This book analyses key aspects of transboundary environmental law and policy and their implementation in Asia, Australasia and areas beyond national jurisdiction including Antarctica. It discusses the potential for implementing key transboundary environmental mechanisms, such as the 1991 Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention) and its 2003 Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment (Kiev Protocol) in Australia and Asia, drawing on experience from other regions and the potential application of these agreements to all UN member states.

Contents: Foreword, David Freestone; Perspectives on transboundary environmental governance, Robin Warner and Simon Marsden; Part I Inland and Coastal Perspectives: Transboundary environmental; governance in the Murray Darling basin, Brendan Grigg; Transboundary environmental governance, collaboration and the law: empirical insights from water and natural resource management in inland Queensland, Australia, Cameron Holley; Marine protected areas and transboundary governance, Lorne Kriwoken, Julie Davidson and Michael Lockwood; Effective governance across Central Asian boundaries: what lessons does the Central Asian transboundary watercourse management experience provide for mountain biodiversity conservation across the Kyrgyz-Tajik boundary? Michelle Lim; Developing agreements for transboundary environmental impact assessment and strategic environmental assessment in Asia, Simon Marsden. Part II Marine Perspectives: Transboundary pollution from offshore oil and gas activities in the seas of South East Asia, Youna Lyons; Coordinating strategic environmental assessments of marine and terrestrial plans: Australian experience in the sub-Antarctic, Simon Marsden; Transboundary environmental governance and emerging environmental threats: geo-engineering in the marine environment, Karen N. Scott; A model litigant? Australia's record in transboundary environmental litigation, Tim Stephens; Transboundary environmental impact assessment in marine areas, Warwick Gullett; Conserving marine biodiversity beyond boundaries: developing environmental assessment frameworks, Robin Warner; Could the Espoo Convention become a global regime for environmental impact assessment and strategic environmental assessment?, Timo Koivurova; Bibliography; Index.