The APFED Showcase Programme Workshop and the Third NetRes Meeting were held in Mt. Lavinia, a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka. The meetings were hosted by the Sarvodaya Foundation and co-organised by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and the United Nations Environment Programme’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (UNEP...

Asia-Pacific Forum for Environment and Development (APFED) Final Report: Paradigm Shift towards Sustainability for Asia and the Pacific -Turning Challenges into Opportunities

The Asia-Pacific Forum for Environment and Development (APFED) was established with approval of the 10th Environment Congress for Asia and the acific (ECO ASIA 2001) in October 2001 to address critical issues facing Asia and the Pacific region and to propose a model of equitable and sustainable development for the region. Twenty-six members of the...