Americas Sustainability Issues
The current Americas integration process is embarked on trade, environmental and social issues, as manifested in the declaration of principles of 1994 Miami Summit, where sustainability assumes an important role. However, this attempt has essentially been pushed for a free trade agenda as the focal way to reach hemispheric integration, beyond NAFTA, and other important sustainable elements have been its importance reduced.
Implementing the Global Programme of Action in North America
Degradation of the marine environment too often is the result of human activities that use resources beyond replenishment, that dispose of wastes in areas unable to assimilate pollutants, and that physically alter or destroy habitats. In 1995, 109 nations of the world adopted the United Nations Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the […]
Maize and Biodiversity
This report comprises key findings and recommendations to the CEC Council concerning maize and genetic diversity in Mexico. The context, mandate, process, and guiding framework for arriving at these conclusions are outlined below. A glossary of technical terms is also attached.
Ten Years of North American Environmental Cooperation
In 2004, an independent Ten-Year Review and Assessment Committee (TRAC) undertook an examination of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation. TRAC produced a report that reviewed the implementation of the NAAEC and provided an assessment of the impacts of the various programs of the CEC.
Closing the Pathways of Aquatic Invasive Species Across North America
This paper provides an overview of the status and trends of invasive alien species and their pathways of invasion into the marine and freshwater systems of North America.
North American Marine Protected Areas Network (NAMPAN) Action Plan
Following are the main agreements and outcomes from the Ensenada trinational workshop held on 23 January 2004, carried out with the goal of developing the framework and identifying the essential elements of an action plan to implement a NAMPAN pilot.
North American Conservation Action Plan (NACAP) Framework
The following account offers the main agreements and outcomes from the Ensenada trinational workshop (January 21-22, 2004) carried-out with the goal of developing the framework and the essential elements of a North American Action Plan (NACAP).
Land Cover in a Managed Forest Ecosystem
Managed forest ecosystems—agroforestry systems in which crops such as coffee and bananas are planted side-by-side with woody perennials—are being touted as a means of safeguarding forests along with the ecological services they provide. Yet we know little about the determinants of land cover in such systems, information needed to design effective forest conservation policies. This paper presents a first-ever spatial regression analysis of land cover in a managed forest ecosystem—a shade coffee region of coastal Mexico.
Grasslands
This publication is intended to provide a framework for tri- and binational cooperation between Canada, the United States and Mexico that promotes the conservation and sustainable use of central North American grasslands.
Strategic Plan for North American Cooperation in the Conservation of Biodiversity
Aware that biodiversity conservation is a complex issue being dealt with by a number of organizations, and in response to the recommendations made by the 1997 “” that required the CEC to have a strategic vision of its contribution to sustainable development in North America, the Council decided that a biodiversity strategy tailored to CEC’s unique features should be prepared.
NAWEG Strategic Plan
This document sets the direction and scope for the North American Wildlife Enforcement Group for the next 5 years.
Invasive Species, Agriculture and Trade
Invasions by plants, animals, and pathogens into non-native environments pose one of the most significant, but least addressed, international threats to biodiversity, both within natural ecosystems and agricultural settings. For agriculture, one recent study estimates that 40% of all insect damage to crops in the U.S. is attributable to non-indigenous species (Pimentel et al. 2000). […]