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This is the blogspot for Environmental Governance (version 2.0) of Prof. Ebinezer R. Florano Ph.D. of the University of the Philippines-National College of Public Administration and Governance. This site chronicles the random thoughts of Prof. Florano on Environmental Governance. Feel free to e-mail him at efloranoy@yahoo.com. The original EcoGov blogspot can still be viewed at www.ecogov.blogspot.com. Thank you very much.

"Environmental Governance" - Definition

"Multi-level interactions (i.e., local, national, international/global) among, but not limited to, three main actors, i.e., state, market, and civil society, which interact with one another, whether in formal and informal ways; in formulating and implementing policies in response to environment-related demands and inputs from the society; bound by rules, procedures, processes, and widely-accepted behavior; for the purpose of attaining environmentally-sustainable development, a.k.a., "green growth."

Conceptualized by Ebinezer R. Florano in Florano (2008), "The Study of Environmental Governance: A Proposal for a Graduate Program in the Philippines." A conference paper read in the EROPA Seminar 2008 with the theme, "Governance in a Triptych: Environment, Migration, Peace and Order," held on 23-25 October 2008 at Traders Hotel in Pasay City, Philippines.

Mga Kandidato ng Kalikasan at Kapaligiran: May Boboto Ba?

Sunday, November 23, 2014

Dr. Ebinezer Florano talks about “pre-disaster recovery planning”

Dr. Ebinezer Florano talks about “pre-disaster recovery planning” to speed up disaster recovery and rehabilitation in disaster-hit areas in the country. Aired in Jessica Soho’s State of the Nation news program on 11 November 2014.

 

Compliance with, and Effective Implementation of A Multilateral Environmental Agreement: Looking Back at the Transboundary Haze Pollution Problem in the ASEAN Region



Ebinezer R. Florano, Ph.D.

Abstract

 “Smoke haze” is a transboundary pollution problem which severely affected the Southeast Asian region during its most devastating occurrence in 1997-1998. As a response, the ASEAN implemented its Regional Haze Action Plan in 1997 backed up by a legal framework called ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution which took effect in 2003. Looking back, this paper will attempt to explain the regulatory ability of the ASEAN to solve the problem by investigating the compliance of four countries (i.e., Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines) with the regional anti-haze pollution measures, and their implementation of domestic laws to stop forest fires.


Read in the 2014 EROPA Conference on “Public Administration and Governance in the Context of Regional and Global Integration” held at the Viet Nam National Convention Center, Ha Noi, Viet Nam on 19-24 October 2014.

Also read in the 3rd International Conference on “ASEAN Connectivity: Current Issues and Future ProspectsTowards ASEAN Community” held at the College of Politics and Governance, Mahasarakham University, Mahasarakham Province, Thailand on 17 November 2014.