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["INVENTORY OF CEC INITIATIVES WITH INDIGENOUS ENGAGEMENT (1995-2018)"]
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["DATE","TITLE","AUTHORS","CATEGORY","UNIT","THEME","DESCRIPTION","SPECIFIC GROUP IDENTIFIED","REFERENCE"]
["1995-10-13"," Sound Management of Chemicals (SMOC)","N/A","Program","Projects","Pollutants","The Sound Management of Chemicals (SMOC) initiative provides a framework for regional cooperation for the sound management of the full range of chemical substances of mutual concern throughout their life cycles, including pollution prevention, source reduction and pollution control.\n\nIn general terms, the SMOC initiative focuses on chemicals in trade, their products, and long-range transport of chemicals across borders. To this end, the CEC facilitates discussion, coordination and mutual assistance among the three Parties.\n\nA wide range of stakeholders, including industry, business, trade unions, environmental nongovernmental organizations, organizations of women, indigenous organizations and tribes, academic institutions, local and federal governments, are engaged as partners in the Sound Management of Chemicals program,\nattend public meetings and provide valuable input to ongoing work.","N/A (it is the projects and activities under this program that involved the engagement of Indigenous people)","http://www.cec.org/category/pollutants/environmentally-sound-management-of-chemicals-2/"]
["1996-07-25","Development of a management plan for the palm Brachea dulcis in a Nahua community","Grupo de Estudios Ambientales, A.C.","Grant","NAFEC","Indigenous People\nEcosystems","The quality of the palm Brachea dulcis has deteriorated in this area due to overexploitation. This is forcing the community to purchase palm leaves rather than harvest them locally which greatly diminishes their return on crafts made from palm leaves. These crafts, which are of cultural significance, make an important contribution to the local economy and sometimes represent the sole source of income for women and children. This project focuses on developing a management plan for the palm which will be based on a study of the palm's ecology and distribution, and integrated into an overall management plan for the region's natural resources.","Nahua community, Mexico","N/A"]
["1996-06-12","Environmental Tool Kit for First Nations","Assembly of First Nations","Grant","NAFEC","Indigenous People\nPollutants","Development of an environmental \"tool kit\" for First Nations people working on environmental issues. The kit documents First Nations success stories, provides practical advice and identifies key resource people. It was distributed at a national First Nations conference \"Strengthening Mother Earth: The Environmental Challenge\", December 10-12, 1996 in London, Ontario.","Assembly of First Nations, Canada","N/A"]
["1996-09-01","Chickaloon Hydropower and Village Development","Chickaloon Village","Grant","NAFEC","Indigenous People\nSustainable Energy","Small-scale hydropower is one form of sustainable energy generation that an increasing number of communities are exploring. Smaller, more isolated communities are particularly interested in developing self-sufficiency and avoiding the expensive and inefficient transport of energy over long distances. The Chickaloon tribe will study the feasibility of small-scale hydroelectricity generation which will form the basis of a comprehensive economic development scheme and construction of a central village which will assist in maintaining Chickaloon culture.","Chickaloon Tribe, Arkansas, United States","N/A"]
["1996-11-01","Building a Framework for Assessing NAFTA Environmental Effects: Report of a Workshop Held in La Jolla, California, on April 29 and 30, 1996","Commission for Environmental Cooperation","Publication","Projects","Green Economy","Building a Framework for Assessing NAFTA Environmental Effects: Report of a Workshop held in La Jolla, California, on April 29 and 30, 1996 makes available in one publication the presentations and supporting documents from the CEC's first public meeting of its NAFTA Effects Project. In addition to presenting original research from top experts in Mexico, the United States and Canada, the La Jolla workshop report includes a summary of the workshop and valuable contact information.(...)","Apíkan Indigenous Network, Ottawa, Canada","http://www3.cec.org/islandora/en/item/1695-building-framework-assessing-nafta-environmental-effects"]
["1996-12-12","Environmental Survey of Five Forest Ejidos in the Zona Maya","Organización de Ejidos Productores Forestales de la Zona Maya","Grant","NAFEC","Indigenous People\nEcosystems","Communities need solid information to make decisions about the future of their local environments and economies. A group of five ejidos in the Yucatan Peninsula will use a Geographic Information System (GIS) to produce a detailed description of local ecosystems and natural resources. They will assess the state of health of their environment and identify areas needing protection or restoration. They will also identify areas with potential for sustainable agriculture, ecotourism and for providing a refuge for wildlife. Based on this information, the communities will actively participate in the development of a comprehensive, sustainable development plan.","Five ejidos in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico","N/A"]
["1996-12-12","Netukullimk GIS Management Project","Union of Nova Scotia Indians","Grant","NAFEC","Indigenous People","Traditional Environmental Knowledge (TEK) is developed through an intimate relationship with a local environment over generations and, if lost, is not easily replaced. This knowledge, possessed by older members of communities throughout North America, is gradually disappearing as the younger generation becomes more comfortable with computers than oral history. Five First Nation Mi'kmaq communities hope to preserve their local knowledge by integrating TEK with Geographic Information System (GIS) technology.\n\nThis will provide them with a lasting tool for the management, conservation and protection of their natural resources and with the local capacity to use the tool wisely. Their experience may provide a model for other communities who wish to integrate diverse types of environmental information to ensure sound environmental management.","Five First Nation Mi'kmaq communities, Eskasoni, Nova Scotia, Canada","N/A"]
["1997-06-01","North American Aboriginal Peoples and the Environment: A Compilation of Sustainable Development Projects with Aboriginal Participation","Brascoupe, Simon\nMaldonado, Rebecca\nMt.Pleasant, Jane\nToledo, Victor M.\nTrudeau, Nadine","Report","Organizational","Indigenous People","This summary report was prepared in French in 1997 by Nadine Trudeau of ssDcc, Inc., from country reports written in 1996 by Simon Brascoupe, Apikan Indigenous Network (Canada), Victor M. Toledo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico), and Jane Mt.Pleasant and Rebecca Maldonado, American Indian Program, Cornell University (United States). This is an unofficial translation.","Apíkan Indigenous Network, Ottawa, Canada\nAmerican Indian and Indigenous Studies Program, Cornell University, United States","Unpublished"]
["1997-05-09","Indigenous Perspectives on Preventing Desertification","Instituto de Culturas Nativas de Baja California, A.C. (CUNA)","Grant","NAFEC","Indigenous People\nEcosystems","In order to ensure that indigenous perspectives were well-represented at a June 1997 conference on preventing desertification and promoting non-wood forest products, Instituto CUNA coordinated input from indigenous communities in Baja California Norte. The project produced a video and written documentation.","Indigenous communities from Baja California Norte, Mexico","N/A"]
["1997-09-01","Self Sufficiency for Baja California's Indigenous Communities","Instituto de Culturas Nativas de Baja California, A.C. (CUNA)","Grant","NAFEC","Indigenous People\nSustainability","The indigenous communities of Baja California find themselves forced into the over-exploitation of their natural resources in the daily struggle for survival. Each one of the eight remaining communities has a wealth of resources, but a lack of information regarding sustainable development alternatives limits their ability to move beyond the cattle grazing, cutting of firewood, and so on that have lead to a steady erosion of their natural resource base. Empowered with alternatives based on their own knowledge and experience, which they will develop in the course of this project, the indigenous communities can move forward and develop enterprises that will preserve their natural resources and cultural identity.","Indigenous communities of Baja California, Mexico","N/A"]
["1997-09-01","Integrated agricultural development for indigenous families in the Lacandona rain forest","Unión de Ejidos 'Agua azul'","Grant","NAFEC","Indigenous People\nEcosystems","The Lacandona rain forest is recognized nationally and internationally for its high biodiversity and its role in maintaining climatic and ecological balance. Since the middle of this century, the forest has been under pressure as a result of migration from other parts of Mexico and resource extraction. Improved agricultural techniques and access to higher priced markets will reduce the need to clear more areas of forest. 150 families will receive training and support to combine agricultural self-sufficiency with the production of organic coffee. Biological pest control methods will also be developed.","Unión de Ejidos 'Agua azul', Lacandona rain forest, Mexico","N/A"]
["1997-09-01","Ecological craft production and sustainable managment and use of the forest in two communities in the Purepecha region","Grupo Interdisciplinario de Tecnología Rural Apropiada (GIRA), A.C.","Grant","NAFEC","Indigenous People\nGreen Economy","Sustainable forest management is essential for communities whose livelihoods are completely dependent on wood. In the Purepecha region where the majority of the indigenous communities are employed in small-scale carpentry and pottery, this management does not end with the forest itself. They must also consider the sustainabilty of their production processes (reducing wastage, fuel-efficiency of kilns, adding maximum value through their craftsmanship) and their markets. This project integrates all of these concerns to ensure that the ecological health of the forest and the economic well-being of its inhabitants are enhanced.","Purépecha Indigenous community of Patzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico","N/A"]
["1997-09-01","Support to 15 forest communities (ejidos) to improve forest management and obtain certification","Unión Nacional de Organizaciones de Forestería Comunal, A.C","Grant","NAFEC","Local Communities\nGreen Economy","In recent years, new markets for sustainably produced forest products have encouraged communities to make the transition to sustainable forest management. Many require support to adapt their forestry practices in a way which will meet the criteria of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and other international organizations which certify forest products. This association of community forestry organizations will provide this support to some of its members and help them to obtain certification and market their products.","Local ejidos communities of Nuevo San Juan Parangaricutiro, Michoacán, México","N/A"]
["1997-09-01","Promoting Organic Coffee Cultivation using Community Radio","Consejo Consultivo de la Radiodifusora XECTZ","Grant","NAFEC","Indigenous People\nGreen Economy","Community radio is an important source of information and for many it is the only medium which speaks to them about their local situation in their own language. Radio XECTZ broadcasts to indigenous communities whose environment and livelihood are endangered by harmful agricultural practices. Their series of programs related to sustainable development and organic cultivation will be supplemented by training sessions, brochures and manuals, and distribution of ecological agriculture kits to get producers started in making the transition.","Náhuatl, Totonaco and Spanish speaking indigenous communities in the area of Cuetzalan, Puebla, Mexico","N/A"]
["1999-05-07","JPAC Session 99-02, 7-8 May 1999, Anchorage, Alaska","N/A","Event","JPAC\nProjects","Biodiversity\nIndigenous People\nSMOC","The Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation(CEC) held a regular session in Anchorage, Alaska, on 8 May 1999. This session featured a round table on the CEC Three-year Program Plan and included the participation of the attending public, a representative of the US General Standing Committee, Mexican and Canadian National Advisory Committees, the United States Governmental Advisory Committee and CEC Secretariat staff. The session immediately followed a joint meeting with the North American Working Group on the Sound Management of Chemicals (SMOC) and JPAC, also held in Anchorage, on 7 May 1999. A summary record of this joint meeting will be prepared by SMOC.","Kotzebue, Alaska, United States\nDene Nation, Canada\nColectivo Ecologista de Jalisco, A.C.\nAlaska Native Marine Mammal Hunters Committee\nMétis Nation - Northwest Territories, Canada\nManokotak Natives Ltd.\nAlaska Native Science Commission\nCouncil of Yukon First Nations\nIndian Law Resource Center\nNative Village of Kluti-kook\nNative Village of Koyuk\nKawerak Inc.\nChikaloon Village, Alaska, United States\nBering Sea\nInternational Indian Treaty Council\nCanadian Artic Indigenous Peoples Against POP's\nInuit Tapirisat of Canada\nCree Regional Authority\nInuit Circumpolar Conference\nManiilaq Association\nNeegan International","http://www.cec.org/events/joint-public-advisory-committee-session-no-99-02"]
["1999-06-29","JPAC Session 99-03, 29 June 1999, Banff, Alberta, Canada","N/A","Event","JPAC","Indigenous People\nOperational Plan","The Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) held a regular session in Banff, Alberta, on 27–29 June 1999, in conjunction with the 1999 Regular Session of the Council of the CEC. A round table on the CEC three-year program plan was also part of the meeting and took place on the morning of 28 June.","Asociación Jalisciense de Apoyo a Grupos Indígenas A.C., Mexico\nUnión de Ejidos y Comunidades de la Zona Norte del Istmo, Mexico\nUnion of New Brunswick Indians, Canada\nUnión de Comunidades Indígenas Huicholas de Jalisco\n","http://www.cec.org/events/joint-public-advisory-committee-session-no-99-03/"]
["1999-09-01","Creating the 'Green Link' for Sustainably Produced Indigenous Goods and Services","Instituto de Culturas Nativas de Baja California, A.C. (CUNA)","Grant","NAFEC","Indigenous People\nGreen Economy","This project was carried out by the Native Cultures Institute of Baja California, a non-profit organization based in Ensenada, Baja California. Indigenous artisans participating in the project are from indigenous communities located in the northern quarter of the state, an area generally considered to belong to the US/Mexico border region.","Indigenous communities of Santa Catarina, San Jose de la Zorra, Kiliwas, La Huerta, Jamau and Cucapá\nKumiai and Paipai Indigenous communities of Baja California","N/A"]
["1999-09-01","Development of a Protocol Framework for Meaningful Consultation with Canada's Aboriginal People on Forest Management","National Aboriginal Forestry Association","Grant","NAFEC","Indigenous People\nGreen Economy","The project developed a protocol framework of principles for meaningful consultation with Canada's aboriginal peoples in relation to forest management. This framework will provide guidance to forest companies, government departments and nongovernmental organizations working with aboriginal peoples in forest management about what aboriginal communities deem meaningful consultation. It is hoped that this framework will help to improve the participation of aboriginal peoples in the forest sector. Particular emphasis was placed on guidelines for the development of Forest Stewardship Council-Canada regional standards, especially the development of a national boreal standard currently in progress.","N/A","N/A"]
["1999-09-01","Norms for Natural Resource Management","Grupo de Estudios Ambientales, A.C.","Grant","NAFEC","Indigenous People\nGreen Economy","This project is located in the Montaña region of Guerrero which is one of Mexico's most marginalized indigenous regions. The indigenous rural communities there have their own systems for regulating the access, use and management of natural resources. These systems include a series of explicit and implicit norms and agreements that are established and implemented in a very specific way. In addition, there is also an official body of norms that is implemented in the communities without taking into account the local norms and the way they function. As a result, discrepancies between the two systems of regulations sometimes arise. This project seeks to analyze the extent to which the two sets of norms coincide.","Indigenous communities in the Montaña region of Guerrero, Mexico","N/A"]
