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Executive Committee Co-Directors Assoc. Professor Jolene LIN Assoc. Professor LYE Lin-Heng

Deputy Director Assoc. Professor Burton ONG

Honorary Director Emeritus Professor KOH Kheng-Lian (former APCEL Director)

Committee Members Professor Alan TAN Khee-Jin Assoc. Professor Robert C. BECKMAN Assoc. Professor Michael EWING-CHOW Assoc. Professor LIM Lei-Theng Asst. Professor Jean HO Qing-Ying Asst. Professor Jaclyn NEO Ling-Chien Ex-officio Professor Simon CHESTERMAN Dean, Faculty of Law National University of Singapore --------------------------------------------------- Associate Members Ms Lovleen BHULLAR (India) Ms Denise CHEONG Dr Joseph CHUN Mr Vina DHARMARAJAH Dr Asanga GUNAWANSA (Sri Lanka) Ms Faizah JAMAL Dr Sally-Ann JOSEPH (Australia) Ms Youna LYONS Assoc. Prof Benoit MAYER (Hong Kong) Ms Melissa TAN Bee-Neo Mr TAN Kai-Liang Sallie YANG Chia-Wei (Thailand)

Advisory Committee Co-Chairs Professor Tommy TB KOH Ambassador-at-Large, Singapore; Special Adviser, Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy; and Chairman, Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore Dr Parvez HASSAN, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of Pakistan Former Chairman, IUCN-CEL Members Professor Domenico AMIRANTE, Italy Emeritus Professor Ben BOER, Australia Dr Lena CHAN, NParks, Singapore Mr Edwin T.F.KHEW, SEAS, Singapore Dr Bindu N.LOHANI, ADB, Philippines Justice Brian PRESTON, Australia Kerlin Professor Emeritus Nicholas A ROBINSON,USA Mr TAN Gee Paw, PUB, Singapore Ambassador Amado S.TOLENTINO, Philippines Stephen TROMANS QC, United Kingdom

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• APCEL welcomes Co-Director from 1 August 2017

APCEL welcomed Assoc Prof Jolene Lin as Co-Director from 1 August 2017. Prof Lin was an Associate Professor of Law at the Law Faculty, University of Hong Kong. Her research interests lie in global environmental governance. Her most recent research focuses on climate change law as a matter of public international and domestic law.

• APCEL thanks former Deputy Director APCEL warmly thanks Assoc Prof Burton Ong, for his many contributions to APCEL as Deputy Director from 1 July 2013 to 31 July 2017. In particular, A/P Ong initiated the establishment of the Environmental Law Students’ Association (ELSA).

I. Activities of APCEL and its Members This report is prepared from information supplied by APCEL Executive Committee members and Associate members.

• APCEL Closed-Door Seminar on Nature Conservation and Wildlife Laws in Singapore, Faculty of Law, NUS, 31 July 2017, Faculty of Law, NUS The speakers were: APCEL Director Assoc Prof Lye Lin Heng; Adjunct Assoc Prof Joseph Chun; Dr Lena Chan, Group Director, National Biodiversity Centre, National Parks Board and Ms Jessica Yap, Senior Executive Manager, Wildlife Section, Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority. This event was meant to provide an overview of nature conservation and wildlife laws in Singapore for the biodiversity community. It was also intended to facilitate NGO collaboration with each other, as well as with the relevant government agencies. We had invited participants from the academic institutions, governmental agencies and non-governmental organisations to participate in this closed door event.

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• Seminar and Book Launch, 28 August 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia E/ Koh Kheng-Lian was invited by the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS), Malaysia, on the occasion of Seminar and Launch of Book, ASEAN: Future Forward ─Essays Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Anticipating the Next 50 Years. Prof Koh contributed a chapter entitled, “Sustainably Developed ASEAN - 50 Years On: ASEAN Environmental Legal Integration?” She was invited to serve on the Panel Discussion –“Visualising ASEAN Next 50 Years”. She made a presentation on “The current state of the people-to-people dynamics in ASEAN”. The occasion was attended by many dignitaries including the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Shah, who gave the Keynote Speech marking the 50th Anniversary of ASEAN.

• APCEL Seminar Series: The Role of the Market and Traditional Regulation in Decarbonizing China’s Energy Supply, 13 September 2017, Faculty of Law, NUS The speaker was Professor Anatole Boute from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The seminar was chaired by APCEL’s Co-Director, Assoc Prof Jolene Lin.

