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The Philippines fully supports the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) and strives to develop predictable disciplines on fisheries subsidies to reverse over-capacity and over-fishing with artisanal or community fishing being exempted, and has been active in the Committee on Trade and Environment in Special Session (CTESS)

People's access to butane gas is restricted by its high cost and results in people resorting to biomasses as a source of energy posing a threat to the environment and balanced biodiversity, although the authorities also want to promote and develop sources of renewable energy through an investment project portfolio which includes rural electrification; the construction of a seventh hydroelectric dam at Soubré; the creation of 1,500 solar- energy conviviality centres in rural areas; the establishment of forestry zones around the country's large cities for the rational production of charcoal (Wood-Energy Project); and the generation of electricity from waste and residues (Biomass Energy Programme)

Goods, including metal waste, toxic waste, municipal waste, clinical waste, sewerage sludge, and waste of animal hairs, toxic waste and poisonous chemicals, substances and certain pesticides in accordance with toxicity classification by WHO, used computers and spare parts, as well as household waste and hazardous waste, are prohibited or restricted through limited licensing system for any of the following purposes, including, inter alia, protection of human, animal or plant life or health, the conservation of natural resources, and the protection of the environment

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is responsible for marketing strategies, campaigning, and promoting long-term sustainable tourism, by seeking a balance between economic, social, and environmental goals

The Government's strategy for its agricultural sector aims, inter alia, to ensure the conservation of the environment

Korea has fully committed itself to promoting sustainable development as stipulated in the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) and recognized the urgency of combating climate change through a 2008 Low Carbon, Green Growth as a national policy vision

The overall goal of Fiji’s energy policy is to achieve efficient, cost effective and environmentally sustainable energy development.

The 2008 Fisheries Regulation specifies a number of conservation measures including area restrictions, gear restrictions and fish size limitations among others

The Vehicle and Vessel Tax Law and the Regulations on the Implementation of the Vehicle and Vessel Tax Law establishes preferential tax rates for vehicles and vessels that conserve energy or use new energy, while preferential taxes have been granted on energy-management contract projects for eligible energy services companies, in accordance with the Notice of the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation on Issues Concerning the Value-added Tax, Business Tax and Enterprise Income Tax Policies for Promoting the Development of the Energy Services Sector and incentives are given, under the Enterprise Income Tax Law, for enterprises investing in less developed regions, such as western China, and for investment in activities encouraged by the Government, such as environmental protection and renewable energy in order to, among other things, to promote energy saving and emission reduction

Draft National Forest Development Guidelines, underpinning the National Forest Plan, were prepared in 2009, with efforts to preserve forests under carbon-trading schemes for environmental reasons representing a potential threat to the logging industry, with unclear implications for the PNG economy