Asian Environmental Protection in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development: Convergence Versus Divergence?

This paper deals with the policies, strategies, programs and plans of actions in the management of the natural resources in ASEAN. The challenges encountered in the formulation and implementation of the various instruments relating to these, reflect some divergence as well as convergence. The approach to ASEAN's cooperation is the 'ASEAN Way', which may soon be modified by the ASEAN Charter (infra). This paper focuses on ASEAN at the sub-regional level and not at the national level of member states.