Confronting Environmental Change In East And Southeast Asia

by Harris, Paul G.

• ISBN13: 9789280811131
• ISBN10: 9280811134
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-01
• Publisher: United Nations Univ

Summary

Concise, hard-hitting essays by a group of international experts and scholars that address the politics and policy of environmental change and sustainable development in East and Southeast Asia. The book pays particular attention to the ways in which foreign policy and international relations theories help explain ecopolitics and sustainable development in the region. Case studies cover environmental diplomacy in East Asia and strategies for sustainable development in Southeast Asia, including Japanese environmental policy, China's climate change diplomacy, the role of NGOs in shaping Thailand's policies on biodiversity, international assistance and marine environmental protection in Vietnam, sustainable development policy in Taiwan, and the role of community-based conflict management in environmental protection efforts in Papua New Guinea.Contributors include Jonathan Harrington (Troy State University), Paul G. Harris (Lingnan University, Hong Kong), Phillip Scott Jones (University of Wolverhampton, UK), Yuka Kobayashi (St. Antony's College, Oxford), Tran Dinh Lan (Hai Phong Institute of Oceanology, Vietnam), Ho-Ching Lee (Chung-Yuan Christian University, Taiwan), Tse-Kang Leng (National Chengchi University, Taiwan), Pham Van Luong (Hai Phong Institute of Oceanology, Vietnam), Mika Merviö (University of Shimane, Japan), Hiroshi Ohta (Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan), Jak Sangchai (Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Judith Shapiro (American University), Wen-chen Shih (National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan), and Peter Stoett (Concordia University, Montreal).

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	vii
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations	ix
About the Contributors	xv
Preface	xvii
1 Introduction: Confronting Environmental Change — Lessons from East and Southeast Asia
Paul G Harris	1	(16)
Part 1 Environment, Foreign Policy and Diplomacy in East Asia: Actors, Institutions and Forces
2 Environmental Politics and Foreign Policy in East Asia: A Survey of China and Japan
Paul G Harris	17	(24)
3 The Environment and Japanese Foreign Policy: Anthropocentric Ideologies and Changing Power Relationships
Mika Merviö	41	(16)
4 Japan and Global Climate Change: The Intersection of Domestic Politics and Diplomacy
Hiroshi Ohta	57	(15)
5 Environmental Degradation and Security in Maoist China: Lessons from the War Preparation Movement
Judith Shapiro	72	(15)
6 The 'Troubled Modernizer': Three Decades of Chinese Environmental Policy and Diplomacy
Yuka Kobayashi	87	(15)
7 'Panda Diplomacy': State Environmentalism, International Relations and Chinese Foreign Policy
Jonathan Harrington	102	(17)
8 Taiwan's International Environmental Policy: Balancing Trade and the Environment
Wen-chen Shib	119	(16)
Part 2 Eco-Politics, International Relations and Strategies for Sustainable Development in East and Southeast Asia
9 China and the Climate Change Agreements: Science, Development and Diplomacy
Ho-Ching Lee	135	(16)
10 Thailand and the Convention on Biological Diversity: Non-governmental Organizations Enter the Debate
Jak Sangchai	151	(16)
11 Mekong River Politics and Environmental Security
Peter Stoett	167	(16)
12 Protecting the Marine Environment: International Assistance and the Vietnam Sea
Tran Duc Thanh, Tran Dinh Lan and Pham Van Luong	183	(18)
13 Sustainable Development in Canada and Taiwan: Comparative and International Perspectives
Tse-Kang Leng	201	(18)
14 Community-based Conflict Management and Environmental Change: A Case Study from Papua New Guinea
Philip Scott Jones	219	(18)
Notes	237	(4)
References	241	(20)
Index	261