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CEC unveils new website to foster monarch butterfly conservation and habitat restoration
Explore our new online toolbox and learn from proven, successful monarch conservation initiatives applied across North America Montreal, 12 December 2017—The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has launched a new website aimed at increasing participation in conservation efforts for North America's most iconic butterfly. Through the CEC's Monarch Conservation Toolbox, farmers, landowners and the general public can explore best management practices,...
December 12, 2017
CEC’s Joint Public Advisory Committee calls for renewed support for CEC Secretariat
JPAC issues recommendations on the future of NAFTA’s environmental side agreement and the CEC Montreal, 28 November 2017—The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is a unique catalyst for environmental cooperative action at the North American and international levels, the Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) of the CEC heard on 9 November at the committee’s last session of 2017. "With renegotiation...
November 28, 2017
Commission for Environmental Cooperation announces NAPECA grant recipients
Nine community-based environmental projects across North America to receive funding Montreal, 27 November 2017—The Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) today announced funding for nine innovative local projects under its North American Partnership for Environmental Community Action (NAPECA) grant program. NAPECA supports small, nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Canada, Mexico and the United States that work closely with local...
November 28, 2017
Land cover map of North America at 30-meter spatial resolution released by the CEC
Mapping experts from Canada, Mexico and the United States collaborate through the CEC’s North American Land Change Monitoring System to produce new continental map Montreal, 2 November 2017—A new map produced by the trinational North American Land Change Monitoring System (NALCMS) and supported by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) depicts year 2010 land cover across North America at 30-meter...
November 2, 2017
Georgia Barrier Islands Designated as WHSRN’s 100th Site
1 November 2017 This news release originally appeared on the website of The Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network On October 21, 2017, the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN) Hemispheric Council voted unanimously to approve the designation of the Georgia Barrier Islands (USA) as a Landscape of Hemispheric Importance. The Georgia Barrier Islands thus becomes WHSRN’s 100th site. Georgia residents, conservation groups, and...
November 1, 2017
Join live webcast discussion on NAFTA’s environmental side agreement
Tune in on November 9 at www.cec.org/webcast and send in your comments today Montreal, 25 October 2017—With renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement underway, the Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) invites you to join their expert public forum on the future of NAFTA’s environmental side agreement. Hosted in Chicago, Illinois, NAFTA’s...
October 26, 2017
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