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Saving North America’s birds

The well being of birds in any one of the countries of North America depends on conditions in all three. As David Pashley describes, NABCI is on the right track in its efforts to pool talent and resources across Canada, Mexico and the United States in a cohesive continent-wide strategy to save the birds. The North American Bird Conservation Initiative...

March 21, 2001

CEC announces two new Advisory Panel members to review San Pedro Study

Montreal, 2/27/1998 -The Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC)—created by a side accord to NAFTA—today announced the names of two additional individuals who have agreed to serve on a tri-national advisory panel to review an upcoming study on the Upper San Pedro River. Jack Ladd, a lifelong resident of Southern Arizona, has spent the last 45 years operating...

February 27, 1998

North American Commission Report finds ground-level ozone moves across Canada–US Border

Montreal, 11/11/1997-Air pollution from automobiles, trucks, power plants, and industry contributes to the movement of ground-level ozone, a major component of smog, in both directions across the border between eastern Canada and the United States. This is one finding in a report being released today entitled, "Long-Range Transport of Ground-Level Ozone and its Precursors: Assessment of Methods to Quantify Transboundary...

November 11, 1997

NAFTA Environment Commission Will Solicit Public Input For San Pedro Conservation Area Report

Montreal, 7/2/1997 - A small, interdisciplinary team of experts is being assembled by the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) to study water use and its impact on migratory birds in the San Pedro Riparian Conservation Area in Arizona. The group will begin gathering technical information within the next few weeks to prepare a preliminary study of the...

July 2, 1997

North American Environment Commission Responds To Public Concerns Over Water Problems Along Arizona-Mexico Border

Montreal, 5/27/1997-The Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is launching an independent report examining water problems in the San Pedro Riparian Conservation Area, along the Arizona-Mexico border. The area is home to an extensive expanse of fragile forested land that serves as an important resting place for migratory birds. "Diminishing water supplies is one of the major challenges...

May 27, 1997