Directory of Scholars

KOH KHENG LIAN

Ph.D. LL.M. (Singapore), Diplôme de Hautes Études Internationales (HEI, University of Geneva), LL.B. Hons (University of Malaya in Singapore)
EMERITUS PROFESSOR

email Lawkohkl@nus.edu.sg

Primary Research Interests

  • Biodiversity law
  • Climate change law
  • Cultural heritage law
  • International environmental law
  • Regional environmental law (eg European Union)
  • Water law

Secondary Research Interests

  • Criminal law & the environment
  • Enforcement & compliance issues
  • Environmental ethics & justice
  • Human rights & the environment
  • Natural resources management (forestry, mining, etc)

Selected Publications

  • Koh, KL & Nicholas A. Robinson, “Regional Environment Governance: Examining the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Model” in Daniel C. Esty and Maria H. Ivanova (eds), Global Environmental Governance (Yale, USA: 2002).
  • Koh KL, “ASEAN Agreement on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, 1985: A Study in Environmental Governance” in Panksy D (ed), Governance Stream of the Vth World Parks Congress (Ottawa, Canada: Parks Canada and IUCN/WCPA, 2005) (in CD-Rom).
  • Koh KL, Chapter 20, “Land Stewardship and the Law: ASEAN Heritage Parks and Transboundary Biodiversity Conservation” in Land Use for Sustainable Development (Chalifour, Nolon, Lye and Kameri-Mbote, eds) (Cambridge University Press: 2006).
  • Koh KL, “The Discourse of Environmental Security in the ASEAN Context”, Chapter 9 in Jessup B & Rubenstein K. (eds) Environmental Discourses in Public and International Law, pp 218 – 237 (Cambridge University Press: 2012).
  • Koh KL, “Transboundary and Global Environmental Issues: The Role of ASEAN in Transnational Environmental Law”, Vol 1(1), Transnational Environmental Law, 1, pp 1-16 (Cambridge University Press: 2012).

  • Koh KL, compiler & editor, ASEAN Environmental Law, Policy and Governance: Selected Documents (Vol I), pp v + 713 ( 2009); (Vol II), pp vii+1371( 2012): World Scientific Publisher.
  • Koh KL and Bhullar Lovleen, “ASEAN: The Singapore Declaration on Climate Change, Energy and the Environment, 2007 and Beyond” invited to contribute a chapter in Transregional Comparative Lessons in Pursuit of Sustainable Development (Edward Elgar) [ forthcoming ]