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 This is information that may have been archived or is not otherwise readily available either in recognized scientific journals or […]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.
The purpose of the study is to determine how NAFTA influences the Mexican tourism sector and its effects on the environment.
This report summarizes the work done by the Canadian Centre for Pollution Prevention (C2P2) to develop and distribute a survey requesting information from small and medium-size manufacturers of electronic parts, components and equipment on the awareness of regulatory initiatives to reduce the use of toxic substances and assistance needed to improve environmental performance, and to […]
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has obtained significant results from the first stage of the Greening Supply Chains project, which is designed to test an effective, replicable cooperation-based mechanism for promoting pollution prevention in small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) that supply major companies.
A report of activities carried out in support of SPLASH under the North American Conservation Action Plan (NACAP) for the Humpback Whale
This NACAP is intended to provide a trinational outlook on the species. It gives an updated account of the species and its current situation, identifies the main risk factors causing the species to suffer an unsustainable level of mortality, and summarizes the current management and actions taken in each country, as well as public and […]
The report is based on pollutant release and transfer registers (PRTRs) from Canada, Mexico and the United States, which provide detailed information on types, locations and amounts of chemicals released or transferred by industrial facilities. The report supports a key objective of the CEC’s goal to provide information for decision-making at all levels of society.
