The Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) recently established an Environmental Compliance Assistance Center (ECAC) catering to local government units (LGUs) in the country. The center will provide fast and reliable technical assistance to local government authorities and officials for their environment- related concerns. The establishment of the ECAC for LGUs is the agency’s response to improve understanding and strengthen capacity of local agencies both as...
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Summaries of Past Events
- Strengthening Contaminated Soil Monitoring in Vietnam
- Regional Workshop on Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation in EIA
- 2010 AECEN Regional Forum
- Asian Judges Symposium on Environmental Decision Making, the Rule of Law, and Environmental Justice
- Yokohama Workshop on Soil Contamination
- EIA Regional Workshop Summary
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Philippines Replicates New Environmental Compliance Assistance Center
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US EPA Trains Chinese Judges on Environmental Adjudication
Dec 7 2011On November 8-10, 2011, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) worked with Vermont Law School to conduct a judicial training in Kunming, China in collaboration with the China University of Political Science and Law, the Center for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims, and the Humanities College of Southwest University of Forestry located in Kunming. Approximately 30 judges from three provinces (Yunnan, Hainan, and Guizhou) participated in the training.
The Kunming pilot...
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Vietnam Prepares Draft Guidelines on Contaminated Soil Monitoring
Dec 2 2011On November 29-30, 2011, Vietnam hosted a regional consultation meeting in Hanoi joined by counterpart officials from Korea, Malaysia and Thailand to share ideas on a draft technical guideline on contaminated soil monitoring. At the consultation meeting, experts shared lessons learned and recommendations based on implementation challenges and success in their respective countries. As for the next steps, Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will finalized the technical...
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Mar 30 2012
National leaders of environmental, biodiversity and natural resources agencies, and departments with law enforcement responsibility, have gathered for the first time to design a global compliance and enforcement strategy to address environmental security.
Hosted by INTERPOL and co-organized with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the three-day (27-29 March) International Chiefs of Environmental Compliance and Enforcement summit focused on key environmental crime issues...
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Mar 20 2012
In this issue we announce and highlight our unprecedented event of the year, the International Chiefs of Environmental Compliance and Enforcement where environmental enforcement leaders from around the world will come together to develop an international strategy for environmental security.
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Mar 16 2012
Indonesia has asked the UK to take back 1,800 tonnes of suspected contaminated waste, the Environment Agency has revealed.
In January inspectors in Jakarta found 89 waste containers exported from the UK as "scrap metal" appeared to contain liquid and other illegal mixed waste. The Environment Agency said it had begun an investigation and was working closely with Indonesian authorities. UK companies are not allowed to export contaminated waste to Indonesia. In 2011, 51 waste containers...
Member Profile
Elevated to the ministry level in 2002, Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment MONRE is responsible for air, land, and water resource management under the Amended Law on Environmental Protection (2006).
As the lead institution for environmental management throughout Vietnam, MONRE is also responsible for long term national environmental planning and for coordinating environmental impact assessments, compliance monitoring, inspections, and enforcement across jurisdictions through the...