Recent research has focused on the high carbon accumulation rates of coastal ecosystems, such as those of mangroves, seagrasses, and salt marshes, as a means of sequestering (blue) carbon for climate mitigation purposes. Material from dead plants and animals in salt marshes accumulates over time in low-oxygen conditions, limiting the CO2 emissions from the normal […]
Eelgrass (Zostera marina) is a seagrass and the primary rooted marine plant found in the coastal waters of the Pacific Northwest (which, for this study, will be taken as comprising the US states of Oregon and Washington, and the Canadian province of British Columbia). Unlike algae, it is a rooted plant and it traps, accumulates […]
Carbon that is stored in coastal and marine ecosystems is referred to as ‘blue carbon’. Blue carbon stocks (or carbon storage) have only recently been acknowledged as globally significant (Fourqurean et al. 2012). Meta-analyses reveal that blue carbon habitats, in particular mangroves, seagrass meadows and salt marshes, play a disproportionally large role in carbon sequestration […]
As part of a project of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, this Guide outlines the steps required to create or enhance a syndromic surveillance system to monitor extreme heat events, and highlights the experiences of three participating pilot communities from Canada, Mexico and United States. A successful syndromic surveillance system uses pre-diagnostic data sources to monitor for early signs of health effects in order to enable early public health response.
This document is one of a set of five action plans that were prepared as part of a project by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) to promote legal, sustainable and traceable trade in selected North American species that are listed in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The five action plans were produced under the guidance of the CITES Authorities of Canada, Mexico and the United States.
This document is one of a set of five action plans that were prepared as part of a project by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) to promote legal, sustainable and traceable trade in selected North American species that are listed in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The five action plans were produced under the guidance of the CITES Authorities of Canada, Mexico and the United States.
This document is one of a set of five action plans that were prepared as part of a project by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) to promote legal, sustainable and traceable trade in selected North American species that are listed in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The five action plans were produced under the guidance of the CITES Authorities of Canada, Mexico and the United States.
This document is one of a set of five action plans that were prepared as part of a project by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) to promote legal, sustainable and traceable trade in selected North American species that are listed in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The five action plans were produced under the guidance of the CITES Authorities of Canada, Mexico and the United States.
This document is one of a set of five action plans that were prepared as part of a project by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) to promote legal, sustainable and traceable trade in selected North American species that are listed in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The five action plans were produced under the guidance of the CITES Authorities of Canada, Mexico and the United States.
This analysis was prepared to improve understanding of opportunities for including the concept of blue carbon in Mexican public policy. This work forms part of the trinational project (Canada, United States and Mexico) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) for 2015–2016: North American Blue Carbon: Next Steps in Science for Policy, which also seeks to improve communication and the exchange of information and lessons learned on this topic among the three countries, as well as improve the capacity for recovery of North American coastal zones. Based on the analysis performed, recommendations are offered that will help Mexico determine what strategies and which current policy tools can be used to improve the conservation and restoration of blue carbon-sequestering ecosystems, particularly mangroves.
This report describes the scope, methods, data, and results of a comprehensive quantitative analysis of transboundary flows of used electronics between and from North American countries. It has been prepared for the NAFTA Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) with financial support from Canada, Mexico, and the United States and is part of a multiphase effort […]
Given the ongoing and shared interest among Canada, Mexico and the United States to foster environmentally sound management (ESM) in the recycling of spent lead-acid batteries (SLABs), in 2014 the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) of North America began the development of technical guidelines on ESM practices for secondary lead smelters and other facilities that process SLABs.
