MANILA -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)will launch an environment protection enforcement network in Asia early next month, ADB said in a news release on Monday. The Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network (AECEN) will be officially launched on Aug. 2 and 3 at the ADB headquarters in Manila. The foundation meeting for AECEN will be co-organized by ADB and the USAID, the ADB said. The ADB said the regional workshop will bring together more than 80 senior environmental officials, judges, lawyers, and civil society leaders from 13 Asian countries to formally launch AECEN and develop network programs and activities.
Posted by Editor at July 26, 2005 08:31 AM
