greater efforts are needed to ensure that the Tumen delta becomes a model for environmentally responsible development, not another example of unchecked […]

Regional Environmental Issues ____________________________________________________________________ Policy Brief Green Finance: Valuation and Financing of Khao Yai National Park in Thailand Mingsarn Kaosa-ard, et.al1 Natural Resources and Environment Program Thailand Development Research Institute Theodore Panayotou and J.R. DeShazo Harvard Institute for International Development ________________________________________________________ This policy brief is based on a study entitled “Green Finance: A Case Study […]

Mekong River Basin Development Issues ____________________________________________________________________   United Nations Document Advanced Unedited Copy Protection of the Quality and Supply of Freshwater Resources: Application of Integrated Approaches to the Development, Management and Use of Water Resources* Report of the Secretary-General INTRODUCTION 1. Key issues of concern regarding the state of the global freshwater resources have emerged during the […]

The APEC Symposium: The Pacific Community: Generating Economic Opportunities   Summary of Proceedings Sponsored by the U.S. Information Agency Administered by the Institute of International Education October 20-22, 1994 — San Francisco, California Prepared for IIE by Stephen Parker, Chief Economist of The Asia Foundation December 1, 1994   An impressive group of government and […]

Regional Environmental Issues ____________________________________________________________________ International Cooperation for the Sustainable Development of the Russian Far East Center for East Asian Studies Monterey Institute of International Studies Monterey, California Prepared for presentation at the workshop on “Trade and Environment in Asia-Pacific: Prospects for Regional Cooperation,” September 23-25, 1994, East-West Center, Honolulu, organized by the Nautilus Institute for […]

Regional Environmental Issues ____________________________________________________________________ ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND REGIMES IN NORTHEAST ASIA Peter Hayes and Lyuba Zarsky Fall 1994 Published in slightly edited form in: International Environmental Affairs Vol. 6 #4   Northeast Asia is an excellent region in which to study environmental conflict and cooperation. As a “latecomer” to environmental cooperation, the states of Northeast […]