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ASSOC PROF LYE LIN HENG

Publications (Selected)

  1. "Environmental Law in Singapore ” chapter in Comparative Environmental Law, N Robinson, Ed.; Oceana, March 1998.

     
  2. "The Implementation of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Singapore ”, Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy, Vol. 2 No. 1 (1999) 46-63.

     
  3. "Singapore ’s New Environmental Pollution Control Law: The Environmental Pollution Control Act, 1999” SJLS July 2000, 1-32.

     
  4. "Legal Protection of the Natural Environment”, chapter in State of the Natural Environment in Singapore, Briffett & Ho, Editors, Nature Society, Singapore. June 1999.

     
  5. "Singapore – Long Term Environmental Policies” chapter in Cities of the Pacific Rim – Diversity and Sustainability, Genevieve Dubois-Taine & Christian Henriot editors, Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) Sustainable Cities Taskforce, 2001.

     
  6. "Transport-Based Air Pollution Management – The Singapore Experience” 6 Asia-Pacific Journal of Environmental Law, (2001) No. 3 & 4, 333-348.

     
  7. "Singapore” Country Paper – Chapter 13 in book Environmental Law and Enforcement in the Asia-Pacific Rim, edited by Terri Mottershead, University of Hong Kong; Sweet & Maxwell 2002, pp. 395-435.

     
  8. "Public Participation in the Environment : A South-East Asian Perspective”, chapter in book Public Participation in Sustainable Development : The New Law of Public Rights in Private Mining, Energy and Resource Development, edited by Donald N Zillman, Alastair R Lucas and George (Rock) Pring, Oxford University Press, 2002, pp. 651-678.

     
  9. Conference Paper "The Environmental Dimension of Urban Services”, presented at the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) Conference on Sustainable Cities, Santiago, Chile, July 11-12; 2002, proceedings published by PECC in Sustainable Urban Services, 2003; pp.165 – 177;

     
  10. "Environmental Taxation in the Regulation of Traffic and the Control of Vehicular Pollution in Singapore”, in Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation: International and Comparative Perspectives Vol 1, (Janet Milne, Kurt Deketelaere, Larry Kreiser, Hope Ashiabor, eds), 2003 Oxford University, pp 387-405.

     
  11. Article "Environmental Pollution Laws in Singapore ”, American Bar Association Newsletter, Section on Environment, Energy & Resources, Special Issue on Environmental Protection in the Asia-Pacific Region, February 2003.

     
  12. Legislation comment " Singapore ’s New Electricity Market – Policy, Laws and Regulations”, published in Oil-Gas-Energy-Law Newsletter (OGEL) Vol. 3 (2003), Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Oil and Technology, University of Dundee. www.gasandoil.com/ogel

     
  13. Introductory chapter for book Towards a Second Generation in Environmental Laws in the Asian and Pacific Region – 'Select Trends’, Lye Lin Heng with Maria Socorro Manguit, Eds. IUCN Environmental Law & Policy Paper NO. 48, IUCN Environmental Law Programme, November 2003.

     
  14. "Singapore: National Energy Security and Regional Cooperation” co-authored with Dr Chang Youngho, chapter 16 in Energy Security: Managing Risk in a Dynamic Legal and Regulatory Environment”, International Bar Association Academic Advisory Group on Mining, Energy and Natural Resources Law, Oxford University Press; 2004, pp 391-412.

  15. "Landscape Protection Laws in the Evolution of Modern Singapore" chapter in  Landscape, Nature and Law - a Tribute to Alexander Kiss, Antonio Herman Benjamin, ed., Law for a Green Planet Institute, Brazil, June 2005, 119-134.
  1. "Land Use Planning, Environmental Management Systems and the Garden City as an Urban Development Approach in Singapore”, chapter in Land Use for Sustainable Development – Second Colloquium of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, Nathalie Chalifour, John Nolon, Lye Lin Heng and Patricia Kameri-Mbote, Eds.; Cambridge University Press, 2006.

 

Conference Papers/Seminars/Workshops (from 1 January 2000)

  1. "ISO 14000 and the Construction Industry" Seminar for HDB personnel, conducted by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) 2 February 2000.

