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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...
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Executive Summary — Long-term Impact Assessment
Between 2015 and 2019, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) implemented two projects under its strategic pillar of Sustainable communities and Ecosystems, included in CEC Strategic Plan 2015–2020 (CEC 2015). The project Arctic Migratory Bird Initiative (AMBI): The Americas’ Flyway Action Plan (2015–2016) (CEC 2015a, 2016 and 2017) was developed in response to the need to strengthen participation and collaboration among communities in Canada, Mexico and the United States for the conservation of shorebirds, primarily the semi-palmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) and the red knot (Calidris canutus, subspecies rufa and roselaari), selected for having a wide migratory and reproductive distribution and as indicators for other coexisting species.
