The State of Environment in Asia

- Preface

- Launching the Era of Global Environmental Governance from Asia Guaranteeing Fairness Through the Involvement

- Principles Contents

- List of Contributors

Part I 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

Part II 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 (Japan / Republic of Korea / People's Republic of China / Taiwan / Philippine / Vietnam / Kingdom of Thailand / Malaysia / Indonesia / India)

Part III Data and Commentary: Economic Inequality, Poverty and Human Development

- Population and Lender: Reproductive Health and Rights

- Preventing Occupational Injuries and Improving Occupational Safety and Health

- Improving Health and Education

- Disputes over Regulating GM Crops and Food

- Forest Resources on the Decline

- Local Perspectives in Protected Area Management

- Regal Wildlife Trade Flourishes

- Coastal and Marine Environments in Crisis

- Deepening Water Crisis

- The Spreading Cadmium Scourge

- Pollution Export and Rising Foreign Direct Investment

- Urbanization Proceeds Rapidly

- Motor Vehicles and Air Pollution

- Burgeoning Wastes and New Management Policies

- The internationalization of Recycling

- The Challenges of Controlling Greenhouse Gas Emissions

- Nuclear Power Development and KEDO

- International Contact among Environmental NGOs Grows More Vigorous

- Trends in Environmental ODA, and the Need for