Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law

Volume 19 (2016) Preview

Editorial
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 Agenda with specific reference to climate change
Bill Pritchard

Book Reviews

S Jayakumar, Tommy Koh, Robert Beckman and Hao Duy Phan (eds),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