Participate in-person or online in a town hall meeting on the importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge with North America’s three highest-level environmental officials in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. Montreal, 4 July 2014—On July 17th, join North America’s federal environmental ministers in person or online to discuss the importance and contribution of Traditional Ecological Knowledge to environmental decision making. For centuries,...
July 4, 2014
Montreal, 13 June 2014—On 5 June, the Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) decided by a vote of two-thirds majority in Council Resolution 14-04 to instruct the CEC Secretariat not to prepare a factual record concerning submission SEM-11-003 (Protection of Polar Bears), which was filed in December 2011 by the Center for Biological Diversity, a US-based nongovernmental organization....
June 12, 2014
Participate in-person or online with the CEC’s Joint Public Advisory Committee in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. Montreal, 3 June 2014—On July 16th, the CEC’s Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) will host a public forum to discuss transboundary natural resource management, with an emphasis on waters, climate, and the importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge. This session will be interactive, broadcast live...
June 3, 2014
Montreal, 29 May 2014—On 15 May, the Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) agreed, in Council Resolution 14-03, to make public the factual record concerning the consolidated submissions SEM-06-003 (Ex Hacienda El Hospital II);and; SEM-06-004 (Ex Hacienda El Hospital III), filed respectively with the Secretariat on 17 July 2006, by Myredd Alexandra Mariscal Villaseñor, representing a group of...
May 28, 2014
Montreal, 22 May 2014—The Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has, after reviewing the file, concluded that a factual record is warranted concerning the enforcement of fisheries pollution law around salmon farms in British Columbia. On 12 May 2014, the CEC Secretariat issued a notification recommending to the Council of the CEC that a factual record be developed in regard...
May 21, 2014
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation launches a new online tool featuring beneficial management practices from across the continent to maintain native grasslands and sustain ranchers’ livelihoods. Montreal, 7 May 2014—A new online tool is being launched today with nearly 100 beneficial management practices aimed at ranchers, conservation organizations, government and academic institutions in North America. Ranging from local techniques to...
May 7, 2014
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Georgina O’Farrill
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