Seeds of Justice Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Seeds of Justice Podcast will focus on various environmental law topics and issues ranging from energy and climate change , waste, oceans conservation, environmental justice and more.We hope to share inspiring stories as told by environmental law champions, activists and leaders from across the asean region and beyond
Join our discussion with Aditi Shetye. She is an environmental lawyer and the Academic Task Force or Legal Advocacy Co-ordinator for World's Youth for Climate Justice, who led the idea to bring the climate crisis to the world’s highest court.
In celebration of the international women's month, lets listen to stories of women in the field of environmental law with our estemeed guests Dita Liliansa Ocean Law & Policy Research Associate, NUS Centre for International Law and Grita Anindarini, Program Director, Indonesian Center for Environmental Law
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Land and Environmental Human Rights Defenders (EHRDs) play a vital role as levers of change in protecting the environment and standing up for communities and individuals who are disproportionately impacted by environmental harm. For years, they have been at the front line as advocates for sustainable practices and rights-based development, and in holding duty bearers and businesses responsible for unsustainable practices and violations of all peoples’ right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. At the same time, EHRDs continue to be vulnerable to human rights violations as they face growing resistance to their vital work to support a just and sustainable future for people and the planet. Violations against EHRDs are observed in different forms including criminalization, harassment, threats, and killings.
Organised by the Asian Research Institute for Environmental Law and the UN Environment Programme in Asia Pacific
In celebration of the international womens month, lets listen to stories of women in the field of environmental law with our estemeed guests Gloria Ramos , Vice President of Oceana Philippines, Asia Wy, Legal Fellow, Environmental Legal Assitance Center and Sophia Caralde Knowledge Management Specialist | Youth Coordinator
PARABUKAS.
Organized by the Asian Research Institute for Environmental Law , UN Environment Programme in Asia Pacific and the Asian Development Bank
The Environmental Human Rights Defenders toolkit aims to provide a set of resources to enable EHRDs to protect, promote and realise the right to a healthy environment and support their important role to tackle the triple planetary crisis and achieve the 2030 Agenda. Land and Environmental Human Rights Defenders (EHRDs) play a vital role as levers of change in protecting the environment and standing up for communities and individuals who are disproportionately impacted by environmental harm. For years, they have been at the frontline as advocates for sustainable practices and rights-based development, and in holding duty bearers and businesses responsible for unsustainable practices and violations of all peoples’ right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.
Ms. Maria Paz “Ipat” Luna, has been in the practice of public interest environmental law for 30 years and public health law for 20 years. Joined DENR with a PENRO rank in 2016 but was designated Undersecretary then Regional Director until 2019. Currently detailed as consultant for DENR’s legislative agenda to Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda.
In this episode we will talk about:
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Her journey towards becoming an environmental lawyer?
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The stories of the lessons she learned being an environmental lawyer in the Philippines
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The Future of Environmental law in the Philippines
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Matthew Baird the Executive Director of Asian Research Institute of Environmental Law, has over 30 years experience in environmental and planning law in Australia and in Asia. He has consulted for a number of organisations including the Asian Development Bank, Vermont Law School, United Nations Development Program, IGES, Mekong Partnership on the Environment, and Earthrights International on environmental law issues. He currently advises both the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (Myanmar) and the Ministry of Environment (Cambodia) on environmental law.
In this episode Matthew will talk about:
- His journey towards becoming an environmental lawyer?
- How the Asian Research Institute of Environmental Law was formed?
- Role of NGOs and Think tanks play to meet new challenges confronting environmental law ?
- Environmental education how it can address the issues of plastic pollution? - How Covid pandemic affected environmental issues positively or negatively?
Live at the First day of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law 19th Annual Colloquium
The first-ever hybrid colloquium's theme on ‘Recovery ● Resilience ● Regeneration: Re-imagining Environmental Law’, invites participants to imagine new ecological possibilities, new modes of operation and action, and potentially new governance structures to respond more effectively to an increasingly uncertain future.
In this Seeds of Justice Podcast episode we will discuss the Report Card of the ongoing Kunming Biodiversity COP: Success or Failure, with Atty. Niner Guiao, Co-Founder and Managing Director and Ms. Nicole Torres, Programs Director of Parabukas.
Ms. Maria Paz “Ipat” Luna, has been in the practice of public interest environmental law for 30 years and public health law for 20 years. Joined DENR with a PENRO rank in 2016 but was designated Undersecretary then Regional Director until 2019. Currently detailed as a consultant for DENR’s legislative agenda to Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda.
In this episode we will talk about:
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Her journey towards becoming an environmental lawyer?
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The stories of the lessons she learned being an environmental lawyer in the Philippines
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The Future of Environmental Law in the Philippines
On behalf of the whales and dolphins affected by the offshore drilling for oil in Tañon Strait, Ms. Rose Liza Osorio is one of the lawyers that sued to stop the destructive activity and won, together with the fisherfolk, in a landmark decision rendered by the Supreme Court of the Philippines in April, 2015.
In this Seeds of Justice Webcast we will discuss the important case of RESIDENT MARINE MAMMALS OF THE PROTECTED SEASCAPE TAÑON STRAIT v Secretary Reynes.
• Why is the case important?
• What did it achieve?
• What lessons can be learned?
• why is public interest environmental litigation important?
Matthew Baird the Executive Director of Asian Research Institute of Environmental Law, has over 30 years experience in environmental and planning law in Australia and in Asia. He has consulted for a number of organisations including the Asian Development Bank, Vermont Law School, United Nations Development Program, IGES, Mekong Partnership on the Environment, and Earthrights International on environmental law issues. He currently advises both the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (Myanmar) and the Ministry of Environment (Cambodia) on environmental law.
In this episode Matthew will talk about:
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His journey towards becoming an environmental lawyer?
-
How the Asian Research Institute of Environmental Law was formed?
-
Role of NGOs and Think tanks play to meet new challenges confronting environmental law ?
-
Environmental education how it can address the issues of plastic pollution? - How Covid pandemic affected environmental issues positively or negatively?