Data and Knowledge Platforms

Advancing Supply Chain Transparency for Chemicals in Consumer Products

Information resources for advancing supply chain transparency (SCT) for chemicals in everyday products, including three case studies and an online interactive table that compiles relevant SCT regulations, tools and initiatives.

North American Environmental Atlas

The North American Environmental Atlas seamlessly assembles accurate cartographic data including maps, documentation, and interactive map layers at a scale of 1:10,000,000.

North American Land Change Monitoring System

A collaborative initiative between Canada, Mexico, and the United States to monitor land cover - the observed physical cover on the surface of the Earth - and its change over time.

Taking Stock

Taking Stock Online

Taking Stock Online allows users to explore North American Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) data through interactive tools and comprehensive reports.

Tools and Resources

Why and How to Measure Food Loss and Waste

This practical guide provides a step-by-step plan for organizations all along the food supply chain to measure food loss and waste.

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Indigenous Approaches to Freshwater Management in North America

By bringing together insights, testimonies and knowledge, this portal documents diverse Indigenous approaches, challenges and relationships to freshwater.

North American Marine Protected Areas Network (NAMPAN)

NAMPAN is a network of resource agencies, marine protected areas (MPA) managers, practitioners and other relevant experts from Canada, Mexico and the United States.

Your Environment is Changing Story Map

Explore this interactive story for a better understanding of how the North American Environmental Atlas can be useful to you.

Cover for CEC tool and resource

North American Land Change Monitoring System Story Map

Learn more about the types of "land cover in North America" and the CEC’s NALCMS initiative

Cover for CEC tool and resource

Our Changing Continent Story Map

2015-2020 Land Cover Change in North America at 30-meter resolution

CEC Tools and Resources

Sustainable Trade of Priority Species in North America

We contribute to the to the legal, sustainable and traceable production and trade in these selected species.

Tools and Resources

Taking Stock Volume 16

North American Pollutant Releases and Transfers, with a feature analysis of off-site transfers to disposal

CEC Tools and Resources

Grasslands Beneficial Management Practices Tool

Nearly 100 beneficial management practices aimed at ranchers, conservation organizations, government and academic institutions in North America.

Food Loss and Waste: Infographic

What is the estimated impact of food loss and waste on our lives and on our surrounding environment?

Guide to Integrated Design and Delivery

The guide highlights best practices and specific tools for ten workforce sectors, supported by seven case studies and over fifty reference documents.

Monarch Conservation Toolbox

Engaging landowners across North America to provide monarch butterfly habitat.

Tools and Resources

North American Initiatives on Food and Organic Waste

Peeling back the layers on the issue of food loss and waste in North America.

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CEC Training Materials on Environmentally Sound Management

ESM can be defined as taking all practicable steps to ensure that used and/or end-of-life products and wastes are managed in a manner that will protect human health and the environment.