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CEC Publishes Factual Record on the Effective Enforcement of Environmental Law Related to Submission SEM-20-001 (Loggerhead Turtle)
Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), 22 April 2024 — Today the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) published the factual record regarding submission SEM-20-001 (Loggerhead Turtle), filed on 17 December 2020 by the Mexican Center for Environmental Law A.C. (Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental, Cemda) and the U.S.-based Center for Biological Diversity (“the Submitters”), in which it is asserted that Mexico was failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws with respect to conservation of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) in the Gulf of Ulloa, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
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Factual Record Regarding Submission SEM-20-001
January 7, 2022 148 pages Enforcement
On 17 December 2020, the organizations Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (Cemda) and US-based Center for Biological Diversity (hereinafter, “the Submitters”) filed a submission with the Secretariat in accordance with USMCA/CUSMA Article 24.27(1). The Submitters assert that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental law in relation to the protection and conservation of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), an endangered species whose conservation is a priority according to the environmental law cited in the submission.
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