Across Southeast Asia, countries have made considerable progress in adopting environmental laws and policies, but these will have little impact if they are not implemented and enforced effectively. This briefing report focuses on environmental public interest litigation as a potentially transformative mechanism that can help communities across Southeast Asia ensure that environmental laws are followed, and that the precious ecosystems of the region and the communities that depend on them are protected. 

This report:

• provides an overview of the various forms of environmental public interest litigation
• sets out recent progress on burgeoning environmental public interest litigation systems in Southeast Asia
• reviews prospects and ongoing challenges for strengthening environmental public interest litigation in the region