ASEAN Environmental Law Conference

Wednesday 27 January

Opening Remarks: Matthew Baird, Director , Asian Research Institute for Environmental Law

Keynote - The Environment, Human Rights and Environmental Justice. Professor Ben Boer, Emeritus Professor of Environmental Law, University of Sydney and Wuhan University

Climate Justice

Briony Eales, Consultant ADB, Jinmei Liu, Friends of Nature, China and Hasminah D. Paudac, Legal Advisor - Climate Justice and Liability Campaign, Greenpeace Southeast Asia - Philippines

From 2pm - 4pm - ARIEL / GREENPEACE/ Earth Rights International Workshop - Separate Registration Required.

Thursday 28 January

10 - 12noon (Manila time) - Animal Law

Sallie Yang, Usaid Wildlife Asia, Khin Thandar, and Matthew Baird, Excutive Director, Asian Research Institute for Environmental Law

2pm - 4pm - The Role of Lawyers - Environment and Human Rights

Sor Rattanamanee Polkla, Community Resource Center, Ben Hadrman, Earth Rights International, Stephanie Venuti, OECD, Business HR and Environment and Reynaldo Sembiring, Indonesian Center for Environmetnal law.

Friday 29 January

10 - 12 noon (Manila) - Plastics

Youna Lyons, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Law, NUS, Nathania, Researcher, Pollution Control Division, Indonesia Center for Environmental Law and Anna Oposa, Executive Director, Save Philippine Seas.

2pm - 4pm - Oceans

Gloria Ramos, Vice President, Oceana Philippines, Mas Achmad Santosa, Executive Director, Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative and Dominic Thomson, Deputy Director and Project Manager, Environmental Justice Foundation Thailand.

Closing Session

Theme: Stories and Solutions in Challenging Times

Host: Asian Research Institute for Environmental Law (ARIEL)

Time: 09:00 – 15:00, BKK Time

10:00-12:00, 14:00-16:00, MNL Time

13:00 – 19:00, SYD Time

Venue: Zoom Webinar for Conference (500 pax) and Facebook live