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Commission for Environmental Cooperation announces Gustavo Alanís-Ortega as Chair of its advisory committee

Renowned Mexican environmental lawyer Gustavo Alanís-Ortega to lead JPAC in 2018 Montreal, 14 December 2017—The Commission for Environmental Cooperation's (CEC) Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) has unanimously elected Mexican JPAC member Gustavo Alanís-Ortega as committee chair for 2018. He will succeed US JPAC member Robert Varney, former New England regional Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency, who served as...

December 14, 2017

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

Thumbnail for the Monarch Conservation Toolbox

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

Bob Varney speaking in front of audience at the Tenth Regular Session of the CEC Council

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

Banner collage for the CEC NAPECA Grants

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