This guide is an introduction to the use of marine ecological scorecards and condition reports, which are tools for assessing the condition of marine protected areas in North America. Marine protected areas (MPAs) are managed marine and coastal areas of ecological significance, featuring species and/or properties which require special consideration. Managing these areas effectively helps […]
This portfolio features a selection of maps that illustrate the unique and harmonized geographic information contained in the North American Environmental Atlas. Each of the 13 maps presented here is accompanied by a series of examples showing how other users have applied data from the map layers to analyze or synthesize environmental information. These examples […]
A book that celebrates the richness and wealth of our region’s common ocean and coastal waters.
De acuerdo al Inventario Nacional de Emisiones para México-1999, los vehículos automotores son una de las principales fuentes de emisión de contaminantes a la atmósfera, debido a que emiten cantidades importantes de óxidos de nitrógeno (NOx) e hidrocarburos (HC), los cuales, además, son los principales precursores de la formación de ozono. También, las fuentes móviles […]
This report presents an overview of the releases and transfers of chemical contaminants from North American industrial sectors in 2005.
This renewed North American agenda for chemicals management seeks to provide support to the Parties as they fulfill their commitments under the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) goal of “aiming to achieve, by 2020, that chemicals are used and produced in ways that lead to the minimization of significant adverse effects on human health […]
This documentary survey, which follows-up on previous “gray literature” studies, has as its primary purpose the accession, collection, and assessment of potentially valuable information on persistent, bioaccumulative, toxic substances (PBTS) from academic institutions throughout Mexico. This is information that may have been archived or is not otherwise readily available either in recognized scientific journals or […]
Test Cases for the Snakeheads () and Armored Catfishes () in North American Inland Waters
The North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation obliges the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation to “periodically address the state of the environment in the territories of the Parties.” To meet this obligation, the Secretariat has developed this report——with the support of environmental reporting experts from the governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States.
This plan provides an updated account of the species and its current situation, identifies the main risk factors affecting it and its habitat throughout the flyway, and summarizes the current conservation actions taken in each country. Against this background, it offers a list of key trinational collaborative conservation actions, priorities and targets to be considered for adoption by the three countries.
These proceedings present a summary of the symposium sessions as contributed by discussants and rapporteurs. The full texts of the ten papers in their original languages are available on the CEC web page.
As a result of its peso crisis in 1994–1995 and the need for capital, the Mexican government accelerated the financial liberalization process projected under NAFTA, increasing foreign ownership of banks. These changes and ensuing legislation greatly affected the credit market in Mexico.