APCEL Closed-Door Seminar on Nature Conservation and Wildlife Laws in Singapore, Faculty of Law, NUS, 31 July

2017, Faculty of Law, NUS

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• 2nd BRI Event - Belt and Road Initiative: Developing Green Economies for Cities, 26 –

28 Sept 2017, Vienna, Austria

E/Prof Koh Kheng-Lian was invited by the United Nations for Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) & Finance Center for South-South Cooperation together with Ökostadt to present a paper, and an exhibition on Sino- Singapore Tianjin Eco – City. The title of her presentation was “The Sino- Singapore Tianjin Eco – City and the BRI ‘Bridge for Cities’ ”. Her exhibition was one of the eight exhibitions, entitled, One-Belt-One-Road and Sustainable City Exhibition and Dialogue. There were over 400 participants which included representatives from 220 organizations/institutions/companies, 113 cities and 50 countries. This is a significant conference & exhibition sponsored by the Peoples Republic of China which recently launched its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). For summary of her presentation, see https://congocsd.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/summary-presentation-12-points-summary-01-4.pdf

APCEL Seminar Series: The Role of the Market and Traditional Regulation in Decarbonizing China’s Energy Supply, 13 September 2017, Faculty of Law, NUS

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• APCEL Seminar Series: Framing and Mapping Governance Barriers to Energy Upgrades in Apartments, 2 October 2017, Faculty of Law, NUS The speaker was Professor Susan Bright, University of Oxford. The seminar was chaired by APCEL’s Co-Director, Assoc Prof Lye Lin Heng.

• APCEL Seminar Series: Environmental Adjudication in Queensland: Optimizing Use of ADR and Expert Evidence, 17 October 2017, Faculty of Law, NUS The speaker was Judge Fleur Kingham, President, Land Court of Queensland. The seminar was chaired by APCEL’s Co-Director, Assoc Prof Jolene Lin.

APCEL Seminar Series: Framing and Mapping Governance Barriers to Energy Upgrades in Apartments, 2 October 2017,

Faculty of Law, NUS

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• The Fifth Asia Environment Lecture 2017 - “Birds, Humans and our Sustainable Future” by Ms Patricia Zurita, CEO, Birdlife International, 3 November 2017, Faculty of Law, NUS This event was co-organised by APCEL together with the NUS MSc (Env Mgt) [MEM] programme, the NUS Bachelor in Environmental Studies (BES) Programme; National Parks Board and City Developments Ltd, which also sponsored the event. The speaker for this year’s lecture was Ms Patricia Zurita, CEO of Birdlife International. Birdlife International is the world’s largest nature conservation partnership that strives to conserve the habitats and biodiversity of birds. As the widely recognised world leader in bird conservation, Birdlife International conducts field research on the ground for data to enable successful implementation of bird conservation programmes across national borders. There are some 120 Birdlife Partners worldwide from 118 countries and the community is continuing to grow. In earlier years, Ms Zurita was the Executive Director of the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, a global multi-donor fund enabling civil society to participate in and benefit from conserving some of the world’s most critical ecosystem. Prior to that, she also led the Conservation Stewards Programme which is dedicated to the provision of economic incentives to local and indigenous communities in developing countries in exchange for their commitment to protect biodiversity through conservation agreements. Please refer to website for the post event report - https://law.nus.edu.sg/apcel/activities/2017/5thAELPostEventReport2017.pdf

APCEL Seminar Series: Environmental Adjudication in Queensland: Optimizing Use of ADR and Expert Evidence, 17 October 2017, Faculty of Law, NUS

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• International Conference on Environment – 2017 organised by National Green Tribunal of India and other Organisations, 3 – 4 November, 2017, New Delhi, India The National Green Tribunal of India in association with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation hosted the above conference. E/Prof Koh Kheng-Lian was invited by National Green Tribunal to present a paper on “Illegal Deforestation: ICC Jurisdiction and ‘Crimes against Humanity’ – the Cambodian Case of Land-Grabbing?” This Conference is a step towards pioneering approaches which will have repercussions globally on all environmental policy areas such as, Forest and Biodiversity, Municipal Solid Waste, Climate Change, Clean and Renewable Energy. The conference aims to provide a platform, so as to examine, analyze and evaluate various environmental issues and formulate a road map to achieve environmental justice.