     
  2. "Policy and Legal Responses to Air Pollution: The Singapore Experience" Paper presented at LAWASIA Conference, Environmental Law Issues in the Asia-Pacific Region, Darwin, Australia, 18-20 May 2000”.

     
  3. "Singapore-Long Term Environmental Policies" Paper presented at Pacific Economic Co-operation Council (PECC) Task Force Meeting on Sustainable Cities, Bangkok, 17-18 October 2000.

     
  4. "Nature Conservation Laws", at APCEL’s Workshops for senior officers, Ministry of the Environment,
     
    • 7th course: 3-4 March 2000;
       
    • 8th course: 8 March 2001;
       
    • 9th course: 26 August 2001;
       
    • 10th course: 25 March 2002
       
    • 11th course: 21 & 22 October 2003

 

  1. "The Environmental Pollution Control Act: An Evaluation After Two Years", Seminar on S'pore's New Air Emissions Law, Regional Institute for Environmental Technology (R.I.E.T.), 19 March 2001.

     
  2. Public Participation in the Environment: A Southeast Asian Perspective" paper presented at Conference on Human Rights in Natural Resource Development - Public Participation in Sustainable Development: The New Law of Public Rights in Private Mining, Energy, and Resource Development, The Academic Advisory Group of the International Bar Association Section on Energy and Resources Law & the Institute for International Environment & Development, Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development Project, 24-26 May 2001, Vermont, USA.

     
  3. "Drafting Vietnam's New Legislation to Implement CITES" paper presented at Workshop for Vietnamese Forestry officers, Traffic (Vietnam), 1-4 April 2001, Hanoi, Vietnam.

     
  4. "ASEAN and Regional Co-operation in the Environment", at APCEL course for senior officers, Ministry of the Environment, 9th course, 26 August 01.

     
  5. "Liability for Environmental Pollution in Singapore", paper presented at Workshop on Sustainable Urban Infrastructure, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore.

     
  6. "Environment Taxation in the Regulation of Traffic in the Control of Vehicular Pollution in Singapore", Paper presented at the Third Annual Conference on Environmental Taxation, 12-13 April 2002, Vermont, USA.

     
  7. "The Teaching of Industrial Ecology in Asia ”, Third Gordon Research Conference in Industrial Ecology, New Hampshire, June 9-14 2002.

     
  8. "The Environmental Dimension of Sustainable Urban Services – Lessons from Three Asian Cities”, Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) Conference on Sustainable Cities, Santiago, Chile July 11-12, 2002;

     
  9. "Public Health Laws in Singapore " Seminar for MMed (Public Health) and MMed (Occupational Medicine) program, 29 August 2002, NUS.

     
  10. Conference paper "Energy Security : The Singapore Perspective” (jointly with Dr Chang Young-ho, Department of Economics, NUS), International Bar Association’s Section on Energy and Natural Resources Law conference on Energy Security : Managing Risk in a Dynamic Legal and Regulatory Environment, March 22-24, 2003, Oxford, England.

     
  11. "Legal Protection of Singapore's Botanical Heritage" - at Biodiversity of Singapore - What's up? The Biodiversity of Singapore Symposium 2003, 11-12 July 2003, Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, NUS.

     
  12. "Public Health Laws - Singapore” Seminar to MMed (Public Health) & MMed (Occupational Medicine) program, NUS, 23 Sept 2003.

     
  13. 2 seminars (1) "Introduction to Environmental Law at the International, Regional and National Levels” (2) "Nature Conservation Laws” at Workshop ‘Understanding Environmental Laws – The Singapore and International Perspectives’, APCEL & Singapore Environment Institute, 21-22 November 2003.

     
  14. Visiting Associate Professor, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University, 1 January - 31 May 2004, New Haven, CT, USA.

     
  15. Presented Staff Seminar "The Protection of Endangered Species in Indochina – The Law and the Reality”, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, 24 March 2004.

     
  16. Presented Seminar "From Third World To First – Development and Environmental Management in Singapore", to Industrial Ecology Subgroup, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, 15 April 2004.

     
  17. Presented Staff Seminar "Development and the Environment –The Story of Singapore”, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, 21 April 2004.

     
  18. Seminar - "An Overview of Environmental, Health & Safety Laws in Singapore", Regional Institute of Environmental Technology, 16 June 2004, Singapore.

