The State of Environment in Asia [electronic resource] : 2005/2006 /
Nihon Kankyō Kaigieditor.
Japan Environmental Council (JEC).editor.
This is the third volume in a series edited and published by the Japan Environmental Council. Part l covers four topics: the military and the environment, the environment and trade, agriculture/food and the environment, and the biodiversity of forests and rice paddies. Part 2 uses the perspective of ""regions"" that straddle multiple countries to examine the problems unique to Northeast Asia, the Mekong region, and Inner Asia, and also discusses recent trends in 10 countries/regions. Japan, Republic of Korea, China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and India. Pa
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This is the third volume in a series edited and published by the Japan Environmental Council. Part l covers four topics: the military and the environment, the environment and trade, agriculture/food and the environment, and the biodiversity of forests and rice paddies. Part 2 uses the perspective of ""regions"" that straddle multiple countries to examine the problems unique to Northeast Asia, the Mekong region, and Inner Asia, and also discusses recent trends in 10 countries/regions. Japan, Republic of Korea, China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and India. Pa
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Launching the Era of Global Environmental Governance from Asia -- Introduction: Launching the Era of Global Environmental Governance from Asia -- Asia by Theme -- Military Impacts on the Environment: Working Toward the Century of Peace and Environmental Progress -- Trade and the Environment: Promoting Environmentally Friendly Trade -- Food, Farming and the Environment: The Development of Sustainable Agriculture -- Forest and Rice Paddy Biodiversity: Working Toward Comprehensive Management Based on Community Participation -- Asia by Country and Region -- Northeast Asia: Region Building Based on Environmental Cooperation -- The Mekong Region: Incorporating the Views of Regional Civil Society -- Inner Asia: Balancing the Environment with Socioeconomic Development -- Country/Region Updates -- Data and Commentary -- Economic Inequality, Poverty and Human Development.
Pollution.
Environmental law.
Environmental policy.
Environment.
Sociology.
Environmental economics.
Pollution, general.
Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.
Environment, general.
Sociology, general.
Environmental Economics.