For further details, please refer to the website - http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/NGT_CONFERENCE_1/about-the-conference.html It was attended by Parliamentarians, Chief Justices, Judges, Environmentalists, Scientists, Lawyers, Academicians, Executives in the field of environment, students and other international and national delegates from across the globe.

The Fifth Asia Environment Lecture 2017 - Birds, Humans and our Sustainable Future by Ms Patricia Zurita, CEO, Birdlife

International, 3 November 2017, Faculty of Law, NUS

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• An Investment Perspective to Carbon Trading Workshop, 17 November 2017, Hong Kong Along with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Energy Security and Climate Change Program and Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)’s Faculty of Law, APCEL co-organized a conference examining the effectiveness of emissions trading in driving investments in the decarbonization of energy supply in China and the EU. The event took placed at CUHK. APCEL’s Co-Director A/P Jolene Lin presented a paper entitled “The Quest for Sustainable Development and Market Stability – Lessons from the CDM” and chaired Session 1 – ETS as Driver of Low-carbon Investments? The Experience of the EU ETS.

II. APCEL Members’ Activities

1. Koh Kheng-Lian Appointments

• Appointment as member of the International Council of Environmental Law (ICEL).

An Investment Perspective to Carbon Trading Workshop, 17 November 2017, Chinese University, Hong Kong

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Conferences, Workshops, etc

• Invitations by (1) United Nations for Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO); (2) Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) and (3) National Green Tribunal of India, see supra, “I. Activities of APCEL and its Members”.

• Invited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan, to participate as a resource person at South and Southeast Asian Youth Seminar on Climate Change: How to Strengthen and Complement the Loss & Damage Mechanism Provided under the Paris Agreement. She presented a paper on “Loss and Damage Mechanism under the Paris Agreement”. The seminar was held from 3-5 July 2017, Taipei, Taiwan.”, 3-5 July 2017.

• Invited by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung to present a paper on “ASEAN 2025: Forging Ahead Together – Human Security and Human Rights in Climate Challenges” at the conference on Environmental Degradation and Sustainable Development in Asia, Yangon, Myanmar, 15-16 August 2017. She was the moderator for Panel 3: Legislation on Safeguarding Environment in Asia – Is it Sufficient?

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• Invited by IUCN to participate at the IUCN Asia Regional Members Committee Meeting, 18-20 September 2017, Zhejiang, China. Presented a report on the activities of three IUCN members in Singapore, namely, APCEL, Nature Society of Singapore, and Singapore Zoo. She also made contributions relating to the theme of the meeting, Nature-Based Solutions.

• Invited by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung to present a paper on “The International Criminal Court Jurisdiction on ‘Crimes against Humanity’: the Cambodian Case of Land-Grabbing.” at the Symposium on Land Grabbing and Rule of Law, 11-12 October 2017, Taipei, Taiwan.

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• Invited by the National Environment Agency of Singapore to conduct a training course, NEA Leaders in Environmental Action (LEAP 2.0) Programme - Global and Regional Perspectives of Environmental Sustainability and Environmental Law, Singapore Environment Institute, 1 November 2017.

• Launch of book, Tommy Koh: Serving Singapore and the World (Yeo Lay Hwee & Others, eds, WS Professional, 2017), 11 November 2017:

Photo credit to https://kinokuniya.com.sg/events/tommykoh/

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Invited to give a speech at the book launch on “Ambassador Tommy Koh: Professor &

Former Dean of the Law Faculty, NUS, and Diplomat/Negotiator at the Earth Summit”.

KL Koh & Lye Lin Heng contributed Chapter 35, “Tommy Koh: The Earth Summit and Capacity Building for the Environment”, above publication, pp 266 - 272.

• Attended meeting of the Singapore Sustainability Symposium (S3) Local Scientific Advisory

Board Meeting, 7 November 2017, to discuss the programme for the forthcoming conference, Incentives and Motivation for Sustainability, to be held at Grand Hyatt , Singapore , 2–4 May 2018. Prof Koh is a member of the local S3 Scientific Advisory Board, Sustainable Earth Office, Nanyang Technological University.

