Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law

ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
Free access to apjel Volume 19

25 May 2017
Dear reader,
The IUCN Academy of Environmental Law's annual Colloquium in Cebu, the Philippines will soon start and to mark the occasion, we are delighted to offer free access until 14th June to the current issue of APJEL (Volume 19).
Please feel welcome to share the good news, and also recommend the journal to your library.
With best wishes,

Ben Booth
Senior Commissioning Editor, Environmental Law

FREE ARTICLES
Editorial
Editorial: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Tim Stephens and Ed Couzens
Articles
Enhancing Chinese law and practice to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and trade, Juan He
The role of public and private insurance in reducing losses from extreme weather events and disasters, Howard Kunreuther and Rosemary Lyster
Exploring new research directions for achieving a sustainable future: what can be learned from the biofuel weed risk case study?, Elodie Le Gal
The relevance of the no-harm principle to climate change law and politics, Benoît Mayer
Biological diversity conservation laws in South East Asia and Singapore: a regional approach in pursuit of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals?, Burton Ong, Lye Lin-Heng and Joseph Chun
Country Report
‘Walking a tightrope’: India's challenges in meeting the 2030 Sustainable Development Agendawith specific reference to climate change, Bill Pritchard
Book Reviews
S Jayakumar, Tommy Koh, Robert Beckman and Hao Duy Phan, Transboundary Pollution: Evolving Issues of International Law and Policy (Edward Elgar, Cheltenham 2015) 456 pp, Reviewed by Adam Byrne
Joshua Bishop and Chloe Hill (eds), Global Biodiversity Finance: The Case for International Payments for Ecosystem Services (Edward Elgar, Cheltenham 2014) 208 pp, Reviewed by Evan Hamman
Simon Marsden and Elizabeth Brandon, Transboundary Environmental Governance in Asia: Practice and Prospects with the UNECE Agreements (Edward Elgar, Cheltenham 2015) 360 pp, Reviewed by Michelle Lim
Rosemary Lyster, Climate Justice and Disaster Law (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2016) 436 pp, Reviewed by Jeffrey McGee


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