Asia & the Pacific
Regional Networks
The world’s most dramatic population growth is occurring in Asia, presenting enormous challenges for environmental compliance and enforcement efforts. An explosion of mega-cities in south, southeast, and eastern Asia has created an array of stressors that threaten to overwhelm human capacity to address poor air quality and alarming shortages of water. Extremely high concentrations of the population in certain areas have created waste management problems of unprecedented proportions.
In addition to passive challenges that are a byproduct of rapid growth, intentional human activities are contributing to the destruction of pristine ecosystems and poisoning the air and water at an alarming rate. Monitoring and prosecuting these activities requires enormous resources and specialized skills. For these reasons, facilitating environmental compliance and enforcement efforts in Asia is a high priority. INECE is committed to creating opportunities for sharing expertise and best practices for addressing these demanding problems.
Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Issues in the Asia/Pacific Region include:
- Illegal releases of air and water pollutants
- Illegal logging/timber trade
- Illegal shipment of hazardous wastes, including e-waste and ships slated for destruction
- Insufficient institutional structure/lack of enforcement capacity
Key Activities & Publications
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Assessment of State Enforcement Performance in the US (with Chinese subtitles – 中文字幕)
The video Assessment of State Enforcement Performance in the US (with Chinese subtitles[...]
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Capacity Development Key to Stopping Illegal Trade in Hazardous and Electronic Waste
Building capacity among environmental and customs officials for detecting illegal transboundary shipments of hazardous and electronic wastes was the focus of the Second International Hazardous Waste Inspection Project.
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Featured Article: Barriers and Solutions to Better Environmental Enforcement in China
In their article, law professors Jin Wang and Houfu Yan provide a good summary of the challenges that China faces in achieving sound environmental governance
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Featured Article: Foundations of Sustainability
INECE is launching a series featuring highlights from selected articles from INECE’s[...]
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International Hazardous Waste Inspection Project Planned to Focus on Asian Seaports
The INECE Seaport Environmental Security Network is planning a Second International Hazardous[...]
News & Updates
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Interpol: Protecting forests focus of INTERPOL training course
A recent Interpol Environmental Crime Programme press release discusses a capacity building[...]
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Philippines: Compliance Monitoring of Solid Waste Management
The Sun Star Cebu (Philippines) today reports on a decision by the Office of[...]
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Innovative Activities to Strengthen International Environmental Governance
Dear colleagues, Robust national environmental compliance and enforcement systems that support the[...]
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Experts from Asia-Pacific countries gather in Philippines to tackle global environmental crime
INECE participated in the joint meeting of the Asian Network for the[...]
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Vessels Prepare to Monitor Fishing Ban in Visayan Sea
From the Philippines Freeman The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)[...]
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Judicial Colloquium on Biodiversity
INECE, WCEL, UNEP, and the Asian Development Bank hosted a Judicial Colloquium[...]