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Save the Date! 2024 International Monarch Monitoring Blitz, 26 July to 4 August
Mark your calendars for the 8th International Monarch Monitoring Blitz! Every year, thousands of people from across Canada, Mexico and the United States join efforts to support monarch butterfly conservation by getting outdoors and collecting observations of monarch butterflies and milkweed plants. Be part of this vital trinational community science initiative by sharing your sightings from 26 July to 4 August 2024!
Topics
Climate Change
Supporting emissions reduction and helping communities adapt to extreme weather events
Ecosystems
Working with communities to conserve and restore North America's terrestrial and marine ecosystems and priority species
Enforcement
Supporting enforcement and compliance with domestic environmental law and with multilateral environmental agreements
Green Growth
Innovative joint approaches to support sustainable economic development, trade and consumption
Pollutants
Promoting clean air, water and land through prevention, reductions, and sound management of pollutant releases, toxic chemicals and hazardous waste
Featured Project
Strengthening Adaptation Capacity in Marine Protected Areas
2019 - 2020 Active Ecosystems
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are key to maintaining ocean resilience, when they are adaptively managed to respond to threats such as ocean warming, species shifts and disastrous events. Previous work included the development of tools to help identify vulnerabilities in coastal ecosystems and communities and adaptation measures to respond to these...
Featured Publication
Big Bend-Río Bravo Collaboration for Transboundary Landscape Conservation
Long-term Impact Assessment
October 18, 2019 6 pages Ecosystems
From 2011 to 2015, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) conducted the project Big Bend-Río Bravo Collaboration for Transboundary Landscape Conservation. Its objective was “conserving the unique biological diversity in the Big Bend-Río Bravo region of Mexico and the United States, using sound scientific data on challenges to ecosystem resilience to address the region’s growing vulnerability to biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, and providing a model for collaboration among different decision makers and partnerships focused on transboundary conservation work in other areas” (CEC, 2011).
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What We Do
We conduct research, provide tools and training, and provide a unique space for decision-makers and the public to engage on environmental policy issues affecting the North American region.