Protecting the Third Pole is the third in a trilogy of works on international environmental law in Asia by the same author. The book considers international treaties, customary international law, regional and sub-regional arrangements as well as institutional frameworks that are applicable currently and those that could potentially apply for governance of ‘energy-environment conflicts’ in the Third Pole. In particular, regimes discussed are those relating to national parks and other protected areas, species protection, transboundary environmental impact assessment.