Description

Environmental Law in Singapore is an essential reference on environmental law and regulation in Singapore. The book explains the subject in the context of international and regional environmental law and the Singapore legal system. It explains and critiques the applicable legal principles, legislative provisions and cases. Topics covered go beyond the traditional areas of criminal and civil liabilities in environmental regulation (such as pollution control and waste management), to also include environmental governance issues such as procedural and substantive environmental rights.

Panel Discussion

Regulating Transits and Imports of Endangered Species After Kong Hoo (Private) Limited v Public Prosecutor: What Have We Learned from the Rosewood Case and Where Do We Go from Here?

Moderator

Professor Tommy KOH is Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore; Rector of Tembusu College, NUS and Chairman of the Governing Board of the Centre of International Law, NUS.

Panelists

Dr Joseph CHUN is a partner in the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practice at Shook Lin & Bok LLP, where he specialises in environmental law. He is also Adjunct Associate Professor at NUS where he teaches Environmental Law to law students and the core module on Environmental Law to students in the Bachelor in Env. Studies (BES) program.

Prof LYE Lin Heng is the former director of APCEL. She retired recently but continues as an Adjunct Professor teaching Environmental Law to law students at NUS, as well as the core module on Environmental Law in the multi-disciplinary NUS MSc(Env Mgt) [MEM] Programme.

Ms Anbarasi BOOPAL is a graduate from the NUS MEM program (2006) and has been with ACRES for 13 years. She currently oversees the organisation’s ACIU (Animal Crime Investigation Unit), education, fundraising and the campaign departments.

Mr Vinayagan DHARMARAJAH is a lawyer and the Regional Director (Asia) of BirdLife International.

Dr Madhu RAO is Senior Advisor for Conservation Science and Policy with the Wildlife Conservation Society.