     
  19. Presented paper on "The Privatization of the Energy Industry in Singapore, at 11th LAWASIA Energy Law International Conference, June 22 ~ 25, 2004 COEX Center, Seoul, Korea.

     
  20. Chaired Seminar, MEM program "Civil Society and the Environment in Singapore”, 14 August 2004, Mr Howard Shaw, Executive Director, Singapore Environment Council.

     
  21. Chaired Seminar, MEM program " Asia-Productivity Organisations’ Green Productivity Programme”, 21 August 2004, Dr Peck Thian Guan, Director, NUS Office of Safety, Health and Environment.

     
  22. Taught class “Environmental Public Health Laws” to graduate students in the Faculty of Medicine, 10 September 2004, M. Med (Occupational Medicine) & M. Med. (Public Health) programmes, NUS.

     
  23. Chaired Seminar, MEM program, "Fitting Nature’s Organic Innovations into the Intellectual Property Framework: Regulating Access to Genetic Resources & Traditional Knowledge”, 11 September 2004, by Asst Prof Burton Ong, Law Faculty.

     
  24. Chaired Panel on Environmental Management in "The Occupational Safety and Health Conference” , 13-15 September 2004, Suntec City Singapore.

     
  25. Conducted course on Environmental, Health and Safety Laws, 24 September 2004, Hilton Hotel, for RIET.

     
  26. Presented paper on "Land Use Planning, Environmental Management Systems and the Garden City as an Urban Development Approach in Singapore”, Land Use for Sustainable Development – Second Colloquium of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 4-7 October 2004.

     
  27. Chaired Panel discussion "Local Authorities and the Management of Land Resources”, Second Colloquium of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 4-7 October 2004.

     
  28. Chaired Seminar by Dr Joseph Chun "Reclaiming the Public Trust in Singapore”, 13 October 2004, Lee Sheridan Room, Law Faculty, NUS.

     
  29. Presented paper "Women and Sustainable Development”, in Federation of Asia-Pacific Women’s Associations, 17th Convention, "Women and the Environment – Mentors and Trustees for Future Generations” 19-22 October 2004, RELC International Hotel, Singapore.

     
  30. Member of Planning Committee, and participant in Workshop on the Teaching of Industrial Ecology – Yale-Tsinghua University, 7-10 November 2004, Beijing, China.

     
  31. Taught classes on "Introduction to Environmental Law in a National, International and Regional Context”, and "Nature Conservation Laws” to participants at APCEL –SEI (Singapore Environment Institute) Workshop on Understanding Environmental Law – the National, International and Regional Context, 2-3 December 2004.

     
  32. Co-taught intensive course on Comparative Environmental Law, Yale University’s School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, as Visiting Assoc Prof, with Visiting Prof N Robinson, 15 Feb to 2 March 2005, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.

     
  33. Visited the Law Faculty, University of Ottawa to discuss the work of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law,  2-3 March 2005, Ottawa, Canada.

     
  34. Taught intensive 1-day seminar on Environmental Health and Safety Laws for the Regional Institute of Environmental Technology (RIET), 10 March 2005, Singapore.

     
  35. Presented seminar “Air-Pollution Management – The Singapore Experience”, MFA-APCEL Seminar on Urban and Industrial Environmental Management, 19-25 April 2005, Peninsula-Excelsior Hotel, Singapore. 

     
  36. Taught intensive 1-day seminar on Environmental Health and Safety Laws for the Regional Institute of Environmental Technology (RIET), 12 May 2005, Singapore.

     
  37. Attended Climate Change Roundtable, MEWR, 27 May 2005, Carlton Hotel, Singapore.

     
  38. Presented paper “Landscape Protection Laws in the Evolution of Modern Singapore”, at the 10th Conference on “Landscape, Nature and Law”, Law for a Green Planet Institute, June 2005, Sao Paolo, Brazil.

     
  39. Presented a paper entitled "The Implementation of the CBD - Regulation of Access to Biological Resources and Benefit-Sharing in Singapore, Sarawak (Malaysia) and the Philippines", 10-16 July 2005, 3rd Colloquium of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, Sydney.

     
  40. Conducted a 2-day course on "Understanding Environmental Laws: "The Singapore and International Perspectives, 21-22 July 2005, Singapore Environment Institute, Ministry of Environment & Water Resources, Singapore.

