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CEC Publishes Factual Record on the Effective Enforcement of Environmental Law Related to Submission SEM-21-002 (Vaquita Porpoise)

Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), 19 August 2025 — On August 18 the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) published the factual record regarding submission SEM-21-002 (Vaquita Porpoise) filed on 11 August 2021 by the Center for Biological Diversity, Animal Welfare Institute, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Environmental Investigation Agency (“Submitters”), who asserted that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws with regard to conservation of the vaquita porpoise (Phocoena sinus).

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