["1999-09-16","JPAC Regular Session 99-04, 16-17 September 1999, Montréal, Québec, Canada","N/A","Event","JPAC","Operational Plan","The Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) held a regular session in Montréal, Québec, on 16–17 September 1999, in conjunction with a public consultation to discuss the Final Analytic Framework (Draft) for Assessing the Environmental Effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). A plenary discussion on the CEC’s proposed program plan, the North American Agenda for Action: 2000–2002, was also part of the meeting and took place on the afternoon of 16 September.","Asociación Jaliscience de Apoyo a Grupos Indigenas A.C.\nAsociación Mexicana de Cultura Popular\nCenter for World Indigenous Studies\n","http://www.cec.org/events/regular-session-of-the-joint-public-advisory-committee-of-the-commission-for-environmental-cooperation-2/"]
["2000-03-22","Stakeholder Consultation Meeting for the CEC Biodiversity Conservation Strategic Plan, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico","N/A","Event","Projects","Biodiversity","Stakeholder Consultation Meeting for the CEC Biodiversity Conservation Strategic Plan which included:\n- Presentation of the Strategic Directions for the Conservation of Biodiversity Project by the CEC Head of Division, Conservation and Biodiversity\n- Comments from Indigenous Representatives","Inuit Tapirisat of Canada\nDene Nation, Canada\nGitxsan First Nation, Canada\nGrand Council of the Crees, Canada\nPorcupine Caribou Management Board, Canada\nMaderas del Pueblo del Sureste, A.C., Mexico\nIxtlán de Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico\nAsuntos Indigenas de Jalisco, Mexico\nDelegada Indígena de la comunidad Samiento Yaqui, A.C, Sonora, Mexico\nUnidad de apoyo a comunidades indigenas, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico\nPassamaquoddy Tribe, Maine, United States\nTohono O’odham Nation, Arizona, United States\nQuileute Indian Tribe, Washington, United States\nInter Tribal Council of Arizona Inc., United States","N/A"]
["2000-03-23","JPAC Session 00-01, 23-24 March 2000, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico","N/A","Event","JPAC","Indigenous People\nBiodiversity\nOperational Plan","The Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) held a regular session in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, on 23-24 March 2000, in conjunction with a Stakeholder Consultation Meeting for the CEC Biodiversity Conservation Strategic Plan held on 22 March organized to receive the input of Indigenous peoples. A plenary discussion on Future CEC Initiatives and Emerging Environmental Trends in North America organized with the Mexican National Advisory Committee (NAC) was included in the agenda. The Session also provided a venue for JPAC and the public to be consulted on the draft Guide: Elements for Improving Environmental Performance and Compliance through Effective Environmental Management Systems.","Ecología y Desarrollo de Tlaxcala y Puebla A.C, Mexico\nAsociación Jaliscience de Apoyo a Grupos Indigenas A. C., Mexico\nQuileute Indian Tribe, United States\nTlaxcallan A.C, Mexico\nPorcupine Caribou Management Board\n","http://cec.org/events/joint-public-advisory-committee-session-00-01"]
["2000-06-12","BC Hydro: Factual Record, North American Environmental Law and Policy, Volume 6","Commission for Environmental Cooperation","Publication","Submissions on Enforcement Matters (SEM)","Enforcement","Contains: Factual Record BC Hydro (SEM-97-001)","B.C. Aboriginal Fisheries Commission\nAthabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN)\n","http://www3.cec.org/islandora/en/item/11620-bc-hydro-factual-record-north-american-environmental-law-and-policy-volume-6"]
["2000-06-13","JPAC Session 00-02, 13 June 2000, Dallas, Texas, United States","N/A","Event","JPAC","Enforcement\nOperational Plan","The Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation(CEC) held a regular session on 11–13 June 2000 in Dallas, Texas, in conjunction with the 7th Regular Session of Council. A joint workshop with the CEC Working Group on Environmental Enforcement and Compliance was held during this session as well as a plenary discussion on Future CEC Initiatives and Emerging Environmental Trends in North America organized with the United States National Advisory Committee (NAC) and Governmental Advisory Committee(GAC).","Canadian Arctic Indigenous Peoples Against POP's\nQuileute Indian Tribe and Natural Resources\nCree Regional Authority\nCoast Salish Sea Council\nNa na kila Institute\n","http://www.cec.org/events/joint-public-advisory-committee-session-no-00-02/"]
["2000-09-01","The Millennium Trek - A Gwich'in Journey to the Birthing Grounds of the Porcupine Caribou Herd","Porcupine Caribou Management Board","Grant","NAFEC","Indigenous People\nEcosystems","To take advantage of the one and only real opportunity to protect the coastal plain of the Arctic Refuge, the Gwich'in Nation desperately wanted to increase public awareness of the issue. The idea of a 'journey' seemed attractive since the Gwich'in were a nomadic culture and this was coupled with the fact that their people had virtually never been to the birthing grounds since it was considered too sacred to disturb. Thus an unprecedented journey across Gwich'in lands to the sacred calving grounds became the main theme of the Millennium Trek. The opportunity of meeting President Carter was also factored in and the trek was timed to end just prior to Carter's arrival in Anchorage for the ANILCA Symposium.","Gwich'in Nation, Alaska, United States","N/A"]
["2000-09-01","Community capacity-strengthening for sustainable forest management in the Sierra Madre of Chihuahua","Comision de Solidaridad y Defensa de los Derechos Humanos, A.C. (COSYDDHAC)","Grant","NAFEC","Local Communities\nGreen Economy","This project will assist six communities in this region of high biodiversity to sustainably manage their forests. These communities have demonstrated a commitment to sustainable development and have accessed funding to carry out projects in sustainable agriculture, ecosystem restoration and natural resource management. This grant will support the capacity and institutional strengthening required to ensure that projects are carried out effectively and integrated into a comprehensive and long-term initiative leading to sustainable management of both timber and non-timber forest products (including medicinal plants), and agriculture. Materials generated by this project (e.g. manuals for natural resource accounting) are available for use by other organizations.","Communities in the Sierra Madre of Chihuahua, Mexico","N/A"]
["2000-09-01","Ecotourism Program in the Indigenous Community of Nuevo San Juan Parangaricutiro, Michoacán","Comunidad Indígena de Nuevo San Juan Parangaricutiro","Grant","NAFEC","Indigenous People\nGreen Economy","Nuevo San Juan Parangaricutiro is recognized as a model of social enterprise and sustainable forestry. In its attempts to diversify the local economy, the community is now developing its ecotourism potential. The focus of this project is on training youth to take on roles in the new tourism industry while simultaneously developing the framework and infrastructure for that industry.","Indigenous Community of Nuevo San Juan Parangaricutiro, Michoacán, Mexico","N/A"]
["2000-09-01","Federación Indígena Ecológica de Chiapas (FIECH)","Conservation and restoration of biodiversity in the cultivation of coffee and other organic products in Chiapas","Grant","NAFEC","Indigenous People\nGreen Economy","This federation of indigenous organizations in Chiapas is involved primarily in the production and processing of sustainable coffee, as well as other non-timber forest products (NTFPs). This grant will support the overall capacity strengthening that will allow the organizations to develop the necessary management and marketing skills to really take charge of the existing income-generating initiatives and take advantage of other ecological and economic opportunities. The goal is to get beyond a project-by-project approach, often dependent on external funding, and develop long-term self-sustaining initiatives that integrate all stages of the process (production, certification, processing and marketing).","Indigenous organizations of Chiapas, Mexico","N/A"]
["2000-10-11","North American Symposium on Understanding the Linkages between Trade and Environment, 11-12 October 2000, Washington DC","N/A","Event","Projects","Trade & Environment","On the first day of the North American Symposium on Understanding the Linkages between Trade and Environment, participants heard opening remarks from Janine Ferretti, Executive Director, CEC, Pierre Marc Johnson, Symposium Chair, and William Nitze, Assistant Administrator, US Environmental Protection Agency. Lester Brown, President, World Watch Institute. Participants then attended panel discussions on: Trade Liberalization and Natural Resources; NAFTA and Pollution Impacts; Relationships between Trade Liberalization and Environmental Policies and Regulations, as well as an Information Session on Government Reviews of Trade.\n\nOn the Thursday, 12 October, the second day of the North American Symposium on Understanding the Linkages between Trade and Environment, panel discussions were held on: NAFTA's Transportation and Manufacturing Impact on the Environment; The Services and Public Sector and the Environment; and Next Steps: Policy Responses to Environment-Trade Links","Comisión de Solidaridad y Defensa de los Derechos Humanos, AC (Cosyddhac)","N/A"]
["2001-07-23","Igaliqtuuq: Community Stewardship of a Bowhead Whale Sanctuary","World Wildlife Fund Canada","Grant","NAFEC","Indigenous People\nEcosystems","Establish a solid, long-term capacity in the local community to steward, safeguard and monitor critical habitat for endangered bowhead whales at Igaliqtuuq and in adjacent areas.","Namautaq Hunters' & Trappers' Organization\nQikiqtaaluk Wildlife Board\nWildlife Section of Nunavut Tungavik Inc.\nDepartment of Sustainable Development - Government of Nunavut\nKakivak Corporation\nNunavut Research Institute\nInuit of Clyde River, Nunavut, Canada","N/A"]
["2002-03-01","The Environmental Effects of Free Trade: Papers Presented at the North American Symposium on Assessing the Linkages Between Trade and Environment (October 2000)","Commission for Environmental Cooperation","Publication","Projects","Green Economy","Since the mid-1990s, the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC)has examined the effects of NAFTA and other trade commitments on the environment. A guiding assumption of the Commission's work is the central importance of transparency and meaningful participation in assessment work. In late 1999, upon the completion of the CEC Analytical Framework for Assessing the Environmental Effects of NAFTA, the Council of the CEC issued a public call for research papers to be presented at a public forum on trade and environment: in essence, these studies were to translate the methodological or \"how to\" work into action. (...)","Comisión de Solidaridad y Defensa de los Derechos Humanos, AC (Cosyddhac)\n","http://www3.cec.org/islandora/en/item/1794-environmental-effects-free-trade-papers-presented-north-american-symposium"]
["2002-06-03","North American Regional Action Plan on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment","Commission for Environmental Cooperation","Publication","Projects","Pollutants","The NARAP on environmental monitoring and assessment provides a framework for a regional-scale strategy (based on geographic/climatic regions) for monitoring and assessing persistent toxic substances in the North American environment.","N/A","http://www3.cec.org/islandora/en/item/3425-north-american-regional-action-plan-environmental-monitoring-and-assessment"]
["2002-09-01","Community Energy Planning with BC First Nations","BC Energy Aware Committee (EAC)","Grant","NAFEC","Indigenous People\nGreen Economy","Although energy has not traditionally been considered an area of municipal jurisdiction, decisions that are made at the local level have a significant effect on energy supply and efficiency characteristics. These in turn complement or constrain social, economic or environmental objectives. Recognizing how energy use, supply and consumption provide linkages across planning objectives helps identify potential synergies in the planning process and leads to greater success--and lower costs--in achieving planning objectives. Community Energy Planning (CEP) therefore provides an opportunity for local governments and first nations governments to develop and evaluate strategies that support multiple social and environmental objectives through attention to energy efficiency. First Nations communities are in the unique position of operating rather autonomously, and for many, off the energy grid. This offers options and opportunities for innovation in energy planning that \"on-grid\" communities may fail to recognize. This grant will assist two First Nations communities in British Columbia to engage in Community Energy Planning and share lessons learned with others.","Two First Nations communities in British Columbia, Canada","N/A"]
["2002-09-01","Firewood Management and Conservation, an Alternative for Energy Savings in Two Microregions in the Sierra Tarahumara","Consultoría Técnica Comunitaria A.C. (Contec)","Grant","NAFEC","Indigenous People\nGreen Economy","The environmental deterioration of the Sierra Tarahumara has increased principally due to the accelerated deforestation caused mainly by the timber and paper industry. This situation directly affects the availability of firewood and leads to a system more vulnerable to human disturbances. In this context, CONTEC, through the Plant Resource Management Program, has undertaken the task of promoting efficient Lorena-type stoves, following the experiences of other organizations in central and southern Mexico. This project will document firewood usage patterns in two microregions in the Lower and Upper Tarahumara, in conjunction with the implementation of efficient Lorena-type stoves, thus enabling energy savings and forest conservation. The initiative will have a positive medium-term impact, promoting the conservation of the forest cover in two of the five most important basins formed in the mountains of the Sierra Tarahumara: the upper Conchos River and the lower Fuerte River. It will also have a positive impact in the reduction of chronic illness such as rheumatism and bronchitis caused by direct exposure to the heat of the flames from traditional wood-burning stoves, which are common in the region.","Indigenous communities in the Lower and Upper Tarahumara regions","N/A"]
["2002-09-01","Solar Coffee Dryers","Unión de Comunidades Indígenas de la Región del Istmo (UCIRI)","Grant","NAFEC","Indigenous People\nGreen Economy","This project proposes to use solar dryers as an alternative to the traditional drying methods, in the equipping stage of product and processing units in the organization's sustainable coffee program. Eight solar coffee dryers were installed for evaluation during 2001, which are currently being modified to improve results based on the observations of the organization's technicians and producers. UCIRI now proposes to establish 100 solar dryers with a drying capacity of approximately 20 quintals, covering at least 13.33% of the total drying volume needs of current production, estimated at 15,000 bags of pergamino coffee, and reducing losses to less than 30%. The implementation of these solar dryers is intended to reduce producers' work spent in grain drying activities, make more efficient use of solar energy in grain drying, improve grain quality and the yield of coffee processing, and consequently increase the growers' income.","Indigenous communities of the Istmo de Tehuantepec region","N/A"]
["2002-10-04","JPAC Session 02-03, 04 October 2002, Albuquerque, NM, United States","N/A","Event","JPAC","Water\nOperational Plan","JPAC held a regular session on 4 October 2002 in Albuquerque, New Mexico in conjunction with a public workshop on freshwater issues in North America held at the same location on 3 October 2002.","Asociación Mexicana de Mujeres Organizadoras en Red A.C.\nAssembly of First Nations\nCentre for Indigenous Environmental Ressources","http://www.cec.org/events/regular-session-of-the-joint-public-advisory-committee-02-03/"]
