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REMINDER: Apply for the third round of North American Partnership for Environmental Community Action grants
Submit your proposal by 26 August 2015 Montreal, 28 July 2015— Across North America, countless active community groups are tackling environmental challenges close to home. The Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is calling on local hands-on organizations to apply for a new C$1,325,000 grant program endorsed by the CEC Council at its 22nd annual Regular Session on 15 July 2015. The North American...
July 28, 2015
CEC receives a submission on protection of La Primavera Forest in Jalisco, Mexico
Montreal, 21 July 2015—On 20 July 2015, the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) received a submission asserting that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws in relation to La Primavera Forest Natural Protected Area in Tlajomulco de Zuñiga, Jalisco, Mexico. Submission SEM-15-001 (La Primavera Forest), from an individual in Mexico, asserts that the Santa Anita Hills housing...
July 21, 2015
Does your community environmental project need a kick-start?
Apply for the third round of North American Partnership for Environmental Community Action grants! Boston, MA, 15 July 2015—Across North America, countless active community groups are tackling environmental challenges close to home. The Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is calling on local hands-on organizations to apply for a new C$1,325,000 grant program endorsed by the CEC Council at its 22nd annual...
July 15, 2015
CEC Council names roster of experts on traditional ecological knowledge
Boston, MA, 15 July 2015—The governing Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) today named a new roster of experts on traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) from Canada, Mexico and the United States. The experts will work with the CEC’s Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) to provide advice to the Council on opportunities to apply TEK to the CEC’s operations...
July 15, 2015
Green and practical solutions urgently needed for excess stormwater management
CEC’s Joint Public Advisory Committee recommends sustainable solutions for mitigation of stormwater effects Boston, MA, 15 July 2015—North American communities that are on the front lines of managing excess stormwater flows need strong engagement from governments and civil society to develop and implement sustainable solutions to this widespread problem, the Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental...
July 15, 2015
CEC Ministerial Statement – 2015
Twenty-second Regular Session of the CEC Council Boston, MA, 15 July 2015—We, the governing Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), met in Boston, one of North America’s model green cities, to celebrate the long-standing environmental cooperation among our three countries: Canada, Mexico and the United States. This meeting was particularly timely, as Council members endorsed a blueprint that...
July 15, 2015
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