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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.
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Large public events (such as sports games, music concerts, and cultural celebrations that may take place at stadiums or other public gathering spaces) offer a unique opportunity for both promoting awareness of wasted food and engaging and activating a diverse crowd that might not have felt compelled to act on...
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An Integration Plan
The Central Grasslands of North America provide vital habitat and ecosystem services, yet continue to decline despite ongoing conservation efforts. This integration plan addresses the gap between social science research and its application in grassland conservation delivery. Drawing on three complementary efforts (a literature review of conservation social science, a synthesis of surveys of ranchers, producers and landowners across Canada, Mexico and the United States, and a social science needs assessment), the integration plan identifies key information gaps, research priorities and opportunities for better coordination.
This integration plan is intended for conservation practitioners, social science and natural science researchers and policymakers. It outlines actionable recommendations for integrating social science into conservation delivery, strengthening communication between researchers and practitioners, and prioritizing applied, inclusive research. By aligning social science insights with on-the-ground conservation needs, the integration plan provides a foundation for more effective, coordinated and socially informed grassland conservation across the Central Grasslands.