Miscellaneous

• Attended and/or participated at a number of workshops and seminars on the environment including APCEL Closed-Door Seminar on “Nature Conservation and Wildlife Laws in Singapore”, Faculty of Law, NUS, 31 July 2017; ASEAN Lecture Series , The ASEAN Charter at 10: Prospects and Retrospect, organised by ISEAS, 3 August 2017, NUS Kent Ridge Campus; APCEL Seminar Series: The Role of the Market and Traditional Regulation in Decarbonizing China’s Energy Supply, 13 September 2017, Faculty of Law, NUS; Environmental Adjudication in Queensland: Optimizing Use of ADR and Expert Evidence, 17 October 2017, Faculty of Law, NUS; and Water: A Megatrends Perspective , 6 December 2017, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS.

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Publications

• KL Koh & Lye Lin Heng: Chapter 35, “Tommy Koh: The Earth Summit and Capacity Building for the Environment”, in Tommy Koh: Serving Singapore and the World, Yeo Lay Hwee, pp 266 – 272, see supra.

• "50 Years On: ASEAN Environmental Legal Integration" in ASEAN Future Forward: Anticipating the Next 50 Years (Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia, 2017) pp 329-346.

• KL Koh, editor-in-chief & Kelman I, Kibugi R., Lin J. & Osorio R. L. (eds), APCEL Climate

Change Adaptation Platform, contributions for July-December 2017:

COP23 Bonn, Germany: The U.S. Stands Alone by Dr Jeff Obbard - https://law.nus.edu.sg/apcel/cca/COP23%20Bonn,%20Germany%20%20The%20U.S.%20Stands%20Alone.pdf

Flirting with Dangerous Climate Change. Are We Closer than We Think? by Dr Jeff Obbard - https://law.nus.edu.sg/apcel/cca/FlirtingWithDangerousClimateChange.pdf

2015 Paris Agreement and the Climate Turn: How Can We Adapt to Climate Change? by Prof Victor R Savage - https://law.nus.edu.sg/apcel/cca/2015ParisAgreementClimateTurn.pdf

Climate Change Adaptation: Beyond Greening Humanitarian Response by Margareth Sembiring & Dr Alistair D. B. Cook - https://law.nus.edu.sg/apcel/cca/1.%20ClimateChangeAdaptationBeyondGreening.pdf

2. Jolene Lin

Appointments

• Appointed as APCEL Co-Director from 1 August 2017.

Conferences, workshops, etc

• Chaired the APCEL Seminar Series: The Role of the Market and Traditional Regulation in

Decarbonizing China’s Energy Supply, 13 September 2017, Faculty of Law, NUS. The speaker was Professor Anatole Boute from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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• Chaired the APCEL Seminar Series: Environmental Adjudication in Queensland: Optimizing Use of ADR and Expert Evidence, 17 October 2017, Faculty of Law, NUS. The speaker was Judge Fleur Kingham, President, Land Court of Queensland.

• Presented a paper entitled “The Quest for Sustainable Development and Market Stability – Lessons from the CDM” and chaired Session 1 – ETS as Driver of Low-carbon Investments? The Experience of the EU ETS at the Workshop on An Investment Perspective to Carbon Trading, 17 November 2017, Hong Kong. This was organized by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law in cooperation with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and APCEL.

Publications • The Emergence of Transnational Environmental Law in “Reimagining Environmental Law

and Governance for the Anthropocene” (Louis J. Kotze (ed), Hart Publishing, 2017).

Others

• Successful grant application to the 2018-2019 NUS Law-Melbourne Law School Research Partnership. Jolene and Jacqueline Peel's project "Climate Adaptation Litigation: What Can Southeast Asia Learn from the Australian experience?” will examine Australian adaptation jurisprudence and its potential lessons for the development of similar litigation in Southeast Asian countries under their planning law frameworks.

3. Lye Lin Heng

Appointments • Reappointed as a Global Associate by the Centre of International Law, NUS.

• Appointed on the Expert Panel by City Developments Limited for Materiality Review.

• Appointed as a member of the AVA panel of advisers on wildlife issues from 1 July 2017 to

30 June 2020. Conferences, workshops, etc • 17−19 July 2017 − invited by the Institute of Parks and Recreation, Singapore to present a

paper on “Conservation Laws for Protection of the Natural and Built Environment” at International Greenery, Recreation, Infrastructure & Parks Conference & World Urban Parks Asia-Pacific Congress 2017, Marina Bay Sands Convention Center, Singapore.

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• 31 July 2017 – organised and co-conducted the APCEL Closed-Door Seminar on Nature

Conservation and Wildlife Laws in Singapore, Faculty of Law, NUS.