["2002-12-10","JPAC Session 02-04, 10 December 2002, Monterrey, NL, Mexico","N/A","Event","JPAC","Financing\nSustainable Development","JPAC held a regular session on 10 December 2002, in Monterrey, Nuevo León, in conjunction with a public workshop on Investing in North America's Future: Innovative Financing for Sustainable Development, which was held at the same location on 9 December 2002.","Café La Selva \nCentre for Indigenous Environmental Resources\nSt-Mary's First Nation\n","http://www.cec.org/events/regular-session-of-the-joint-public-advisory-committee-02-04/"]
["2003-03-11","Strategic Plan for North American Cooperation in the Conservation of Biodiversity","Commission for Environmental Cooperation","Publication","Projects","Ecosystems","Aware that biodiversity conservation is a complex issue being dealt with by a number of organizations, and in response to the recommendations made by the 1997 \"Four-year Review of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation\" that required the CEC to have a strategic vision of its contribution to sustainable development in North America, the Council decided that a biodiversity strategy tailored to CEC’s unique features should be prepared. Subsequently, a project to define the focus and long-term agenda of CEC’s Conservation of Biodiversity Program was approved by Council in late 1999. In 2001, Council Resolution 01-03 (Appendix 2) established the Biodiversity Conservation Working Group (BCWG) to guide and assist the Parties in finalizing the Strategic Plan for North American Cooperation in the Conservation of Biodiversity (Strategic Plan) and to provide advice to the Council for its implementation according to the above-mentioned Resolution. The Terms of Reference for the BCWG are provided in Appendix 3. The Strategic Plan will be updated every five years.","N/A (see stakeholder consultation of 22 March, 2000)","http://www3.cec.org/islandora/en/item/1934-strategic-plan-north-american-cooperation-in-conservation-biodiversity"]
["2003-03-24","CEC Second North American Symposium on Assessing the Environmental Effects of Trade","N/A","Event","CEC","Trade & Environment","- Public Workshop on NAFTA Chapter 11, hosted by the Joint Public Advisory Committee\n- The Environmental Impact of the Energy Sector under NAFTA\n- Trade and Indigenous Groups in North America\n- Trade Liberalization and Agriculture","Asociación Mexicana Indígena para el Desarrollo Sustentable, A. C.\nAsociación Mexicana de Mujeres Organizadoras en Red A.C.\nIndigenous Environmental Network, United States\nIndigenous Network on Economies and Trade, Canada","N/A"]
["2003-03-27","JPAC Session 03-01, 27 March 2003, Mexico City, Mexico","N/A","Event","JPAC","Trade & Environment","The Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) held a regular session on 27 March 2003, in Mexico City, Mexico, in conjunction with a public workshop on Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the second North American Symposium on Assessing the Environmental Effects of Trade.","Asociación Mexicana Indígena para el Desarrollo Sustentable, A. C.\nAsociación Mexicana de Mujeres Organizadoras en Red A.C.\nIndigenous Environmental Network, United States\nIndigenous Network on Economies and Trade, Canada","http://www.cec.org/events/regular-session-of-the-joint-public-advisory-committee-03-01/"]
["2003-06-23","JPAC Session 03-02, 23-25 June 2003, Washington DC, United States","N/A","Event","JPAC","Enforcement\nPollutants","The Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) of North America held a regular session on 23–25 June in Washington, DC, in conjunction with the Tenth Regular Session of the CEC Council and immediately following a Plenary Session on the CEC North American Environmental Enforcement Compliance Cooperation Program (EWG). A JPAC workshop on CEC Assessments of Transboundary Air Issues was also held jointly with the North American Air Working Group (NAAWG).","Inuit Circumpolar Conference\nNishnawbe - Aski Nation\nIndigenous Network on Economies & Trade, Canada\nIndian Law Resource Center","http://www.cec.org/events/regular-session-of-the-joint-public-advisory-committee-03-02/"]
["2003-07-02","The Impacts of Environmental Contamination on Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek (Grassy Narrows First Nation) and Wabauskang First Nation","Asubpeechoseewagong Netum Anishinabek (Grassy Narrows First Nation)","Grant","NAFEC","Indigenous People\nPollutants","In 2000-2001, a preliminary study found high levels of dioxins/furans in one of the mink samples, in addition to high levels of mercury in otter. Fourteen samples of wild meat had mercury above Health Canada's guidelines for the consumption of fish for frequent fish eaters. As a result, the community wishes to expand the preliminary study to generate more samples and include Wabauskang First Nation. They wish to continue to test samples for a variety of contaminants including metals and dioxins/furans. They would also like to include a traditional knowledge component that documents the impact of contamination on the two communities. These results will then be compared with those generated in similar studies in the boreal forest of the United States and Canada, in particular, and North America, in general, and with consumption guidelines produced by Health Canada and the World Health Organization. The project will produce a community report, workshop and video that will give the two communities the necessary tools to monitor and take action if necessary and will allow them to share results with Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities in North America.","Wabauskang First Nation\nAsubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek (Grassy Narrows First Nation)","N/A"]
["2003-07-02","Sustainable Municipal Planning in Maruata, Mexico: Building Capacity in Indigenous Communities","Boston University, School of Public Health (BUSPH)","Grant","NAFEC","Indigenous People\nPollutants","The Pomaro indigenous community in Maruata, Michoacán, like many small, low-income communities in North America, is faced with municipal planning choices that will have profound influences on its development and the health of its residents. In collaboration with the the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH), the community will develop its capacity for monitoring and assessing the watershed, freshwater sources, water delivery systems, water quality, human and animal excreta management, wastewater management, and community health conditions with the premise that an understanding of the current status of water and waste management and how best to monitor their status will help people determine which community-level interventions will make a difference in public health and environmental protection.","Pomaro Indigenous community in Maruata, Michoacán, Mexico","N/A"]
["2003-07-02","Environmental Health and Healing in Baja California's Indigenous Communities","Instituto de Culturas Nativas de Baja California, A.C. (CUNA)","Grant","NAFEC","Indigenous People\nPollutants","This project will empower indigenous community health committees, through participation in assessment and monitoring of health and environmental issues in their communities, in order to better understand the interrelationship between the two. Once this information is established, the health committee promotores, CUNA and Esperanza will use it as a tool for advocacy, community prevention/education and planning.","Indigenous communities of Baja California, Mexico","N/A"]
["2003-07-02","Reduction of Exposure to Lead Monoxide in the Purépechas Pottery-producing Communities in Santa Fe de la Laguna and Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán, Mexico","Grupo Interdisciplinario de Tecnología Rural Apropiada (GIRA), A.C.","Grant","NAFEC","Indigenous People\nPollutants","This project will enable an assessment and monitoring of the results of a year and a half of work with Purépechas promoters in Santa Fe de la Laguna, while also strengthening awareness of the effects of lead on health and of the sound management of lead in traditional pottery production. Lead is a toxic and accumulative heavy metal. Children are most vulnerable to the health effects of lead, as their developing bodies, pound for pound, absorb a higher lead concentration than adults. It is easily inhaled or ingested and is distributed in the blood, soft tissue and bones, where it may remain for decades.","Purépecha Indigenous communities of Santa Fe de la Laguna and Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán, Mexico","N/A"]
["2003-08-29","Participation of Indigenous Peoples in the CEC: A Review","Reid, John","Report","Organizational","Indigenous People","This report describes some of the underlying issues that must be addressed by the CEC in relationship to the participation of Indigenous Peoples. In doing so it proposes short and longer term plans of action for the CEC to consider for engaging Indigenous Peoples as partners in the implementation of CEC activities. \n\nThe overall objective of this study is to contribute to the CEC review of the participation of aboriginal peoples in CEC work, and recommend changes and improvements. To achieve this objective, the following work tasks have been completed:\n1. Review of the CEC commitment to meaningful public input into CEC activities in regards to\nIndigenous Peoples;\n2. Review of past and current practices with respect to the role of indigenous peoples or representatives\nin CEC activities;\n3. Completion of a survey of indigenous peoples groups, their geographical distribution and the\nrespective domestic responsibilities of governments towards them;\n4. Identifying views on appropriate role for indigenous people’s participation and issues related to their\nparticipation including the challenges of:\na. Representation of indigenous peoples groups in CEC activities.\nb. Identifying what potential traditional knowledge indigenous peoples could bring to specific\nprojects.\nc. The best ways to outreach to Indigenous Peoples.\n5. Scanning programming opportunities for the future involvement of Indigenous Peoples.","(who participated/were interviewed in this review, not who have been identified by the review)\nCentre of Indigenous Environmental Resources\nMembertou Band Council\nInuit Circumpolar Council, Canada\nCree Regional Authority\nAssembly of First Nations\nMohawk Council of Akwesasne\nNative Ecology Initiative\nNavajo Nation\nAsociación Nacioal Indígena Plural por la Autonomía, ANIPA, A.C.","Unpublished"]
["2003-09-29","North American Regional Action Plan on Lindane - Task Force & Public Meeting, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, 29-30 September 2003","N/A","Event","Projects","Pollutants","The Task Force has scheduled public meetings in Guadalajara, Jalisco (29-30 September 2003) in order to provide opportunities for meaningful interventions by citizens and groups who are most impacted by the use and distribution of this toxic substance.","Consejo Regional Otomí del Alto Lerma (CROAL)\nCentro de Derechos Humanos Yax'kin A.C.\nConsejo de la Nacionalidad Otomí A.C. (CONAO)\nInuit Circumpolar Conference\nAlaska Community Action on Toxics\nCanadian Arctic Resources Committee","N/A"]
["2004-02-11","North American Regional Action Plan on Lindane - Task Force & Public Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, United States, 11-13 February 2004","N/A","Event","Projects","Pollutants","The Task Force has scheduled public meetings in Anchorage, Alaska (12-13 February 2004) in order to provide opportunities for meaningful interventions by citizens and groups who are most impacted by the use and distribution of this toxic substance.","Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium\nGwich’in Council International\nConsejo de la Nacionalidad Otomí A.C. (CONAO)\nCentre for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrituion and Environment, Canada\nInuit Circumpolar Conference, Canada\nAlaska Community Action in Toxics\nAlaska Inter-Tribal Council\nCanadian Arctic Resources Committee","N/A"]
["2004-06-15","Ten Years of North American Environmental Cooperation: Report of the Ten-Year Review and Assessment Committee to the Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation","Johnson, Pierre Marc\nPage, Robert\nHaverkamp, Jennifer A.\nMizroch, John F.\nBasurto, Daniel\nTorres, Blanca","Publication","Organizational","Climate Change\nEcosystems\nEnforcement\nGreen Economy\nPollutants","In 2004, an independent Ten-Year Review and Assessment Committee (TRAC) undertook an examination of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation. TRAC produced a report that reviewed the implementation of the NAAEC and provided an assessment of the impacts of the various programs of the CEC.","Membertou Band Council\nCentre for Indigenous Environmental Resources","http://www3.cec.org/islandora/en/item/11382-ten-years-north-american-environmental-cooperation-report-ten-year-review-and-assessment"]
["2004-06-22","JPAC Session 04-02, 22-23 June 2004, Puebla, PUE, Mexico","N/A","Event","JPAC","Operational Plan","The Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) of North America held a regular session on 22–23 June in Puebla, Mexico, in conjunction with the Eleventh Regular Session of the CEC Council and immediately following a JPAC public workshop on Future Directions for the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC).","Mujeres por la Dignidad Indígena\nUnion Campesina Emiliano Zapata UCEZ\nUnidad Indígena Totonaca Nahuatl \nComunidad Indígena para la defensa del maiz y la cultura\n\n","http://www.cec.org/events/regular-session-of-the-joint-public-advisory-committee-04-02/"]
["2004-11-08","Maize and Biodiversity - The Effects of Transgenic Maize in Mexico: Key Findings and Recommendations","Commission for Environmental Cooperation. Secretariat.","Publication","Independent reports","Green Economy\nEcosystems","This report comprises key ﬁndings and recommendations to the CEC Council concerning maize and genetic diversity in Mexico. The context, mandate, process, and guiding framework for arriving at these conclusions are outlined below. A glossary of technical terms is also attached. For further information on the historical and contemporary context as well as the discussion papers and background volumes assembled in the course of this study, please consult the CEC’s web site at www.cec.org/maize.","Comisariado de Bienes Comunales de Capulalpam de Méndez, Ixtlán, Oaxaca\nComisariado de Bienes Comunales de Santiago Comaltepec, Ixtlán, Oaxaca\nComisariado de Bienes Comunales de la Trinidad, Ixtlán, Oaxaca\nComisariado de Bienes Comunales de San Juan Atepec, Ixtlán, Oaxaca\nComisariado de Bienes Comunales de San Andrés Yatuni, Ixtlán, Oaxaca\nComisariado de Bienes Comunales de Santa María Zoogochi, Ixtlán, Oaxaca\nGrupo Michiza\nComisariado de Bienes Comunales de San Juan Yagila, Ixtlán, Oaxaca\nComité de Pequeños Propietarios de Río Verde\nComisariado de Bienes Comunales de San Juan Luvina, Ixtlán, Oaxaca\nComisariado de Bienes Comunales de Santo Domingo Cacalotepec, Ixtlán, Oaxaca\nComisariado de Bienes Comunales de San Martín Buena Vista, Ixtlán, Oaxaca\nComisariado de Bienes Comunales de San Juan Chicomezúchil, Ixtlán, Oaxaca\nUnión de Comunidades Productoras Forestales Zapotecos-Chinantecos de la Sierra (Uzachi)\nComisariado de Bienes Comunales de San Francisco La Reforma, Ixtlán, Oaxaca\nGrupo de Raza Indígena, Loma Larga, Tepuxtepec, Mixe\nComisariado de Bienes Comunales de Santa María Jaltianguis, Ixtlán, Oaxaca\nComisariado de Bienes Comunales de Ixtlán de Juárez, Oaxaca\nComisariado de Bienes Comunales de Santa María Totomoxtla, Ixtlán, Oaxaca\nComisariado de Bienes Comunales de Santiago Xiacuí, Ixtlán, Oaxaca\nComisariado de Bienes Comunales de Pueblos Mancomunados, Ixtlán, Oaxaca\nComisariado de Bienes Comunales de San Juan Teponaxtla, Cuicatlán, Oaxaca\nComisariado de Bienes Comunales de San Pedro Nexicho, Ixtlán, Oaxaca\nEstudios Rurales y Asesoría Campesina, A.C. Oaxaca","http://www3.cec.org/islandora/en/item/2152-maize-and-biodiversity-effects-transgenic-maize-in-mexico-key-findings-and"]
["2004-12-20","Implementing the Global Programme of Action in North America: Lessons Learned From Two Pilot Projects","Global Programme of Action Coalition for the Gulf of Maine\nThe Bight of the Californias Ad Hoc Committee","Publication","Projects","Ecosystems","Degradation of the marine environment too often is the result of human activities that use resources beyond replenishment, that dispose of wastes in areas unable to assimilate pollutants, and that physically alter or destroy habitats. In 1995, 109 nations of the world adopted the United Nations Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land Based Activities (GPA) (United Nations Environment Programme, 1995).","N/A","http://www3.cec.org/islandora/en/item/2162-implementing-global-programme-action-in-north-america"]
