Introduction: Launching the Era of Global Environmental Governance from Asia -- Introduction: Launching the Era of Global Environmental Governance from Asia -- Asia by Theme -- Military Impacts on the Environment: Working Toward the Century of Peace and Environmental Progress -- Trade and the Environment: Promoting Environmentally Friendly Trade -- Food, Farming and the Environment: The Development of Sustainable Agriculture -- Forest and Rice Paddy Biodiversity: Working Toward Comprehensive Management Based on Community Participation -- Asia by Country and Region -- Northeast Asia: Region Building Based on Environmental Cooperation -- The Mekong Region: Incorporating the Views of Regional Civil Society -- Inner Asia: Balancing the Environment with Socioeconomic Development -- Country/Region Updates -- Data and Commentary -- Economic Inequality, Poverty and Human Development.