• 10 August 2017 – welcomed new students to the MEM programme, Award Presentation Ceremony & Inaugural Seminar 2017-2018 “Shooting Stars & Dancing Fish – A Walk to the World We Want”. Chaired the Inaugural Seminar. The speaker was Attorney Antonio Oposa, President of The Law of Nature Foundation, Philippines, Ramon Magsaysay Award, 2009.

• 10 August 2017 – organised a tour for Attorney Antonio Oposa and the Environmental Law Students Association (ELSA) at the Khoo Teck Huat Hospital and attended the talk regarding best practices the hospital adopts in shaping a sustainable built environment.

• 12−16 September 2017 − invited to attend 4th ASEAN Regional Dialogue on Combating

Trafficking of Wild Flora and Fauna hosted by the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) of the Thai Government, 13-14 September, Bangkok. Participated as resource person on policy at the Species-based Group Discussion on Day 2. Led a breakout session on law and policy reform. Attended meeting with Freeland on 15 September to discuss APCEL’s collaboration in the training of Thai judiciary on wildlife conservation & trade laws. APCEL has a working relationship with Freeland, a US funded NGO based in Bangkok.

• 2 October 2017 – chaired the APCEL Seminar Series: Framing and Mapping Governance Barriers to Energy Upgrades in Apartments. The speaker was Professor Susan Bright, University of Oxford.

• 6 October 2017 – chaired the MEM seminar on “Convention of Biological Diversity in

Singapore’s Context”, NUS School of Design & Environment, NUS Kent Ridge Campus. The speaker was Dr Ng Ngan Kee, Lecturer, Dept of Biological Sciences, NUS.

• 24 October 2017 − invited to be chief judge at the May Oh Debate Challenge 2017, Methodist Girls' School. The theme was “Economic Development at the Expense of Environmental Degradation is a Justified Pursuit”

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• 3 November 2017 − co-organized the 5th Asia Environment Lecture with the NUS MSc (Env Mgt) [MEM] programme and the NUS Bachelor in Environmental Studies (BES) Programme, NUS Faculty of Law Auditorium. The speaker was Ms Patricia Zurita, CEO, Birdlife International, who spoke on “Birds, Humans and our Sustainable Future”. Prof Lye presented tokens of appreciation to the representative of National Parks Board, Mr Lim Liang Jim. The lecture, held at the NUS Faculty of Law Auditorium, was co-hosted by the National Parks Board and City Developments Ltd (CDL), which also sponsored the event.

• 11 November 2017 – invited to attend the book launch of "Tommy Koh: Serving Singapore

and the World", Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore. A/P Lye & E/Prof Koh contributed a joint chapter in this book, entitled “Tommy Koh: The Earth Summit and Capacity Building for the Environment”, in Tommy Koh: Serving Singapore and the World, Yeo Lay Hwee, pp 266 – 272 (WS Professional, 2017).

• 8−9 December 2017 – invited by the Edith Cowan University (ECU), School of Business and Law, Perth, Australia to present a paper on “Singapore's position re: control of pesticides” at the ECU Collaboration Scheme Symposium: From Scientific Expertise to Regulation of Pesticides in Australia and Overseas.

Publications

• “Illegal Trade in endangered forest and marine species – enhancing laws and enforcement : A Southeast Asian perspective”, with Sallie Chia-Wei Yang, chapter 4 in Protecting Forest and Marine Biodiversity – The Role of Law; Ed Couzens, Alexander Paterson, Sophie Riley & Yanti Fristikawati, eds.; IUCN Academy of Environmental Law series, Edward Elgar, 2017, pp 96-126

• "Tommy Koh: The Earth Summit and Capacity Building for the Environment" in LH Yeo, P Kek, G Koh, LL Chang eds., Tommy Koh: Serving Singapore and the World (World Scientific, 2017) 266 - 272 (with Koh Kheng Lian)

• "Regulatory Measures on Access and Benefit Sharing for Biological and Genetic Resources - National and Regional Perspectives from the Philippines, Singapore and ASEAN", Lye Lin-Heng & Rose-Lisa Eisma-Osorio, chapter 13 in Routledge Handbook on Biodiversity and the Law, (Burton Ong and Charles McManis, editors), Washington University, St Louis, USA (2017)pp. 180-194

• "Singapore - A Case-study on Effective Environmental Management", in Oxford Handbook on Comparative Environmental Law; Emma Lees & V E Vinuales, eds. Oxford University Press (accepted for publication, 2017).