["2005-02-01","Estudio inicial sobre maíz criollo en México: Perspectivas de mercado para los maíces criollos y los productos elaborados con ellos\n","Bastida Muñoz, Mindähi C.\nVásquez, Héctor","Report","Projects","Indigenous People\nGreen Economy","En este informe se presentan los resultados de un análisis de mercado que permiten conocer, entre los mexicanos, aspectos de producción de maíz criollo, consumo de productos regionales de maíz, y la disposición de consumidores a pagar un sobre precio por dichos productos. Adicionalmente se hace una descripción sobre la importancia de las prácticas agrícolas tradicionales de producción de maíz sobre la agrodiversidad y biodiversidad en México. Este informe es complementario de las actividades que realiza la Comisión para la Cooperación Ambiental (CCA) orientadas al desarrollo de la capacidad y participación de las comunidades indígenas, y que están relacionadas con la producción sustentable y respetuosa con el ambiente y la biodiversidad.","Asociación Mexicana de Arte y Cultura Popular, A.C.","Unpublished"]
["2005-10-11","JPAC Session 05-03, 11 October 2005, Mexico City, Mexico","N/A","Event","JPAC","Organizational\nTrade & Environment\n","The Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) of North America held a regular session on 11 October 2005, in conjunction with Enviro-Pro, an international trade conference. ","Nacional Campesina Indigena y Producto Rurales\nAsociación Mexicana de Mujeres Organizadoras en Red A.C. \nGrupo Etnico del Sur, San Nicolas, Tolexotino, Guerrero, Mexico","http://www.cec.org/events/regular-session-of-the-joint-public-advisory-committee-05-03/"]
["2005-11-29","JPAC Session 05-04, 29 November 2005, Montreal, QC, Canada","N/A","Event","JPAC","Trade & Environment","The Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) of North America held a regular session on 29 November 2005, in conjunction with the Third North American Symposium on Assessing the Environmental Effects of Trade. ","Asociación Nacional de Productores Orgánicos y de Apoyo Comunitario\nCentre for Indigenous Environmental Ressources\n","http://www.cec.org/events/jpac-public-meeting-roundtables-on-assessing-the-environmental-effects-of-trade-in-north-america/"]
["2005-12-09","Public Consultation: Our Future within the CEC - Strategic Plan of the Joint Public Advisory Committee 2006-2010","N/A","Public Consultation","JPAC","Organizational","Public Consultation: Our Future within the CEC - Strategic Plan of the Joint Public Advisory Committee 2006-2010","Grand Council of the Crees, Cree Regional Authority\n\n","N/A"]
["2006-01-09","Tarahumara: Factual Record, North American Environmental Law and Policy, Volume 20","Commission for Environmental Cooperation","Publication","Submissions on Enforcement Matters (SEM)","Enforcement","Contains: Final Factual Record Tarahumara Submission (SEM-00-006)","Comisión de Solidaridad y Defensa de los Derechos Humanos A.C. (COSYDDHAC)\nCiénega de Guacayvo, Chihuahua, Mexico\nRocheachi, Chihuahua, Mexico\nPino Gordo, Chihuahua, Mexico\n","http://www3.cec.org/islandora/en/item/2750-north-american-environmental-law-and-policy-volume-20"]
["2006-03-28","JPAC Session 06-01, 28-29 March 2006, Vancouver, BC, Canada","N/A","Event","JPAC","Pollutants\nElectronics","The Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) of North America held a regular session on 28 March 2006, centered on the presentation of the “North America Clean Electronics Pollution Prevention Partnership” (CEP 3 / NAP 3). The main objective of this working meeting was to present and discuss the project, as well as to define a common strategy for its successful implementation in North America. In addition, on 29 March, the public had the opportunity to visit North America’s leading business and environment trade fair, the Globe Foundation’s biennial fair and conference, and attend the JPAC workshop with SMEs.","Confederación Nacional Campesina Indígena y Productores Rurales\nAsociación Nacional de Productores Organicos y de Apoyo Comunitario","http://www.cec.org/events/regular-session-of-the-joint-public-advisory-committee-06-01-working-meeting-on-the-north-american-clean-electronics-pollution-prevention-partnership-sme-workshop/"]
["2006-06-27","JPAC Session 06-02 and 13th Council Session, 27-28 June 2006, Washington DC, United States","N/A","Event","JPAC\nCouncil","Renewable Energy","The Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) of North America held a regular session on 27–28 June 2006, in conjunction with the Thirteenth Regular Session of the CEC Council. This session followed a JPAC public workshop on “Renewable Energy Alternatives: Biofuels, solar Energy and Wind Power,” held on 27 June 2006.\n\nThe Council held a public session on 28 June during which a limited number of members from the public were invited to present oral statements on any issue related to the future of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation or the CEC.","Confederación Nacional Campesina de Indígenas y Productores Rurales A.C. \nCree Regional Authority \nAlaska Inter-Tribal Council\n","http://www.cec.org/events/thirteenth-regular-session-of-the-cec-council-and-meetings-of-the-joint-public-advisory-committee-jpac/"]
["2006-11-07","JPAC Session 06-04, 7-8 November 2006, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico","N/A","Event","JPAC","Trade & Environment","Presentations at the “Roundtable on Conservation and Trade” at the Joint Public Advisory Committee Regular Session 06-04 in Cancun, Mexico, November 7, 2006","Confederación Nacional Campesina de Indigenas y Productores Rurales","http://www.cec.org/events/regular-session-of-the-joint-public-advisory-committee-06-04/"]
["2006-11-28","Annual Meeting of the Consultative Group for the North American PRTR, 28-30 November 2006, San Diego, California, United States","N/A","Event","Projects","Pollutants\nIndigenous People","Annual Meeting of the Consultative Group for the North American Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR), including a special session for Tribal and Indigenous representatives and governments on 30 November.","Tohono O'odham Nation Environmental Protection Agency\nCampo Tribe Environmental Protection Agency\nAlianza para ell Desarrollo Sustentable en las Comunidades Indígenas de Baja California (ADESU)\nGrand Council of the Crees, Cree Regional Authority\nLa Huerta, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico\nInstituto de Culturas Nativas de Baja California, A.C. (CUNA)\nConfederación Nacional Campesina de Indigenas y Productores Rurales, A.C.\nNative American Environmental Protection Coalition (NAEPC)\nWalpole Island First Nations\nEnvironmental Stewardship Unit, Assembly of First Nations\nCentre for Indigenous Environmental Ressources\nCocopah Tribe\nPala Band of Missions Indians\nAlaska Inter-Tribal Council","N/A"]
["2007-03-27","North American Indigenous Environmental Health Assembly Preplanning Meeting, March 27-29 2007, Lansdowne, Virginia, United States","N/A","Event","Projects","Pollutants\nIndigenous People","N/A","Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council\nLittle Traverse Bay Bands of Adawa Indians\nIndigenous Environmental Network\nTulalip Tribes\nIndigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism\nAlaska Native Science Commission\nThe Institute for Tribal Government, Portland State University\nMakah Tribe\nKotzebu, Alaska, United States\nAssembly of First Nations\nFirst Nations University of Canada\nInuit Tapiriit Kanatami\nInuit Circumpolar Conference, Canada\nAamjiwnaang First Nation\nConfederación Nacional Campesina de Indigenas y Productores Rurales, A.C.","N/A"]
["2007-09-25","Toxic Chemicals and Indigenous Communities: Two Case Studies Explore How the CEC’s North American Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) Project Can Better Serve Indigenous and Tribal Communities","Plain, Ron\nStigler, Paula\nSarabla, Hiram","Publication","Projects","Pollutants","Two case studies explore how the CEC's North American Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) Project can better serve indigenous and tribal communities.","Aamjiwnaang First Nation\nRincon Band of Luiseño Indians\nKetegaunseebee (Garden River) First Nation","http://www3.cec.org/islandora/en/item/2321-toxic-chemicals-and-indigenous-communities"]
["2007-09-25","JPAC Session 07-03, 25-26 September 2007, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada","N/A","Event","JPAC\nProjects","Indigenous People\nPollutants","The Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) of North America held its third regular session on 25–26 September 2007, the purpose of which was to seek feedback from indigenous people on how to better engage their communities in the work of the CEC.","Oneida Nation of the Thames\nAlexis Nakota Sioux Nation\nConfederación Nacional Campesina de Indigenas y Productores Rurales A.C.\nPatronato Pro Zona Mazahua A.C. \nPeguis First Nation\nInstituto de Culturas Nativas de Baja California A.C. \nCentre for Indigenous Environmental Ressources\nChiefs of Ontario, Canada\nMembertou Band Council, Canada\nCampo Nation Environmental Protection Agency Board of Commissioners \nComunidad Indígena Potrero de la Palmita \nInstitut de dévelopement durable des Premières Nations du Québec et du Labrador\nNishnawbe Aski Development Fund\nUnion of New Brunswick Indians\nOntario First Nations Technical Services Corporation\nAyuntamiento de Huajicori, Mexico\nHydro Ilnu Inc. \nAssembly of Manitoba Chiefs\nKahnawake Environment Protection Office\nWalpole Island First Nation\nHupačasath First Nation\nAnishinabek of the Gitchi Gami, Canada\nCouncil of Energy Resource Tribes\nMohawk Council of Akwesasne, Canada\nAsociación Nacional de Productores Organicos y de Apoyo A.C. \nGaspé Gewaq Migmaq Resource Council \nFederación Estatal de Proprietarios Rurales de Oaxaca A.C. \nInuit Circumpolar Council - Canada\nAssembly of First Nations\nConseil des Innus Pessamit, Canada \nKinto Sol A.C., Mexico\nInnu Nation \nComunidad Indígena de San Andres Cohamiata, Mexico\nYukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council \nIntertribal Council on Utility Policy, United States\nAlaska Inter-Tribal Council\nFederation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations ","http://www.cec.org/events/engaging-indigenous-communities-in-the-work-of-the-cec-regular-session-of-the-joint-public-advisory-committee-07-03/"]
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["2008-03-10","Convening of Indigenous Peoples for the Healing of Mother Earth: A Conference of North American Indigenous Peoples on Environmental Health Issues, 10-13 March 2008, Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico","N/A","Event","JPAC\nSecretariat","Indigenous People","This event brought together indigenous representatives from the three countries, to discuss environmental health issues facing their communities. It also provided a forum for participants to share information, ideas, innovations, and best practices, to inspire and identify solutions.  \n\nAs a result of the discussion, the “Message of the Living Spirit of the Convening of Indigenous Peoples for the Healing of Mother Earth” was officially adopted. The message contains a call of action to indigenous peoples as well as to the global community, to promote and ensure the protection of our shared environment. ","Assembly of First Nations, Canada\nInuit Circumpolar Council, Canada\nIndigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism, United States\nSeven Generations Consulting, United States\nMeadow Lake Tribal Council, Canada\nCouncil of Yukon First Nations, Canada\nDene Nation, Canada\nSagkeeng First Nation, Canada\nHobbema First Nation, Canada\nLower Similkameen Indian Band, Canada\nPenelakut Tribe, Canada\nAdams Lake Indian Band, Canada\nTa’an Kwach’an Council, Canada\nCowessess First Nation, Canada\nPessamit Community, Canada\nCurve Lake First Nation, Canada\nBear River First Nation, Canada\nCree Nation of Eastmain, Canada\nKahnawake Environmental Unit, Canada\nChiefs of Ontario, Canada\nSix Nations, Canada\nWalpole Island First Nation, Canada\nAamjiwnaang First Nation\nAssembly of Manitoba Chiefs, Canada\nFederation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, Canada\nPiikani Nation, Canada\nTl’azt’en Nation, Canada\nLiard First Nation, Canada\nTr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation, Canada\nAthabasca Fort Chipewyan First Nation, Canada\nGarden Hill First Nation, Canada\nSaddle Lake First Nation, Canada\nIndian Brook First Nation, Canada\nWhitefish River First Nation, Canada\nPauktuutit Inuit Women’s Association, Nunavut, Canada\nNunatsiavut Inuit, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada\nInuvialuit Inuit, Western Canada Arctic, Canada\nNunavik Inuit, Quebec, Canada\nLittle Traverse Bay Bands of Adawa Indians, Michigan, United States\nYakatat Tlingit Tribe, Alaska, United States\nKnik Tribal Council, Alaska, United States\nTulalip Tribes, Washington, United States\nKanaka Maoli, Hawaii, United States\nTraditional Native American Farmers Association, United States\nOnondaga Nation, New York, United States\nBlackfoot Tribe, Montana, United States\nNative Hawaiian People, Hawaii, United States\nTesuque and Zuni Native Americans, United States\nNorthern Cheyenne Indian Tribe, Montana, United States\nWestern Shoshone Tribe, United States\nCherokee Nation, Oklahoma, United States\nLakota Sioux, Dakota Nations, United States\nAlaska Inter-Tribal Council, Alaska, United States","N/A"]
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["2010-04-13","Submission on Enforcement Matter SEM-10-002 - Alberta Tailings Ponds","Submitter","Submission","Submissions on Enforcement Matters (SEM)","Enforcement","The submission SEM-10-002 (Alberta Tailings Ponds), alleges that tailings ponds resulting from the extraction of bitumen from mined oil sands deposits in northern Alberta, \"contain a large variety of substances that are deleterious to fish,\" and that \"these substances migrate to groundwaters and the surrounding soil and surface waters.\" The Submitters further allege that their own report shows tailings ponds currently leak four billion liters (1 billion gallons) each year. The Submitters assert, among other things, that Canada is failing to effectively enforce its environmental law through \"abdication of its responsibility to monitor, investigate and enforce subsection 36(3) of the [Fisheries Act]\" which prohibits such alleged leakage, and the \"indirect deposition of deleterious substances\" in \"any place under any conditions where the deleterious substance may enter into such waters.\"","K'asho Got'ine Dene First Nation\nAthabasca Chipewyan First Nation\nPrince Albert Grand Council","http://www.cec.org/submissions-on-enforcement/registry-of-submissions/alberta-tailings-ponds/"]
["2010-11-16","JPAC Session 10-03, 16-17 November 2010, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States","N/A","Event","JPAC","Green Economy","The Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation will host a public forum in New Orleans, Louisiana, on 16-17 November to discuss innovative ways to achieve an environmentally sustainable North American economy.","Colonias Development Council \nNative Action\nPascua Yaqui Tribe\nBlackfeet Tribe\nYukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council ","http://www.cec.org/events/joint-public-advisory-committee-jpac-regular-session-10-03-greening-the-economy-in-north-america/"]
["2011-02-01","A Guide to Ecological Scorecards for Marine Protected Areas in North America","Commission for Environmental Cooperation","Publication","Projects","Ecosystems","This guide is an introduction to the use of marine ecological scorecards and condition reports, which are tools for assessing the condition of marine protected areas in North America. Marine protected areas (MPAs) are managed marine and coastal areas of ecological significance, featuring species and/or properties which require special consideration. Managing these areas effectively helps conserve marine biodiversity in critical marine habitats.","Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council\nUckucklesaht First Nation\nHuu-ay-aht First Nation\nTla-o-qui-aht First Nation\nTseshaht First Nation\nToquaht First Nation\nUcluelet First Nation\nDitidaht First Nation\nCooperativa Abuloneros y Langosteros, Isla Guadalupe, Mexico\nCooperativa Buzos y Pescadore, El Vizcaíno, Mexico","http://www3.cec.org/islandora/en/item/4184-guide-ecological-scorecards-marine-protected-areas-in-north-america"]
["2011-06-21","JPAC Session 11-02, 21-22 June 2011, Montreal, Quebec, Canada","N/A","Event","JPAC","Trade & Environment\nPollutants","The Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) of North America held its Regular Session 11-02 on 21–22 June 2011 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The first day of the Session consisted of a public forum to examine the issues surrounding the rapidly growing amount of electronic waste in North America, and to explore ways the three NAFTA countries can promote better management of e-waste and curb the illegal trade of e-waste products. The results of the Managing E-waste in North America public forum will be considered as possible Advice to Council. The second day of the Session, also open to the public, was dedicated to receiving reports from the National and Governmental Advisory committees and to discussing a potential Letter of Advice to Council.","Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, United States","http://cec.org/events/eighteenth-council-regular-session-and-jpac-regular-session"]
