Biodiversity and Trade Agreements in the Asia Pacific

A ground-breaking scholarly work that examines the challenges and opportunities of advancing biodiversity protection through free trade agreements in the Asia-Pacific region.This open access book brings together an exceptional group of international trade law scholars and practitioners to engage with the question: What are the opportunities and barriers for advancing biodiversity protection through the proliferation of free trade arrangements in the Asia-Pacific region? Each chapter analyses a wide range of agreements, such as the CPTPP, RCEP, or the EU–Thailand Partnership, as well as an array of critical issues, including mining, fishing, and the use of genetic resources.The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on Bloomsbury Collections. Open access was funded by National University of Singapore.