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Every Observation Matters!
The International Monarch Monitoring Blitz is a community science initiative open to anyone in North America. Each year, the Monarch Blitz takes place over a 10-day period, starting on the last Friday of July and ending on the Sunday of the following week.
A unique trinational organization advancing a regional approach to environmental cooperation and creating linkages across Canada, Mexico and the United States to address emerging and complex environmental challenges.
CEC projects bring together experts, governments and communities to share knowledge, build capacity, pilot scalable solutions and strengthen cooperation, turning shared goals into action for North America’s environment.
Featured Project
North America is experiencing a diverse array of socio-environmental and economic challenges due to ecosystem degradation and climate change. These challenges disproportionately affect systemically vulnerable communities, including Indigenous communities and minority groups. Addressing these issues requires a comprehensive approach that recognizes the region’s economic, ecological, cultural and social diversity. Sustainable...
Featured Publication
A Literature Review
The Central Grasslands of North America support critical biodiversity and human communities, yet continue to decline due to cropland conversion, climate change and other threats. This literature review synthesizes existing conservation social science research to better understand how grassland management decisions are made and how this knowledge can be more effectively integrated into conservation delivery. Using a systematic review approach, the literature review analyzes 104 sources, including peer-reviewed articles, technical reports and graduate theses, to identify common management behaviors, key factors influencing conservation decisions and barriers that limit participation.
This literature review is intended for conservation practitioners, researchers, policymakers and outreach professionals. It highlights gaps in current research, particularly the underrepresentation of Indigenous communities and marginalized voices, and emphasizes the need for more participatory, transdisciplinary approaches. The findings offer actionable insights to improve conservation program design, outreach strategies and collaboration, supporting more effective, equitable and locally grounded grassland conservation across the Central Grasslands.
