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Written by Klarisse Angeles

Category: ASEAN Agreements

Published: 16 November 2015

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This section contains information on ASEAN environmental agreements and commitments. It also includes ASEAN working groups, and selected networks and experts groups concerned with the environment and natural resources (ENR). Moreover, recent declarations and statements on ENR concerns made during ASEAN meetings with selected information from each are listed. The BIMP-EAGA, as a subregional economic cooperation initiative with an environment component, is also included here.

Background

The Philippines is a founding member of the the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). ASEAN was established in 1967 and  is composed of ten Member States: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

The ASEAN Community has three pillars, namely the ASEAN Political-Security Community, ASEAN Economic Community and ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community. DENR is involved in the Economic Community through the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) and the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Minerals (AMMin) and in the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community through the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment (AMME).