     
  41. Taught intensive 1-day seminar on Environmental Health and Safety Laws for the Regional Institute of Environmental Technology (RIET), 27 July 2005, Singapore.

     
  42. Welcome Speech to 5th Intake of MEM students, as Chair of MSc (Env Mgt) Programme Management Committee, 29 July 2005, School of Design & Environment (SDE), NUS.

     
  43. Presented a paper on "Introduction to Environmental Law", at the Executive Programme for Senior Officers of the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, 4-13 August 2005, School of Design & Environment, NUS.

     
  44. Presented seminar on “Public Health Laws” for graduate medical students in the M.Med (Public Health) and M.Med (Occupational Medicine) programmes, 23 August  2005, School of Community and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, NUS Singapore.

     
  45. Taught intensive 1-day seminar on Environmental Health and Safety Laws for the Regional Institute of Environmental Technology (RIET), 8 Sept 2005, Singapore.

     
  46. Presented paper “Recent Developments in the Use of Energy & Environmental Taxes in the Asia-Pacific”, at the 6th Global Conference on Environmental Taxation,The Promotion of Renewable Energy Resources through Tax & other Market-Based Measures – Challenges & Obstacles, 21-24 Sept 2005, Leuven, Belgium.

     
  47. Co-taught an intensive course on Asia-Pacific Environmental Law with Assoc Prof Rosemary Lyster, 6-11 October 2005, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.

     
  48. Taught an intensive 1-day seminar on Environmental Health and Safety Laws for the Regional Institute of Environmental Technology (RIET), 8 December 2005, Copthorne Riverview Hotel, Singapore.
     
  49. Gave a presentation during the "visit of judges and lawyers from Nepal to study the status of environmental law in the Asia-Pacific region", 9 January 2006, NUS.
     
  50. Taught an intensive course on Comparative Environmental Law with Prof N Robinson, 14-26 February 2006, as Visiting Associate Professor of Yale University School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, USA.
     
  51. Taught an intensive 1-day seminar on Environmental Health and Safety Laws for the Regional Institute of Environmental Technology (RIET), 9 March 2006, Copthorne Riverview Hotel, Singapore.
     
  52. Presented decisions of the Judging Panel at the ACCA Annual Environmental Reporting Awards Ceremony, 10 March 2006.
     
  53. Taught an intensive 1-day seminar on Environmental Health and Safety Laws for the Regional Institute of Environmental Technology (RIET), 24 March 2006, Copthorne Riverview Hotel, Singapore.
     
  54. Presented 3 seminars :-
    “Air-Pollution Management – The Singapore Experience”;  “Transport-Based Air Pollution Management” and  “Compliance and Enforcement", MFA-APCEL Seminar on Urban and Industrial Environmental Management, 6-12 June 2006, Hotel Rendezvous, Singapore.
     
  55. Attended the Inaugural Meeting of the Governing Council of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Meeting and Roundtable on Environmental Law Research as a member of the Governing Council, 1-3 May 2006,
    Ottawa, Canada.
     
  56. Taught an intensive 1-day seminar on Environmental Health and Safety Laws for the Regional Institute of Environmental Technology (RIET), 11 August, 2006, Copthorne Riverview Hotel, Singapore.
     
  57. Presented a paper on "A Fine City in a Garden - A Study of Environmental Governance in Singapore", 4th IUCN Academy Colloquium  – Compliance & Enforcement: Toward More Effective Implementation of Environmental Law, 16-20 October 2006, White Plains, New York.White Plains, New York.
     
  58. “Capacity Building in Environmental Law – The Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL), chapter 6, Lives in the Law – Essays in Honor of Peter Ellinger, Koh Kheng Lian, Tan Sook Yee, Dora Neo, Tang Hang Wu, Michael Hor Eds., NUS Faculty of Law & Academy Publishing, 2007, pp. 85-120.


  59. Environmental Law – Singapore; monograph for Kluwer Law International, 2008 (accepted for publication)


  60. “Nature Conservation Laws – The Legal Protection of Flora and Fauna in Singapore”, chapter 2, The Singapore Red Data Book, Geoffrey Davis, Ho Hua Chew, Peter Ng Kee Ling, Eds.; Nature Society, 2008 (accepted for publication)
     
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