Guide for Planners and Managers to Design Resilient Marine Protected Area Networks in a Changing Climate
Climate change, along with pollution and overfishing, is one of the great challenges facing North America’s shared oceans today. Through the project Engaging Communities to Conserve Marine Biodiversity through NAMPAN (North American Marine Protected Areas Network) the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) gathered scientific information on the impact of climate change on marine protected area […]
Project Summaries
The sixteen projects summarized in this booklet are a reflection of the vision and priorities of theCECCouncil and represent a renewed commitment to environmental cooperation among Canada, Mexico and the United States.
Scientific Guidelines for Designing Resilient Marine Protected Area Networks in a Changing Climate
Climate change, along with pollution and overfishing, is one of the great challenges facing North America’s shared oceans today. Through the project Engaging Communities to Conserve Marine Biodiversity through NAMPAN (North American Marine Protected Areas Network) the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) gathered scientific information on the impact of climate change on marine protected area […]
North America’s Marine Protected Areas
Through a unique collaboration of marine protected area agencies and aquarium learning centers in the three countries, a new series of short films highlights the vital role played by North America’s marine protected areas to support communities that depend on marine resources, provide exciting recreational experiences, enhance our scientific understanding, and help protect a large […]
North American Power Plant Air Emissions
North American Power Plant Air Emissions builds upon the first-such CEC assessment (published in 2004) that compiled information on emissions of criteria air pollutants, mercury, and carbon dioxide from power plants in North America for the year 2002. For the first time, data on the release of air pollutants from power plants burning fossil fuels were brought together from different national sources, varying greatly in terms of completeness and accessibility, into one format offering comparable information on fossil fuel power plant emissions in North America.
Environmental Assessment of NAFTA by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation
The context for this report is based upon certain obligations of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), as described in the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC). Specifically, article 10(6)(d) of the NAAEC charges the CEC Council (comprised of the Parties’ cabinet-level environmental officials) to cooperate with the NAFTA Free Trade Commission (FTC) to […]
Aquatic Invasive Species in the Río Bravo/Laguna Madre Ecological Region
This report was commissioned to review and assess existing data on biological invasions (or potential future impacts, where available) in the Rio Bravo/Laguna Madre Ecological Region.
Administration and Funding Guidelines
NAPECA is intended to support a flexible and diverse set of project types that will improve access to resources provided by the Parties through the CEC for smaller, more hands-on organizations and that build partnerships at the community level to support healthy communities and ecosystems, encourage climate change activities through the transition to a low-carbon […]
North American Terrestrial Ecoregions—Level III
The concepts used to define and describe Level III ecoregions follow the original methodology outlined in the 1997 CEC publication, Ecological Regions of North America: Toward a Common Perspective, which provided a descriptive framework in its presentation and discussion of the Level I terrestrial ecoregions. Under this framework, ecoregions were defined in a holistic and […]
Assessment of the Population of the North Pacific Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
The humpback whale is one of the best-known and most easily recognizable of the large whales. It is known for its frequent acrobatic behavior and its occasional tendency to approach vessels.
Wintering Grassland Bird Densities in Chihuahuan Desert Grassland Priority Conservation Areas, 2007-2010
This first-ever, region-wide pilot survey was initiated to inventory, research and monitor wintering birds at randomly-selected sites in Grassland Priority Conservation Areas (GPCAs) in the Chihuahuan Desert in northern Mexico and western Texas. It generated data on habitat conditions and abundance of 50 grassland obligate or facultative species in the 11 GPCAs, including 30 priority species of high regional or continental conservation interest.
Report on the First Multimodular Session of the Course in Environmental and Wildlife Criminalistics
The objective of this report is to document experiences and lessons learned from the planning, implementation and assessment ofthe accredited wildlife training course and to identify opportunities and challenges for this and future training efforts designed to enhance capacity building among the Parties.