ADB and Asian Judges for Sustainable Development

ADB's Atsuko Hirose from the Office of the General Counsel discussed the organization's work on promoting environmental law by working together with Asian judiciaries. ADB was instrumental in establishing the Asian Judges Network on Environment, which has led to positive results on regional and national levels for sustainable development.

This event is part of ADB's in-house Insight Thursday lecture series.

Grizelda Mayo-Anda

Atty. Mayo-Anda is an environmental attorney with over 25 years of field-based practice in environmental advocacy and community-based resource management work in the Philippines. She established the Environmental Legal Assistance Center (ELAC) in 1990, now one of the Philippines’ most active NGOs working to empower communities and local stakeholders to protect their natural resources. She is currently the Executive Director of ELAC.