["2011-07-01","Improving Indoor Air Quality in Alaskan Native Populations and Other Indigenous Communities in North America","N/A","Project","Projects","Pollutants","Substandard housing, overcrowding, poor indoor air quality, lack of indoor plumbing, and other environmental factors contribute to significant health problems in some indigenous communities. In parts of Alaska, one in four Native infants is hospitalized each year with acute respiratory infections and hospitalization rates for acute and chronic respiratory diseases in infants of these communities are among the highest ever documented. Adequate emergency care for these cases is not always available in remote communities, and transport and hospitalization costs can be in excess of US$50,000 per child. Bronchiectasis, a severe type of chronic pneumonia that has nearly disappeared from the developed world, is still common among Alaskan Native infants.\n\nThis project aims to demonstrate that education, along with no-cost/ low-cost home modifications such as replacing wood-burning stoves and improving home ventilation, can reduce the need for respiratory medical care in Alaskan Native populations by reducing exposure to airborne contaminants in homes.","Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium\nKwethluk, Alaska, United States\nHooper Bay, Alaska, United States\n","http://www.cec.org/improving-indoor-air-quality-in-alaskan-native-populations-and-other-indigenous-communities-in-north-america/"]
["2012-01-01","Treatment and Recycling of Grey Water to be Re-used in Family Vegetable Gardens","Escuela del Agua A.C","Grant","NAPECA","Water quality","In Malinalco, as in many other places around the world, there is a serious public health problem resulting from the lack of wastewater sanitation. We have found that many families dispose of greywater in the San Miguel River, in ravines, in the streets and even in the patios and yards of homes. Water accumulates and stagnates in areas next to their washing areas, affecting the soil and creating foul odors, unhealthy homes and breeding grounds for gastrointestinal and skin diseases.","Escuela del Agua, A.C.\nGrupo de Promotores Comunitarios Multiplicadores del Agua y Protectores del Río\nFundación Comunitaria Malinalco, A.C.","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/treatment-and-recycling-of-grey-water-to-be-re-used-in-family-vegetable-gardens/"]
["2012-01-01","Biocultural and Environmental Education and Training as a strategy for adaptation to climate change in response to limited water resources in communities","Consejo Ecoregional Sierra Tarahumara A.C","Grant","NAPECA","Biodiversity conservation\n/citizen science","This proposal originated in communities, growing out of a community consultation process on adaptability and strategies in response to climate change. Community members identified water shortages and the deterioration of areas along rivers as two of the main problems experienced in the region.","Consejo Ecoregional Sierra Tarahumara, A.C.\nRaramuri communities in the Sierra Tarahumara\n","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/biocultural-and-environmental-education-and-training-as-a-strategy-for-adaptation-to-climate-change-in-response-to-limited-water-resources-in-communities/"]
["2012-01-01","Developing Legal Tools for Climate Change Adaptation with Ejido Communities in the Lacandon Tropical Rainforest","Environmental Law Institute","Grant","NAPECA","Carbon\n/Climate change","The Lacandon tropical rainforest in the State of Chiapas is the most biologically diverse region of Mexico. It represents 50% of the remaining tropical rainforest of the country and is the last flooding rainforest of North and Central America that still remains.\n\nDespite severe degradation, the Lacandon tropical rainforest still contains 1/5 of Mexico's biological diversity, including the endangered scarlet macaw, harpy eagle, jaguar, tapir, howler and spider monkeys, and swamp crocodile.","Ejido Communities in the Lacandon Tropical Rainforest\n","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/developing-legal-tools-for-climate-change-adaptation-with-ejido-communities-in-the-lacandon-tropical-rainforest/"]
["2012-01-01","Carbon Market Links Between California and Mexico - La Sierra Cojolita Model REDD Project in Chiapas","EcoLogic Development Fund","Grant","NAPECA","Carbon/Climate change","Forest loss and degradation are major contributors to global climate change, constituting the second largest source of anthropogenic CO2 emissions after fossil fuel combustion.\n\nWithin the Sierra Cojolita Community Reserve in Chiapas, Mexico, there is great interest amongst communities to protect forests and improve livelihoods via integration into emerging carbon markets; however, a lack of technical capacity, collaboration, and financing holds them back.  ","Sierra Cojolita Community Reserve, Chiapas, Mexico\nCholes people of Frontera Corozal\nTzeltales people of Nueva Palestina\nLacandónes of Lacanjá Chansayab","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/carbon-market-links-between-california-and-mexico-la-sierra-cojolita-model-redd-project-in-chiapas/"]
["2012-01-01","Facilitating Action to Address Climate Change Adaption Needs in Indigenous North America ","Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources","Grant","NAPECA","Carbon/Climate change","Climate change will have adverse impacts on all communities. Indigenous communities are particularly vulnerable to these changes, given their relationships with lands/waters and dependence on natural resources. To address this, indigenous, aboriginal, and tribal groups will require strong efforts to plan for and adapt to projected changes, yet adaptation planning has largely not occured.\n\nIndigenous groups in North America have different ecosystems and cultural realities; however, all are stewards of their environments and given the opportunity, could learn from each other to develop plans and programs to build resiliency and long-term sustainability. ","Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources\nTobique First Nation, New Brunswick, Canada\nSaint Regis Mohawk Tribe, Akwesasne, New York, United States\nAlaska Native Tribal Health Consortium\nEgekik Village Tribal Council, Alaska, United States\nLong Plain First Nation, Erickson, Manitoba, Canada\nNokiiwin Tribal Council, Fort William First Nation, Ontario, Canada\nRed Lake Band of Chippewa, Minnesota, United States\nGovernment of Nunavut, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada\nMushkegowuk Council, Timmins, Ontario, Canada\nVuntut Gwitchin First Nation / Arctic Institute of Community-Based Research, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada\nFirst Nations Technical Services Advisory Group, Edmonton, Canada\nTurtle Clan of Onandaga Nation, via-Nedrow, NewYork, United States\nInuit Circumpolar Council Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, United States\nT'Sou-ke Nation, Sooke, British Columbia, Canada\nAnishinabek/Ontario Fisheries Resource Centre, North Bay, Ontario, Canada","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/facilitating-action-to-address-climate-change-adaptation-needs-in-indigenous-north-america/"]
["2012-01-02","Health, Education, Natural Resources and Social Organization: \"SERO\" Risks for Indigenous Communities in Regions at Risk Due to Conflicts","Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí","Grant","NAPECA","Pollution assessment/mitigation","Our group's diagnostic assessment has indicated that the indigenous communities in the Huasteca region are subject to environmental threats (chemical and biological contamination, climate change, etc.) and social threats (drug trafficking, unemployment, alcoholism, malnutrition, low educational levels, etc.), and due to their high level of marginalization, they have limited response capacity.\n\nThere is a need for greater community organization that could assist them in confronting these threats, through the implementation of intervention programs in health, education, natural resources and social organization. To increase the capacity for success of these programs and indigenous initiatives, it is proposed that a model for interaction with the university be created, to be known as CASITAS.","Cuatlamayán, San Luis Potosi, Mexico\nSan Pedro de las Anonas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico\nSanta María Picula, San Luis Potosi, Mexico","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/health-education-natural-resources-and-social-organization-sero-risks-for-indigenous-communities-in-regions-at-risk-due-to-conflicts/"]
["2012-01-15","Protecting the Environment and Health in Indigenous Communities in the Huasteca Region by using Ecological Stoves","Servicio Desarrollo y Paz Huasteca Potosina A.C.","Grant","NAPECA","Energy/Indoor air quality","There are high rates of respiratory illnesses, primarily pneumonia and bronchitis, in the Huasteca communities. By building ecological stoves, the use of cooking wood can be reduced by 40%, with the resulting decrease in burns and illnesses caused by smoke, and a reduction in the time required for the domestic task of collecting wood that especially affects women and girls.\n\nThe project is having a positive impact in relation to the previous neglect of the environment in this area, which is characterized by great biodiversity, and the risks to social well-being generated by damages to ecosystems that have led to the indigenous population's marginalization. The improved stoves create an appropriate, effective solution to be replicated widely.","Servicio Desarrollo y Paz Huasteca Potosina, A.C. (SEDEPAC), Xilitla, San Luis Potosi, Mexico\nCoordinadora de Organizaciones Campesinas e Indígenas de la Huasteca Potosina (COCIHP)\nLa Unión de Mujeres Campesinas e Indígenas de Xilitla (UMCX)\nLa Sociedad Cooperativa Agropecuaria La Igualdad (SCAIX)\nGrupo de Técnicos de la Parcela Escuela Tonantlal","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/protecting-the-environment-and-health-in-indigenous-communities-in-the-huasteca-region-by-using-ecological-stoves/"]
["2012-02-10","Submission on Enforcement Matter SEM-12-001 - BC Salmon Farms","Submiter","Submission","Submissions on Enforcement Matters (SEM)","Enforcement","The Submitters assert that Canada is failing to effectively enforce its environmental law and in particular, provisions of the federal Fisheries Act (the \"Act\").","Kwikwasu’tinuxw Haxwa’mis First Nation, British Columbia, Canada","http://www.cec.org/submissions-on-enforcement/registry-of-submissions/bc-salmon-farms/"]
["2012-04-01","Barren-ground and Woodland Caribou, Athabaskan Peoples and Climate Change: Planning for the Future","Arctic Athabaskan Council","Grant","NAPECA","Carbon/Climate change","Climate change is impacting the great herds of barren-ground and woodland caribou on which Athabaskan peoples rely for food, and cultural affirmation. The project will reveal the extent of the impact of climate change on Athabaskan peoples in Alaska and northern Canada and help them develop their adaptive capacity.\nA community climate change needs assessment survey instrument was developed in the 2010/2011 fiscal year. The instrument was circulated in Yukon communities and a statistical analysis has been completed on the data gathered in Yukon.","Arctic Athabaskan Council, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/barren-ground-and-woodland-caribou-athabaskan-peoples-and-climate-change-planning-for-the-future/"]
["2012-05-15","Commission for Environmental Cooperation Chemicals Management Forum","N/A","Event","Projects","Pollutants","Reducing risk from chemicals that can harm human health and the environment requires international cooperation, since many of these chemicals move across national borders, either through international commerce or as emissions that can travel long distances through the air and water. North America has taken this challenge seriously through a trilateral Sound Management of Chemicals (SMOC) initiative coordinated by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC).\n\nThe CEC Chemicals Management Forum is a unique opportunity to get involved in this initiative by sharing information and strengthening linkages between regional, national and international chemicals management efforts, while addressing chemical risks as an important element in protecting, sustaining and restoring the health of people, communities and ecosystems in North America.","Confederación Nacional Campesina de Indígenas y Productores Rurales A.C.\nAssembly of First Nations\nKeepers of the Athabasca Watershed Council, Alberta, Canada","http://www.cec.org/events/cec-chemicals-management-forum"]
["2012-06-01","A network to identify, enhance and transfer adaptive capacity between North American indigenous communities","Assembly of First Nations (AFN)","Grant","NAPECA","Carbon/Climate change","The resilience of Inidgenous communities has been illustrated through the ability to adapt to environmental changes throughout time. Today, Indigenous communities are experiencing unprecedented environmental changes, that are threatening their very health and well-being. Developing innovative methods to identify and adapt to such rapid changes has never been more important.\n\nThe communication, creation and exchange of information and knowledge are critical to the ability and success of Indigenous communities to effectivelly adapt to climate change and remain resilient in the face of such change. This project will establish a network to identify, enhance, and transfer adaptive capacity between North American Indigenous communities.","Assembly of First Nations\nNational Congress of American Indians, United States\nGespe’gewag Mi’gmaq Resource Council, Canada\nAssembly of First Nations Chiefs of New Brunswick, Canada\nMi’kmaq Confederacy of Prince Edward Island, Canada\nChiefs of Ontario, Canada\nAroostook Band of MicMacs, United States\nPassamquoddy Tribe (Indian Township), United States\nPassamaquoddy Tribe (Pleasant Point), United States\nWoodstock First Nation\nHoulton Band of Maliseet Indians, United States\nSt. Mary’s First Nation\nLennox Island First Nation\nIndian Island First Nation","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/a-network-to-identify-enhance-and-transfer-adaptive-capacity-between-north-american-indigenous-communities/"]
["2012-07-10","JPAC Session 12-02, 10-11 July 2012, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States","N/A","Event","JPAC","Ecosystems\nCommunity\nResilience","The Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) of North America held its Regular Session 12-02 on 9, 10 and 11 July 2012, in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The first two days of the Session consisted of a public workshop on the theme of community and ecosystem resilience.","Reserva Azul Sociedad de Producción Rural, San Andrés Cholula, Puebla, Mexico\nIsle de Jean Charles Band of BiloxiChitimacha-Choctaw, Montegut, Louisiana, United States\nCity of Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada\nPascua Yaqui Tribe, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States\nCentre for Indigenous Environmental Resources, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada\nBlackfeet Tribe, Browning, Montana, United States\nArctic Athabaskan Council Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada\nConsejo Ecoregional Sierra Tarahumara, A.C., Chihuahua, Mexico\nRanchers Stewardship Alliance Inc., Eastend, Saskatchewan, Canada","http://www.cec.org/events/nineteenth-regular-session-of-the-cec-council-and-meeting-of-the-joint-public-advisory-committee/"]
["2012-10-30","Public Meeting of the North American PRTR Project (30-31 October 2012) + Development of a Framework document to assist communities in the characterization of vulnerability to environmental contamination (1-2 November 2012), Toronto, Ontario, Canada","N/A","Event","Projects","Pollutants","The focus of this year's public meeting of the NAPRTR Project was to develop recommendations for an updated Action Plan to Enhance the Comparability of Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs) in North America (PCF).\n\nActivities included presentations showcasing the use of PRTR data and small working group discussions of key components of the Action Plan. Participants also had the opportunity to share information and experiences about industrial pollution and access to PRTR information, and provide feedback on the CEC’s NAPRTR Project and annualTaking Stock report.","Assembly of First Nations\nInuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Canada\nYukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council, Anchorage, Alaska, United States","http://www.cec.org/events/public-meeting-of-the-cecs-naprtr-project/"]