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III. APCEL’s Associate Members 1. Joseph Chun Conferences, workshops, etc

• Co-conducted the APCEL Closed-Door Seminar on Nature Conservation and Wildlife Laws

in Singapore, 31 July 2017, Faculty of Law, NUS

• Invited to be a panellist and gave Closing Remarks for ELSA Environmental Law, Policy, and Public Interest Careers Seminar, 30 August 2017.

2. Sally Joseph

Publications

• Sally-Ann Joseph (2017) An Examination of the Congruence of the Mining Site Rehabilitation Tax Deductions & Queensland’s Chain of Responsibility Legislation Vol 3 No 1 Australian Journal of Environmental Law pp29-52.

• Sally-Ann Joseph (2017) The Plastic Bag Tax: International Trends Vol 71 No 12 Bulletin for International Taxation Vol 71 No 12.

3. Sallie Yang Chia-Wei

• UN Africa Asia-Pacific Symposium on Strengthening Legal Frameworks to Combat Wildlife Crime Symposium, Bangkok, Thailand (July 2017)Director of Governance, Freeland/ Legal Specialist, USAID Wildlife Asia (UWA)

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Two USAID funded projects – Wildlife Asia and PROTECT (Tanzania) – supported the participation of parliamentarians from the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the Philippines, Thailand and the United Republic of Tanzania. As panelists for Session 4, Hon. Mr. Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza, House of Representatives, the Philippines, Hon. Lt. Gen. Chaiyuth Promsookt, National Legislative Assembly of Thailand, and Hon. Mr. Jitu Vlajral Soni, Member of Parliament, the United Republic of Tanzania, responded to questions from co-moderators Ms. Sallie Yang, USAID Wildlife Asia, and Dr. Craig Kirkpatrick, USAID Regional Development Mission Asia, and from participants. Their remarks highlighted several issues with respect to national legal frameworks for combatting wildlife crime.

• Presented on “Combating Wildlife Trafficking: Best Practices and Innovations” at the 9th AIPA Caucus Meeting - Working Group on CITES and Wildlife Protection, Jakarta, Indonesia (July 2017).

Champion MPs from Cambodia, Thailand and Indonesia

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Champion MPs from Singapore

(Photos: With champion MPs from Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore and Cambodia.)

Presenting at the 9th AIPA Caucus

• UWA-AIPA Joint Mission to attend National Workshop on Environment by the Council of Ministers and to meet with the Parliament of Cambodia (National Assembly and the Senate) and Vishnu law Group on the proposed Environment and Natural Resources Code, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (August 2017)

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• Presented at Media Workshop on Combating Wildlife Trafficking in South East Asia, and Law and policy resource specialist at the 4th Regional Dialogue on Combating Trafficking of Wild Fauna and Flora, Bangkok, Thailand (September 2017).

Associate Professor Lye Lin-Heng leading a breakout session on law and policy reform.

• Courtesy Call to the newly appointed Secretary General of the Supreme Court of Thailand to introduce Freeland/UWA legislative and policy portfolio and collaboration with the Supreme Court of Thailand (December 2017).

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L to R: Judge Sathien R., of the Office of the President of the Supreme Court

Deputy Secretary General of the Supreme Court, Sallie Yang (Freeland UWA), Secretary General of the Supreme Court, Brian Gonzales (Freeland/UWA)

IV. Visitors

• Ms Sallie Yang, Director of Governance, Freeland, 26 July 2017 (see photo below).

The following persons visited APCEL on 27 October 2017 (see photo below):

Ambassador Shin Kak-Soo, Director, Center for International Law, South Korea Prof Kim Dok-Ju, Director-General and Professor of Department of European and

African Studies, IFANS Prof Yoo Joon Koo, Research Professor, Center for International Law, Institute of

Foreign Affairs and National Security Ms Kim Ki-Hyeon, First Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Korea Ms Yoon Ji Hye, Researcher of Center for Int'l Law, IFANS

From L to R: Ms Sallie Yang, Prof KL Koh & A/P LH Lye at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

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• Mr Suresh Nanwani, Advisor on Governance and Accountability, CEDR Accredited Mediator 20 November 2017

L to R: Ms Kim Ki Hyeon, Prof Yoo Joon Koo, Prof Kim Dok-Ju, Prof KL Koh, Amb. Shin Kak-Soo, A/P Lye Lin Heng, A/P Jolene Lin & Ms. Yoon Ji Hye at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore