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- Title
- The Influence of international law upon ASEAN approaches in addressing transboundary haze pollution in Southeast Asia
- Related
- Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol. 37, No. 2, (2015), p.183-210
- DOI
- 10.1355/cs37-2b
- Publisher
- Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
- Date
- 2015
- Author/Creator
- Nurhidayah, Laely
- Author/Creator
- Alam, Shawkat
- Author/Creator
- Lipman, Zada
- Description
- Transboundary haze pollution from land and forest fires is an annual environmental disaster in Southeast Asia that cannot be resolved without applying both domestic and international legal systems. This article will examine the extent to which international law has influenced ASEAN approaches in addressing transboundary haze pollution. It does so by examining two international legal frameworks. The first is customary international law, namely the state responsibility for transboundary environmental harm principle, and the second is Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEAs) in atmosphere and biodiversity. It discusses how international law frameworks can contribute to solving [End Page 183] regional environmental problems, and how fully applying the principles of international law and improving cooperation in ASEAN can strengthen the regional legal framework. Ultimately, the best solution to land/forest fires is to improve collaboration at the local level through capacity-building and customary practices. ASEAN approaches to transboundary haze pollution do not currently address the problem effectively.
- Description
- 28 page(s)
- Subject Keyword
- 180100 Law
- Subject Keyword
- International law
- Subject Keyword
- ASEAN approaches
- Subject Keyword
- Transboundary haze pollution
- Subject Keyword
- State responsibility
- Subject Keyword
- Multilateral Environment Agreements
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Macquarie Law School
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/986197
- Identifier
- mq:40866
- Identifier
- ISSN:0129-797X
- Identifier
- mq-rm-2013013688
- Identifier
- mq_res-se-462263
- Language
- eng
- Reviewed
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