Miller Michelle A, Astuti Rini, Hirsch Philip, Marschke Melissa, Rigg Jonathan, Saksena-Taylor Poonam, Suhardiman Diana, Tan Zu Dienle, Taylor David M, Varkkey Helena
Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Asia Research Institute AS8, #07-22, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, 119260, Singapore.
Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Postal address: 132 Lennox Crossing, Canberra, A.C.T, 2600, Australia.
Polit Geogr. 2022 Aug;97:102646. doi: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2022.102646. Epub 2022 Mar 22.
COVID-19 has changed the permeability of borders in transboundary environmental governance regimes. While borders have always been selectively permeable, the pandemic has reconfigured the nature of cross-border flows of people, natural resources, finances and technologies. This has altered the availability of spaces for enacting sustainability initiatives within and between countries. In Southeast Asia, national governments and businesses seeking to expedite economic recovery from the pandemic-induced recession have selectively re-opened borders by accelerating production and revitalizing agro-export growth. Widening regional inequities have also contributed to increased cross-border flows of illicit commodities, such as trafficked wildlife. At the same time, border restrictions under the exigencies of controlling the pandemic have led to a rolling back and scaling down of transboundary environmental agreements, regulations and programs, with important implications for environmental democracy, socio-ecological justice and sustainability. Drawing on evidence from Southeast Asia, the article assesses the policy challenges and opportunities posed by the shifting permeability of borders for organising and operationalising environmental activities at different scales of transboundary governance.
新冠疫情改变了跨界环境治理体系中边界的渗透性。尽管边界一直具有选择性渗透，但这场大流行重新塑造了人员、自然资源、资金和技术跨境流动的性质。这改变了在国家内部和国家之间开展可持续发展倡议的空间可用性。在东南亚，寻求加速从疫情引发的衰退中实现经济复苏的各国政府和企业，通过加快生产和振兴农产品出口增长，有选择地重新开放了边界。地区不平等加剧也导致了非法商品（如被贩运的野生动物）跨境流动增加。与此同时，在控制疫情的紧急情况下实施的边境限制，导致跨界环境协定、法规和项目的倒退和缩减，对环境民主、社会生态正义和可持续性产生了重要影响。本文借鉴东南亚的证据，评估了边界渗透性变化给不同规模跨界治理中的环境活动组织和实施带来的政策挑战与机遇。