["2012-12-13","Commission for Environmental Cooperation Chemicals Management Forum: 15-16 May 2012, San Antonio, Texas","Commission for Environmental Cooperation","Publication","Projects","Pollutants","The purpose of this Report is to provide a summary of the information presented at the Forum, and capture substantive discussion, issues raised, and suggestions for next steps. The Report is organized in accordance with the Forum agenda (see Appendix 2, or click here.) All presentation “PowerPoint” slide shows used throughout the Forum are hyperlinked in this Report. They are also available at http://www.cec.org/chemicals2012. This Report also includes a section highlighting several themes that emerged during the two day forum","Assembly of First Nations\nKeepers of the Athabasca Watershed Council","http://www3.cec.org/islandora/en/item/10985-commission-environmental-cooperation-chemicals-management-forum"]
["2012-12-13","JPAC Session 12-03, 13-14 December 2012, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico","N/A","Event","JPAC","Ecosystems\nCommunity","In the framework of its third ordinary session of 2012, the Joint Public Advisory Council (JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) hosted a workshop entitled “Reducing ecosystem vulnerability, responding to community needs: tools and information for North American action” on 13–14 December 2012 in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, with participation by experts and citizens from Canada, the United States and Mexico.","Ts'unu'un Conservación y Desarrollo A. C. \nKaxil Kiuic A.C.\nMundo y Conciencia A.C. \nYa'axtal Beh Naturaleza, Sociedad y Cultura A.C. \nAssembly of First Nations \nInuit Tapiriit Kanatami\nTeslin Tlingit Council","http://www.cec.org/events/jpac-regular-session-12-03-and-workshop-reducing-ecosystem-vulnerability-responding-to-community-needs-tools-and-information-for-north-american-action/"]
["2013-02-14","Public Meeting of the North American PRTR Project - Meeting Summary","Commission for Environmental Cooperation","Publication","Projects","Pollutants","Documentation from the CEC’s annual public meeting of the North American PRTR Project, which focused on developing recommendations for an updated Action Plan to Enhance the Comparability of Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs) in North America.","Assembly of First Nations\nInuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Canada\nYukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council, Anchorage, Alaska, United States","http://www3.cec.org/islandora/en/item/11053-public-meeting-north-american-prtr-project"]
["2013-03-04","Development of a Framework Document: To Assist Communities in the Characterization of Vulnerability to Environmental Contamination","Commission for Environmental Cooperation","Publication","Projects","Pollutants","Documentation from the multi-stakeholder workshop organized by the CEC Secretariat","Assembly of First Nations\nYukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed\nInuit Tapiriit Kanatami","http://www3.cec.org/islandora/en/item/11094-development-framework-document-assist-communities-in-characterization"]
["2013-04-25","Public Consultation: How well is North America dealing with trade and environment after 20 years of NAFTA?","N/A","Public Consultation","JPAC","Trade & Environment\nOrganizational","The CEC's Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) has launched a call for information and comments on the first 20 years of NAFTA and the NAAEC. Your comments will inform an important public debate at a 20th anniversary discussion of the NAAEC taking place 17–18 October 2013, in Washington, DC. Trade and environment experts, including activists, government officials and academics, will reflect on the successes and shortcomings of the agreement, and how or whether trade liberalization can continue to coexist with strong environmental protection.","Indigenous Rights Centre, Canada\nAssembly of First Nations\nGrand Council of the Crees","http://www.cec.org/consultations/how-well-is-north-america-dealing-with-trade-and-environment-after-20-years-of-nafta/\n\n"]
["2013-10-01","Improving Indoor Air Quality to Reduce Exposure to Airborne Contaminants in Alaskan Native Populations and Other Indigenous Communities in North America","N/A","Project","Projects","Pollutants\nIndigenous People","Studies show that a combination of substandard housing, overcrowding, poor indoor air quality, and other environmental factors lead to poor health outcomes for indigenous populations. These conditions will continue to be exacerbated by climate change. Through the 2011-12 Operational Plan, CEC funds have supported the development of a model and methods for improving air quality in the homes of high-risk children in indigenous communities. This project continues in 2013-14 to support this study to generate a robust dataset that can support recommendations for healthy homes projects in North America.","Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium\nAlaska Native Medical Center","http://www.cec.org/improving-indoor-air-quality-to-reduce-exposure-to-airborne-contaminants-in-alaskan-native-populations-and-other-indigenous-communities-in-north-america/"]
["2013-10-17","JPAC Session 13-03, 17-18 October 2013, Washington DC, United States","N/A","Event","JPAC","Trade & Environment\nOrganizational","The CEC’s Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) would like to thank the many people who have sent comments to mark the 20th anniversary of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation, and it welcomes one and all to come to Washington, DC, on October 17 and 18, to debate and contribute to the advice JPAC will draft to North America’s three environment ministers.","Indigenous Rights Centre, Canada\nAssembly of First Nations\nGrand Council of the Crees\nConfederación Nacional Campesina de Indígenas y Productores Rurales A. C.\nYukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council","http://www.cec.org/events/jpac-regular-session-13-03-20-years-of-nafta-and-the-naaec/"]
["2014-03-01","Community Improvement of Sanitation, Farm, Tourism and Ecological Services for Sustainable Development in the Hñahñü Indigenous Community of El Alberto, Ixmiquilpan (Hidalgo, Mexico)","Parque Ecoalberto, Comunidad El Alberto","Grant","NAPECA","Water quality/waste water management","In very little time, the indigenous community of El Alberto went from being a marginalized community with serious hindrances to accessing “modern” development, to a community with a high level of foreign emigration, eventually leading to the exploitation of its resources through tourism activities. The search for further development and a better quality of living for its inhabitants brought about a new global vision, leading local inhabitants to manage, use and handle resources beyond what they had for millennia. Therefore, the project is aimed at finding the environmental advantages associated with emigration and the extensive ecosystem fragmentation in urban and farming zones. It also seeks to improve the economic benefits derived by the community from tourism and related activities, which enjoy quality services in terms of sustainability and lessons in ecological management. For example, the proper development of the tourism infrastructure will set the stage for comprehensive, environmentally sustainable management.","Hñahñü Indigenous Community of El Alberto, Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo, Mexico","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/community-improvement-of-sanitation-farm-tourism-and-ecological-services-for-sustainable-development-in-the-hnahnu-indigenous-community-of-el-alberto-ixmiquilpa"]
["2014-03-01","Rural Schools in the Texcoco Mountain Zone, Toward Sustainability","Texcotli Productores y Artesanos del Estado de México A.C","Grant","NAPECA","Sustainable agriculture","This project is primarily intended to foster environmental education, in theory and practice, as a complement to a complete education, since schools currently address the issue only superficially.\n\nThe disproportionate use of natural resources and their byproducts in homes and schools, primarily water and electricity, has been passed on to new generations, as school-age children have little or no moderation when using such resources.\n\nTwo factors that aggravate this problem are the low monetary price of water in the region, which leads to wastefulness and thus scarcity in dry periods, and the high price of electrical power, as current utility regulations and collections have had a serious economic impact on the region’s population and educational institutions.","Texcotli Productores y Artesanos del Estado de México A.C. Santa Catarina del Monte, Texcoco, Mexico State, Mexico","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/rural-schools-in-the-texcoco-mountain-zone-toward-sustainability/"]
["2014-03-01","Indigenous Perspectives for Lake Winnipeg","Lake Winnipeg Foundation","Grant","NAPECA","Watershed management/water quality","Lake Winnipeg is the world’s tenth largest lake, with a watershed that spans two countries, four provinces, four states, and over 100 indigenous nations. Because of excess phosphorus loading from human activity across this vast transboundary watershed, Lake Winnipeg is one of the most eutrophic large lakes in the world. In 2013, Lake Winnipeg was designated Threatened Lake of the Year by the Global Nature Fund. Economically, Lake Winnipeg’s deteriorating health jeopardizes its significant fishery and tourism industries and has reduced property values. Ecologically, eutrophication has affected the resilience of the lake’s food chain and could have far-reaching detrimental effects on biodiversity. Socially, toxic blue green algae blooms limit access to water for cultural and traditional activities, reduce drinking water quality, and could significantly impact the environmental health of local fishing communities if toxins accumulate in fish.","Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources\nYukon River Intertribal Watershed Council\nBrokenhead Ojibway Nation\nNorway House Cree Nation\nFisher River Cree Nation\nPoplar River First Nation\nGrand Rapids First Nation","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/indigenous-perspectives-for-lake-winnipeg/"]
["2014-03-01","Strengthening Community Ties for Environmental Health and Sustainability","BioFutura A. C","Grant","NAPECA","Sustainable agriculture","Mexico is a country of great cultural and biological diversity, with indigenous groups, communities and peoples and a wide variety of landscapes making Mexico a place of enormous wealth.\n\nHowever, this biocultural heritage is being lost. The high rate of population growth, coupled with poor farming and forestry practices, have led to the loss of ecosystems at an alarming rate. The population inhabiting these places has also undergone severe marginalization, as well as major gaps in education, lack of access to adequate nutrition, hunger, lack of access to health services and inadequate living conditions in general.\n\nThe Municipality of Huehuetla in the State of Hidalgo is located in the Otomí-Tepehua indigenous zone, with a landscape dominated by mid-tropical woodlands and cloud forest; however, activities such as stockbreeding and the non-sustainable use of forests has led to growing marginalization, making it necessary to implement environmentally friendly ecotechniques in line with local customs and practices, to join market capabilities with other municipalities, with a focus on gender equity.","Cerro del Tomate, Huehuetla, Hidalgo, Mexico\nEl Ñanjuay, Tenango de Doria, Hidalgo, Mexico\nEl Xoñe, Huehuetla, Hidalgo, Mexico\nLa Cebolla (Arroyo de las Cebollas), Huehuetla, Hidalgo, Mexico\nLa Pahua, Huehuetla, Hidalgo, Mexico","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/strengthening-community-ties-for-environmental-health-and-sustainability/"]
["2014-03-01","Sol Not Coal: Leveraging Solar Energy to Strengthen Community-Based Nonprofit Organizations","New Energy Economy","Grant","NAPECA","Clean energy/climate change","Nonprofit organizations have prescribed limits on the percentage of their operating budgets they can devote to utilities. Tewa Women United, Zona Del Sol, Youth Works, and Homewise are community organizations which provide critical social services in health, education, and housing to minority and low-income community members in northern New Mexico. Solarizing these community centers will create immediate savings on utility bills that can be redirected to service provision, will raise awareness in visitors and clients, and will reduce reliance on coal-fired electricity in favor of utilizing the abundant solar resources in New Mexico—with no adverse health consequences.","Tewa Women United, Española, New Mexico, United States\nZona Del Sol, Southside Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States\nSan Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, United States\nSanta Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, United States\nSan Juan Pueblo, New Mexico, United States\nTaos Pueblo, New Mexico, United States\nPicuris Pueblo, New Mexico, United States\nOhkay Owingeh Pueblo, New Mexico, United States\nNambé Pueblo, New Mexico, United States\nPojoaque Pueblo, New Mexico, United States\nTesuque Pueblo, New Mexico, United States","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/sol-not-coal-leveraging-solar-energy-to-strengthen-community-based-nonprofit-organizations/"]
["2014-03-02","Integration of edible greens into the production chain to ensure food security in the Sierra Tarahumara","Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México","Grant","NAPECA","Sustainable agriculture/Food Security","The ethnobotany research team at the Botanic Garden of the UNAM Institute of Biology, in line with its responsibility as a steward of biodiversity, is carrying out a pilot program on the inventory of \"edible greens\" in Chihuahua’s Sierra Tarahumara, to conserve and expand the availability and consumption of these native plants, known in the Rarámuri language as “giribá”. Leaf vegetables have been used as food in the region since ancient times.\n\nTheir high content of essential vitamins and minerals has also enriched the traditional diet with a variety of smells, flavors and textures. As the area’s climate conditions are very restrictive, this food is usually consumed solely during rainy months (June-August), when conditions allow, production under protected farming, bio-intensive management techniques and water catchment systems will make them available year-round. This is intended to enrich the Tarahumara diet, contributing to this cultural group’s food security and integrating these food resources into a commercial supply chain.","Machi-ko A.C., Chihuahua, Mexico\nGumisachi, Bocoyna, Chihuahua, Mexico\nTalayotes de los Volcanes, Bocoyna, Chihuahua, Mexico\nSan Luis Majimachi, Bocoyna, Chihuahua, Mexico\nChoguita, Bocoyna, Chihuahua, Mexico\nSan Ignacio Arareco, Bocoyna, Chihuahua, Mexico\nPichachic, Guerrero, Chihuahua, Mexico\nFundación Llaguno A.C.\n","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/integration-of-edible-greens-into-the-production-chain-to-ensure-food-security-in-the-sierra-tarahumara/"]
["2014-03-08","Reinforced concrete tanks for rainwater catchment in the Municipality of San Lucas Quiaviní in the State of Oaxaca","Transformando el campo y regiones de Oaxaca, A.C.","Grant","NAPECA","Water quality","Water scarcity has led to crop loss, and plants are not planted for the families’ own use.\n\nGoals: To organize educational workshops to address the environmental issue. To hold course workshops on the transfer of theoretical-practical knowledge on how to build tanks and install ecological gardens in various homes.","San Lucas Quiaviní de Tlacolula de Matamoros, Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/reinforced-concrete-tanks-for-rainwater-catchment-in-the-municipality-of-san-lucas-quiavini-in-the-state-of-oaxaca/"]
