Chiang Mai, Thailand In-Country Training

Presentations

Session 1

• Opening Remarks: Sonia Chand Sandhu, Senior Advisor, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Office of the Vice President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development
• Introduction to the Train-the-Trainers Project and this Program 

Session 2B

• Global and Regional Environmental Issues 
• “GrEEEn Solutions” - An Integrated Approach to Sustainable Development

Session 3

• “Environment” under the Thai Legislation
• Drafting Exercise on the Definition of "Environment"
• Introduction to Environmental Law: Goals, Principles and Norms

Session 4

• Environmental Planning and Environmental Impact Assessment Law 
• Case-study: Examination of Contested Development Proposal in Thailand involving a Judicial Decision: Rajatewa Sewerage Treatment Project (EN | TH)

Session 5

• Environmental Protection Law General Aspect

Session 6

• Protection of Biodiversity/Natural and Cultural Heritage

Session 7

• Natural Resources Management Law

Session 8

• Climate Change and Clean Energy Law

Session 9

• The Role of the Judiciary in Environmental Dispute Resolution (EN | TH)
• Environmental Litigation: A Comparative Perspective
• Draft Environmental Procedure Law (TH)

Session 10

• Environmental Law Clinics
• Rights in Environmental Law

Session 11

• International Environmental Law
• The Process of Ratification of International Treaties in Thailand

Session 13

• Regional Environmental Law
• A Case Study in Transboundary Pollution – The Montara Oil Spill, Timor Sea (2009)
• A Case Study of the Xayaburi Dam

Session 14

• Designing an Environmental Law Course – Review of Teaching Methodologies

Session 15-16

• Material for Field Trip - A Historic Town: Wiang Kumkam

Session 17

• The Role of Assessment
• Assessment Options

Session 19

• Description of International Union for Conservation of Nature Academy of Environmental Law (IUCNAEL) and IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law

Teaching Exercises

Session 5

• Tutorial: Phasi Charoen Canal Water Pollution (EN | TH)

Session 7

• Alternative Approaches in Environmental Dispute Resolution - Role Play Exercise: Mediation (EN | TH)

Session 8 and 11

• International Environmental Law Research Assignment (EN | TH)

Session 18

• Designing an Environmental Law Course – Design Exercise (EN | TH)

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