The assessment of environment protection cooperation in the South China Sea

Located in a strategic position and geopolitics significance, the South China Sea is rich of biodiversity so it has abundance of fish stock to sustain food security among people in the coastal area. Since the increase of urbanization along the coastal area, pollution becomes inevitable. The South Ch...

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Main Author: Satyawan Ignatius Agung
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Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2025-01-01
Series:BIO Web of Conferences
Online Access:https://www.bio-conferences.org/articles/bioconf/pdf/2025/06/bioconf_10thiccc_07005.pdf
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description Located in a strategic position and geopolitics significance, the South China Sea is rich of biodiversity so it has abundance of fish stock to sustain food security among people in the coastal area. Since the increase of urbanization along the coastal area, pollution becomes inevitable. The South China Sea is also a hot-spot in the world because it is claimed either in part or in whole by six states namely China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippine and Brunei. In addition, the hot-spot and climate change phenomena exacerbate environment degradation. This article asses cooperation among parties to address environment protection in the South China Sea since 1990’s. Using historical perspective and qualitative approach and also utilizing primary and secondary sources, this article finds that cooperation carried out by several parties both informally and formally has not been maximized. However, this cooperation is able to become a confidence building measure to ease tensions and enable as an entry-point for political solution.
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spelling doaj-art-cccf0bbc8f314275b05f3b2ec2e816032025-02-05T10:43:24ZengEDP SciencesBIO Web of Conferences2117-44582025-01-011550700510.1051/bioconf/202515507005bioconf_10thiccc_07005The assessment of environment protection cooperation in the South China SeaSatyawan Ignatius Agung0International Relations Department and Centre for ASEAN Study, Sebelas Maret UniversityLocated in a strategic position and geopolitics significance, the South China Sea is rich of biodiversity so it has abundance of fish stock to sustain food security among people in the coastal area. Since the increase of urbanization along the coastal area, pollution becomes inevitable. The South China Sea is also a hot-spot in the world because it is claimed either in part or in whole by six states namely China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippine and Brunei. In addition, the hot-spot and climate change phenomena exacerbate environment degradation. This article asses cooperation among parties to address environment protection in the South China Sea since 1990’s. Using historical perspective and qualitative approach and also utilizing primary and secondary sources, this article finds that cooperation carried out by several parties both informally and formally has not been maximized. However, this cooperation is able to become a confidence building measure to ease tensions and enable as an entry-point for political solution.https://www.bio-conferences.org/articles/bioconf/pdf/2025/06/bioconf_10thiccc_07005.pdf
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