["2014-03-15","Local capacity building to apply alternative technologies and training on sustainable water management and biological conservation","Centro de Innovación en Tecnología Alternativa","Grant","NAPECA","Water quality/Alternative technologies (water catchment systems)","Santo Domingo Ocotitlán and Amatlán de Quetzalcóatl are two indigenous communities that lack potable water and sewer services. As the soil is highly permeable, inadequate wastewater treatment and the direct runoff into receiving bodies lead to serious pollution problems for the communities themselves and for the ecosystem.\n\nProject activities seek to ensure that these vulnerable groups, consisting mostly of indigenous women, know, build, maintain and take over a series of self-sufficient technologies, enabling them to increase the availability of high-quality water, reduce contamination and create awareness of the biological wealth of their surroundings and the importance of living in a protected natural area.","Santo Domingo Ocotitlán, Morelos, Mexico\nAmatlán de Quetzalcóatl, Morelos, Mexico\nSan Juan Tlacotenco, Morelos, Mexico\nMunicipio de Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/local-capacity-building-to-apply-alternative-technologies-and-training-on-sustainable-water-management-and-biological-conservation/"]
["2014-04-01","Youth Water Education and Monitoring Project","Bedeque Bay Environmental Management Association ","Grant","NAPECA","Watershed management/water quality","It is in general recognized that the quality of both drinking water and water in aquatic ecosystems in Prince Edward Island has deteriorated over the past three decades. The present situation did not occur overnight but became incrementally worse as agricultural practices became more and more intense, and housing development increased. It is important to appreciate that while Prince Edward Island is the smallest province in Canada it is also the most densely populated per square kilometer. The total dependence of its inhabitants on groundwater for their source of drinking water has made protecting all Island water sources a social priority.","Mi'kmaq community, Prince-Edward-Island, Canada\nAbegweit Biodiversity Enhancement Hatchery, Prince-Edward-Island, Canada","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/youth-water-education-and-monitoring-project/"]
["2014-04-01","The K’omoks and Squamish Estuaries - A Blue Carbon Pilot Project","Comox Valley Project Watershed Society and Squamish River Watershed Society","Grant","NAPECA","Biodiversity conservation/citizen science","Eelgrass and salt marsh habitats are recognized for their ability to sequester carbon in marine sediments. In the past century, almost 70% of global eelgrass and salt marsh habitats have been lost due to anthropogenic disturbances, resulting in the loss of an important carbon sink.\n\nAlong the Pacific coast, community organizations and local governments are interested in reclaiming shorelines and re-establishing eelgrass and salt marsh habitats. In addition to their aesthetic and economic value as habitat for a variety of fin fish, shellfish, and other organisms, these habitats are also known to sequester carbon at several times the rate of any land-based vegetation system.","Squamish Nation, British Columbia, Canada\nK’ómoks First Nations, British Columbia, Canada","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/the-komoks-and-squamish-estuaries-a-blue-carbon-pilot-project/"]
["2014-04-01","Improving Community-Scale Feces Waste Treatment (CSFWT) in Arctic North America","The Climate Foundation","Grant","NAPECA","Pollution assessment/mitigation","The CSFWT project will address key public sanitation issues in Arctic North America through a pilot project co-developed with the municipal and tribal councils in Kivalina, an Alaska native village of approximately 400 people. Phase 1 will conduct research and analysis and develop a concept design for new waste management systems in Kivalina, including dry toilets that convert human solid waste into charcoal and fertilizer substrate.\n\nA new waste management system in Kivalina addresses sanitation as the most critical threat to public health in the village. The technologies we are proposing are readily transported by shipping containers to future village relocation sites being planned in response to the impacts of climate change on Kivalina. Finally, energy and fertilizer byproducts expand opportunities for local economic development.","Kivalina Tribal Council, Alaska, United States\nKivalina Municipal Council, Alaska, United States","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/improving-community-scale-feces-waste-treatment-csfwt-in-arctic-north-america/"]
["2014-04-17","A Framework Document: Factors to Consider in Characterizing Vulnerability to Environmental Contamination Across North America","Commission for Environmental Cooperation","Publication","Projects","Pollutants","Assessing individual or community risk from environmental pollution is complex and requires consideration of chemical and non-chemical stressors, community priorities and values, and numerous other factors. This framework document is intended to serve as an information and awareness resource for the development of environmental health assessment tools. It draws from an exhaustive review of scholarly and grey literature from varied disciplines (e.g., environmental pollution, nutrition, social sciences, health and public health promotion), and from consultations with subject-matter experts and stakeholders from the three North American countries.\n\nThe factors that need to be considered in characterizing the vulnerability of an individual or community to the health consequences posed by environmental pollution are here grouped under four key properties of vulnerability: the degree of exposure to pollutants; the individual’s susceptibility to the harmful effects of the pollution; and an individual’s or community’s level of preparedness and responsiveness (the capacity to cope with and mitigate the risks associated with these environmental contaminants).\n\nThe framework can provide the basis for developing integrated environmental health impact assessments, and assist in targeting and prioritizing communities needing urgent intervention. It also lists existing tools that can be used to assess vulnerability, or serve as models to develop new, targeted tools to do so. The framework will enable more informed decision making by individuals and communities throughout North America, helping them to confront the complexity in assessing and mitigating the risks posed by environmental pollution.","Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami\nAssembly of First Nations\nYukon River\nInter-Tribal Watershed Council\n\n+ see events: JPAC meetings of 10-11 July and 13-14 December 2012 and PRTR meeting of 30 October - 2 November 2012","http://www3.cec.org/islandora/en/item/11492-framework-document-factors-consider-in-characterizing-vulnerability-environmental"]
["2014-05-12","JPAC Regular Session 14-01: Building Healthy and Sustainable Homes in Remote Communities, A Focus on Indigenous Communities in North America, Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico","N/A","Event","JPAC","Indigenous People\nCommunity","Barriers to the development of healthy, sustainable homes remain a major concern for a number of remote communities in North America, as well as many indigenous communities. Overcoming the challenges to enabling the development of healthy communities and equal opportunities for all North Americans is an essential component for achieving environmental justice and equitable development. This forum brings together experts from governments, researchers, nongovernmental organizations and communities to discuss opportunities and challenges faced by Canada, Mexico and the United States.","Centro de Derechos Humanos y Asesoria a Pueblos Indígenas\nMovimiento Comunitario por Oaxaca\nDuu-Kuubi A.C.\nFrente Indígena de Organizaciones Binacionales (FIOB)\nTransformando el Campo y Regiones de Oaxaca A.C.\nRed Feather Development Group\nNational Tribal Water Center\nAlaska Native Tribal Health Consortium\nIndigenous Rights Centre\nLumos Energy\nNew Energy Economy Group","http://www.cec.org/events/jpac-regular-session-14-01-building-healthy-and-sustainable-homes-in-remote-communities-a-focus-on-indigenous-communities-in-north-america/"]
["2014-07-16","JPAC Session 14-02 and 21st Council Session, 16-17 July 2014, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada","N/A","Event","JPAC\nCouncil","Traditional Ecological Knowledge\nResource Management","On 17 July 2014, Canadian Minister of Environment Leona Aglukkaq will host Mexico’s Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources Juan José Guerra Abud and US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy for this year’s Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) Council Session, in the City of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. \n\nPrior to the Council Session, the CEC’s Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) will host a public forum on July 16th to discuss transboundary natural resource management, with an emphasis on waters, climate, and the importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK). Every participant will contribute to the final output—JPAC’s advice to the CEC Council.","Gwich'in Renewable Resources Board\nInuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre\nNunavut Tunngavik, Inc. \nSamson Cree Nation\nDene Nation","http://www.cec.org/events/xxist-regular-session-of-the-cec-council-and-meetings-of-the-joint-public-advisory-committee-jpac/"]
["2014-09-01","Adopt a Rancher","Saskatchewan Prairie Conservation Action Plan","Grant","NAPECA","Ecosystem education","Young Saskatchewan students from a variety of backgrounds often are raised and grow up removed from natural grassland ecosystems. When introduced to the study of Sustainability of Ecosystems, in Science 10, they may be in unfamiliar territory because they lack a connection to their local native prairie environment. Participating in the Adopt a Rancher program will enable students to connect concepts and theories explored in the classroom to a real-life, practical, working ranch ecosystem. Students will be able to learn how ranching can protect Saskatchewan's native grasslands while providing economic benefits for Saskatchewan's people.","Wanuskewin Heritage Park","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/adopt-a-rancher/"]
["2014-11-06","JPAC Session 14-03, 6-7 November 2014, Arlington, Virginia, United States","N/A","Event","JPAC","Ecosystems","This Joint Public Advisory Committee meeting brings together scientists, regional leaders, policy experts, nongovernmental organizations and the public to discuss issues, challenges, and opportunities for developing strategies to address the effects of climate change on coastal ecosystems, trinational opportunities to enhance and restore those ecosystems, and ways for coastal communities to thrive as they face the current and future effects of extreme weather events, coastal erosion and rapid development. Meeting attendees will take an active role in identifying opportunities for collaboration and initiatives on coastal ecosystems that the three countries could develop or add value to under the CEC’s 2015–2020 Strategic Plan. ","Samish Indian Nation\nInuit Circumpolar Council  Canada","http://www.cec.org/events/joint-public-advisory-committee-regular-session-14-03-north-americas-coasts-in-a-changing-climate/"]
["2015-06-10","Improving Indoor Air Quality to Reduce Exposure to Airborne Contaminants in Alaskan Native Populations and Other Indigenous Communities in North America, 10-11 June 2015, Montreal, Quebec, Canada","N/A","Event","Projects","Pollutants\nIndigenous People","Meeting to Share the Results and Best Practices of the Pilot Project: Improving Indoor Air Quality to Reduce Exposure to Airborne Contaminants in Alaskan Native Populations and Other Indigenous Communities in North America\n","Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC)\nCouncil of Yukon First Nations\nFirst Nations Health Authority\nInuit Tapiriit Kanatami\nNunatsiavut Government Dept. of Health & Social Development\nNational Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH)\nDene Nation","N/A"]
["2015-07-01","Arctic Migratory Birds Initiative (AMBI) – the Americas’ Flyway Action Plan","N/A","Project","Projects","Ecosystems","The goal of the Arctic Migratory Birds Initiative is to improve the conservation status of migratory birds that breed in the Arctic. The majority of North American Arctic-breeding species migrate through, or winter in, Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Many of these species are endangered. By partnering with the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network, a proven, community-based conservation effort, this project aims to improve conservation outcomes for at-risk shorebirds by informing, engaging and connecting communities in the three countries that share responsibility for their well-being. ","Moose Cree First Nation\n","http://www.cec.org/arctic-migratory-birds-initiative-ambi-the-americas-flyway-action-plan/"]
["2015-07-01","Monarch Butterfly Flyway: Communication, participatory conservation, and education programs throughout the migratory route","N/A","Project","Projects","Ecosystems","The monarch butterfly is facing serious challenges that need to be studied simultaneously along its migratory path in Canada, Mexico and the United States. Outreach and awareness issues have been identified in the CEC’s 2008 North American Monarch Conservation Plan as priority objectives to preserve this important migratory species. This project will develop a trilateral communications strategy, as well as foster citizen- and local community–based initiatives and educational programs that will disseminate information on the monarch’s migration to all levels of society, and have a positive impact on the preservation of key breeding sites and vital migratory habitat for this symbolic species.","Tribal Environmental Action for Monarchs (TEAM)\nChickasaw Nation\nSeminole Tribe\nCitizen Potawatomi Nation\nMuscogee (Creek) Nation\nOsage Nation\nEastern Shawnee Tribe\nMiami Tribe","http://www.cec.org/monarch-butterfly-flyway-communication-participatory-conservation-and-education-programs-throughout-the-migratory-route/"]
["2015-07-01","Using Ecosystem Function and Traditional Ecological Knowledge Together to Build Resilience and Adapt to Climate Change in North America","N/A","Project","Projects","Ecosystems","The goal of this project is to share tools that are available to indigenous communities in the three countries, and to pilot new ones, to assess ecosystem vulnerability, and to demonstrate and test the concepts of integrated riparian and/or water catchment management. The people and agencies engaged in this project will gain experience from hands-on application of such tools. This will enable them to expand this application to provide support to other indigenous and local communities located within water catchments and riparian areas in need.","Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation\nChippewas of Rama First Nation\nEl Mingo, Tabasco, Mexico\nMujeres Organización y Territorios MOOTS A.C.","http://www.cec.org/using-ecosystem-function-and-traditional-ecological-knowledge-together-to-build-resilience-and-adapt-to-climate-change-in-north-america/"]
["2015-07-01","Marine Protected Areas: Strengthening Management Effectiveness and Supporting Coastal Community Resilience","N/A","Project","Projects","Ecosystems","The project will develop a North American approach to marine protected area (MPA) management effectiveness and coastal community resilience, building on existing efforts within the three countries and taking into account climate and other related pressures and their impacts on species, ecosystems, and people. This conservation approach recognizes the critical role that MPAs can play in helping to sustain the benefits that these special places provide to indigenous and local economies and communities, while recognizing the critical role of sustainable economic activities in helping to maintain and restore species and ecosystems. This project will promote conservation of marine biodiversity and economic prosperity of coastal communities by advancing best management practices for the ecologically sustainable management of marine protected areas.  ","Makah Tribe\nToquaht Nation\n","http://www.cec.org/marine-protected-areas-strengthening-management-effectiveness-and-supporting-coastal-community-resilience/"]
["2015-07-01","Local Environmental Observer Network","N/A","Project","Projects","Climate Change","The LEO International Project will address the following CEC strategic priorities: Sustainable Communities and Ecosystems, and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation. These will be advanced by enhancing information-sharing and building capacity in indigenous communities to build a surveillance system involving traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) that serves to open a dialogue with governmental agencies and collaborate in addressing global climate change and its impacts on communities and ecosystems. ","Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, United States\nGrupo de Ecología y Conservación de Islas, Baja California, Mexico\nFirst Nations Health Authority, British Columbia, Canada\nTsilhqot'in National Government\nTreaty 8 Tribal Association\nNalaka'pamux Nation Tribal Council\nStellaten First Nation\nTseycum First Nation\nHuu-ay-aht Nation, Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council\nNorthwest Indian College\nKitsumkalum Fish & Wildlife","http://www.cec.org/local-environmental-observer-network-leo/"]
