On this year’s International Day for Biological Diversity we are calling on everyone to move ‘From Agreement to Action and Build Back Biodiversity.’ We’re proud to have participated in COP15 held right here in Montreal, where 188 nations signed on to the historic Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework putting forth an ambitious plan for ‘transformative change’ to reach our global biodiversity conservation goals. In this...
May 23, 2023
The year 2023, coming on the heels of a new Global Biodiversity Framework, marks a pivotal moment in the history of pollinator conservation across North America. Building on the research of countless scientists and on the momentum of more than 25 years of trinational monarch butterfly collaboration through the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), we have many successes for North American pollinators to...
May 19, 2023
Montreal, 18 May 2023—Yesterday, Mexican citizens filed a submission under Chapter 24 of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA/CUSMA) with the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). The submission asserts that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws, including the Sustainable Forest Development Act and the Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection Act, to prevent illegal logging and forest land use change in the municipality of...
May 18, 2023
Montreal, 16 May 2023—Yesterday, two coalitions, Observatorio Ciudadano de la Subcuenca de Valle de Bravo-Amanalco and Sé la Voz de la Naturaleza, along with other organizations, filed a submission under Chapter 24 of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA/CUSMA) with the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). The Submitters assert that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws including constitutional law, the National Waters Act, the Ecological Balance...
May 16, 2023
Montreal, 12 May 2023—Yesterday, an organization based in Mexico, Unión de Colonias de la Puerta Sur, filed a submission under Chapter 24 of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA/CUSMA) with the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). The Submitter asserts that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws to adequately evaluate the environmental impacts of a residential development in Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, near La Primavera Forest...
May 12, 2023
Montreal, 2 May 2023 — Today, the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) released a new report compiling and analyzing data reported by approximately 24,000 industrial facilities in Canada, Mexico and the United States to their respective national pollutant release and transfer registers. The report reveals important gaps in the reporting and tracking of transfers to disposal across the region due to...
May 2, 2023
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Georgina O’Farrill
Head, Communications, Outreach and Engagement
