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Southeast Asia’s Fragmented Environmental Governance

Institutions with teeth are needed to govern the environmental consequences of development

Aug 23, 2026
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By: Pham Phan Long
The Mekong River upstream from Luang Prabang, Laos. Wikimedia photo

In a recent article, I argued that humanity has built institutions capable of accelerating development on a global scale, but has not established adequate institutions to govern the environmental consequences of development.

This article takes that argument further by zo…

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