["2015-11-09","Coordination Workshop of the Ecosystem Function and Traditional Ecological Knowledge Project, 9-13 November 2015, San Diego County, California, United States","N/A","Event","Projects","Ecosystems","This workshop aims to exchange technical information and local knowledge on vulnerability assessment tools and ecosystem function. It will also serve to identify data needs and develop a project work plan.","Chippewas of Rama First Nation, Canada\nNative Environmental Professional Services, United States","http://www.cec.org/events/coordination-workshop-of-the-ecosystem-function-and-traditional-ecological-knowledge-project/"]
["2016-01-01","\"Adopt-a-Sonoran-Desert-Crop\" Project: Preserving agro-biodiversity through citizen participation","Ajo Center for Sustainable Agriculture","Grant","NAPECA","Sustainable agriculture/Food security","Due to Ajo’s remoteness and extreme desert growing conditions, it is crucial to grow awareness and capacity about desert-adapted crops and sustainable agriculture methods in order to improve the long-term health and sustainability of the community and its burgeoning local food system. The project is designed to address these issues, as well as provide a model for other communities, by empowering the individual gardeners and organizations to adopt desert-adapted crops and sustainable agricultural methods in their food production. This volunteer-based grassroots civic action will preserve the unique genetic material of annual crops and pomegranate varieties, and will result in lower groundwater usage, higher soil fertility, reduce the need for high energy inputs, and increase the level of environmental stewardship.","Tohono O'odham Nation\nGila River Indian Community\n","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/adopt-a-sonoran-desert-crop-project-preserving-agro-biodiversity-through-citizen-participation/"]
["2016-01-01","Yarducopia - Growing Food and Building Community in the Far North","Alaska Community Action On Toxics","Grant","NAPECA","Sustainable agriculture","Alaskans import 95% of purchased food, and it is shipped through long supply chains from Mexico, Europe, Asia, and the Lower 48 US states. Interest in food gardening is high, but many barriers exist. Yarducopia connects people interested in gardening and empowers them to grow their own food organically with available land, thus addressing barriers to local food growing: land, labor, and essential skills. We help build a community of gardeners in Alaska united around healthier food with a reduced environmental footprint, and motivated to advocate for a toxic-free, sustainable world.","Native Village of Port Heiden\n","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/yarducopia-growing-food-and-building-community-in-the-far-north/"]
["2016-01-01","We Are Water: Growing a Great Lakes commons","Milwaukee Environmental Consortium ","Grant","NAPECA","Watershed management/\nCommunity based monitoring","The Great Lakes region faces myriad environmental issues and complex multi-jurisdictional governance while weakened citizen roles reduce community engagement to steward these water commons. By connecting and learning from local water stewardship initiatives, including in indigenous and urban communities, this project enhances communications and information sharing, strengthening engagement and networks among GL communities. By piloting best practice tools and methods that shift values and explore integrated solutions, the project enhances community and organizational capacity.","Garden River First Nation\nAamjiwnaang First Nation","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/we-are-water-growing-a-great-lakes-commons/"]
["2016-01-03","The Prairie Habitat Garden Project:  Naturalizing to Native Prairie for Improved Learning and Engagement","Department of Educational Foundations, Univ of Saskatchewan","Grant","NAPECA","Species/habitat management\nTEK (Traditional Ecological Knowledge)","This project addresses the need to connect people to their ecosystems and to Indigenous cultures, while they are still very young. Research has demonstrated that outdoor play in natural areas contributes to children’s emotional and physical health, helps them to understand their importance in maintaining ecological biodiversity, and enhances their learning of ecological concepts. This project will increase capacity amongst adults, especially teachers, but also families, for building, maintaining, and interacting within natural areas, and respecting Indigenous cultures for their ways of living with the land.","Aboriginal Education Research Centre, University of Saskatchewan","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/the-prairie-habitat-garden-project-naturalizing-to-native-prairie-for-improved-learning-and-engagement/"]
["2016-01-04","Restoring the Shores of The Place of Blue Grouse","SeaChange Marine Conservation Society","Grant","NAPECA","Species/habitat management\nClimate change adaptation/mitigation","In British Columbia, Canada over half of the province’s 29 Regional Districts are bounded by tidal waters and exposed to the risks presented by climate change related sea level rise. Approximately 30 per cent of the municipal governments in the province and approximately two-thirds of the province’s population are also exposed to the future expected consequences of climate change related sea level rise.\n\nThrough this project SeaChange Marine Conservation Society, will restore the physical and biological function of a beach site through beach nourishment and marine riparian plantings in Tod Inlet (SṈIDȻEȽ - pronounced sngeet-kwith). The site is well known to visitors from around the globe. It was historically the site for a cement manufacturing factory at the turn of the 20th century. Highly valued by the Saanich (W̱SÁNEĆ) First Nations for deer, bird, plant and marine harvesting, bringing the shore back to life is critical.","Tsartlip First Nation\nTsawout First Nation\nPauquachin First Nation\nTsechum First Nation\n","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/restoring-the-shores-of-the-place-of-the-blue-grouse/"]
["2016-01-04","Sustainable Northern Communities: Protecting Territory and Maintaining Traditional Lifestyles","Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society – Quebec Chapter","Grant","NAPECA","Species/habitat management\nCommunity based monitoring\nCitizen science\nTEK (Traditional Ecological Knowledge)","When it comes to protecting their territories, northern communities often face a lack of planning resources and means. Yet ecosystem preservation is essential to the sustainable development of these communities. The arrival of industrial development projects has only heightened the urgency of undertaking planning activities and of ensuring that these communities’ concerns about securing a sustainable future for their members are taken into account.","Pessamit Innu First Nation\nGroupe Uapashkuss – Gardiens des sites sacrés\nTable ronde autochtone du caribou de la péninsule de l’Ungava","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/sustainable-northern-communities-protecting-territory-and-maintaining-traditional-lifestyles/"]
["2016-01-04","Iokwiráhskats ne Éhsa (Our Beautiful Ash Trees): Addressing the Emerald Ash Borer Problem","Kahnawà:ke Environment Protection Office (KEPO), Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke","Grant","NAPECA","Community based monitoring/\nSpecies, habitat management","The emerald ash borer (EAB) is an invasive beetle native to Asia that was first identified in North America in 2002 and has killed tens of millions of ash trees as it quickly expands its range. It is predicted that this invasive insect will kill all the ash trees in our area within the next 12 years. This poses many problems, such as lost ecological benefits of trees, threats of invasive plants taking over affected woodlots, physical hazards of falling dead trees, costs for removing or treating ash trees, and the loss of our important tree for traditional basketmaking (the black ash). This project will raise awareness, and develop and implement a plan to address the problem. This will ensure the continuance of our important forest habitats and the overall sustainability of the region.","Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/iokwirahskats-ne-ehsa-our-beautiful-ash-trees-addressing-the-emerald-ash-borer-problem/"]
["2016-01-04","Mariposas of the Milpa: Fostering Urban Biodiversity through Urban Agriculture","Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum","Grant","NAPECA","Species conservation and education/Monarch butterfly","Biodiversity is a key component of sustainable urban communities, and urban agriculture has tremendous potential to increase the biodiversity in our cities. Small-scale farms and backyard gardens create high quality habitat for a wide variety of species and connect people to nature, increasing community commitment to biodiversity conservation. Through this project we will increase our community’s connection to the biodiversity in their own backyards and at the same time create new habitat to increase the abundance and diversity of pollinators supporting urban agriculture in Tucson, AZ.","Pascua Yaqui Native American Reservation, Tucson, Arizona, United States","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/mariposas-of-the-milpa-fostering-urban-biodiversity-through-urban-agriculture/"]
["2016-01-11","Comprehensive Municipal Solid Waste Management Program in Oaxaca’s Southern Sierra","Género y flor de maíz","Grant","NAPECA","Pollution prevention","No municipality in Oaxaca’s southern sierra region has a solid waste management program. Most farm residents burn their waste (plastics and PET [polyethylene terephthalate] included). Municipalities have precarious waste collection systems and deposit trash without any kind of management in municipal dumps. Only the municipal seats collect waste, every 15 days, although they do not have temporary storage sites or collection centers, and the transportation system is deficient. A highly negative environmental impact is seen in the communities, as the disposal sites or open-air dumps—mostly ravines—leak leachates and other waste into the subsoil. The negative impact includes the contamination of water resources, the air, the soil and the landscape. The region also lacks strategies to reduce the generation of municipal waste.\n\nThe project will help build capacities in the comprehensive management and handling of municipal solid waste, to prevent and mitigate the trash issue, improve the area’s environmental quality and create a environmental education program for the community.","San Francisco Coatlán, San Pablo Coatlán, Oaxaca, Mexico\nSanta María Coatlán, San Pablo Coatlán, Oaxaca, Mexico\nSan Jerónimo Coatlán, Miahuatlán, Oaxaca, Mexico\nSanta Catarina Cuixtla, Miahuatlán, Oaxaca, Mexico\nSan Miguel Coatlán, Miahuatlán, Oaxaca, Mexico","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/comprehensive-municipal-solid-waste-management-program-in-oaxacas-southern-sierra/"]
["2016-01-11","Fostering Native Vegetables from the Sierra Tarahumara","Asociación Nacional para la Innovación y Desarrollo Tecnológico Agrícola","Grant","NAPECA","Sustainable agriculture/Food security","The inclusion of food plants gathered in the field in a protected farming system may reduce pressure on woodland populations and foster their conservation. Space-saving vertical farming and the use of biointensive garden beds enables an increase in the volume of food crops, thereby producing surpluses that may be transformed into agrochemical-free processed food products.\n\nFood production and processing workshops will enable the building of producer capacities in the region. Participation in the market chain for products such as rurusí (creeping false holly), napá (lemon beebalm) and squash blossoms, will bring economic benefits to Tarahumara families, in addition to improving the region’s gastronomic offerings.","Fundación Tarahumara José A. Llaguno, A.C., Chihuahua, Mexico\nRakema, A.C. \nNorogachi, Guachochi, Chihuahua, Mexico\nGumisachi, Bocoyna, Chihuahua, Mexico","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/fostering-native-vegetables-from-the-sierra-tarahumara/"]
["2016-02-01","Reduction of GHG Emissions in the Stockbreeding Sector of Guanajuato’s Central Mesa","Ceterus A.C.","Grant","NAPECA","GHG emissions reductions/Climate change adaptation/mitigation","Stockbreeding is the region’s second most important economic activity. However, the inefficient use of water, intensive grazing and overgrazing have made it an activity that negatively affects the environment. In addition, the lack of management of manure and animal waste pollutes bodies of water and encourages disease proliferation.\n\nMoreover, communities in the region depend on firewood as a primary fuel, further contributing to the reduction of forest cover and the resulting impact on biodiversity, water supply, and the capacity for resilience to climate change.","Ceterus A.C., Guanajuato, Mexico\nBandita, Montecillo de la Milpa, Guanajuato, Mexico\nEl Cerrito de los Chávez, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico\nLa Colorada, Dolores Hidalgo Cuna de la Independencia Nal., Guanajuato, Mexico\nRancho San Rafael, Guanajuato, Mexico\nLos López, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico\nPresita de Santa Rosa, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico\n","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/reduction-of-ghg-emissions-in-the-stockbreeding-sector-of-guanajuatos-central-mesa/"]
["2016-03-14","Joint Meeting of the Parties, JPAC, and TEK Roster of Experts, 14-15 March 2016, Mexico City, Mexico","N/A","Event","JPAC\nCouncil\nTEKEG","Indigenous People","This meeting will serve as an open forum to promote the active participation of the Roster of TEK Experts in CEC activities. It will also serve as an opportunity to identify and initiate the development of a TEK-related deliverable for the June 2016 Council Session. The Roster of TEK experts will be tasked with shaping specific ideas of activities / projects for Alt-Rep consideration at a future meeting in April 2016.","Mayan People, Campeche, Mexico\nCarcross Tagish First Nation, Yukon, Canada\nPuebla community member, Puebla, Mexico\nMétis People, Saskatchewan, Canada\nSioux Valley Dakota Nation, Manitoba, Canada\nSouthern Cheyenne Indian Tribe, Oklahoma, United States\nMi'kmaw First Nation, Nova Scotia, Canada\nGwich'in Indian Tribe, Alaska, United States\nInuit People, Nunavut, Canada\nYurok Tribe, California, United States\nPascua Yaqui Indian Tribe, Arizona, United States\nNorthern Cheyenne Indian Tribe, Montana, United States\nChiapas community member, Chiapas, Mexico\nVeracruz community member, Veracruz, Mexico\nMexico City community member, Mexico City, Mexico","N/A"]
["2016-09-08","JPAC Session 16-01 and 23rd Council Session, 8-9 September 2016, Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico","N/A","Event","JPAC\nCouncil","Biodiversity","On 8–9 September 2016, Rafael Pacchiano Alamán, Mexico’s Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, will host United States Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy and Canada’s Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna, in Mérida, Yucatán, at the 23rd annual Regular Session of the Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) of North America.\n\nPrior to the Council meeting, on 8 September, JPAC will host a public forum on biodiversity and climate change, with invited experts from the three countries. JPAC is composed of 15 citizens, five from each country. It advises the Council and ensures public participation, openness and transparency in the actions of the CEC.","Proyecto Impacto Consultores A.C.\nBlack River First Nation\nKan Bal Mejah para el Desarrollo Sustentable A.C., Mérida, Yucatán, México \nMuuch aantaj Yo olal Aantal Kuxtal A.C., Tizimín, Yucatán, México \nYa'axtal Beh Naturaleza, Sociedad y Cultura A.C.\nCalixaxan A.C.\n","http://www.cec.org/events/23rd-regular-session-of-the-cec-council-and-meetings-of-the-joint-public-advisory-committee-jpac/"]
["2017-03-23","JPAC Session 17-01, 23 March 2017, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico","N/A","Event","JPAC","Food Waste","On March 23, 2017, the CEC’s Joint Public Advisory Committee invites you to join their public forum, virtually or in-person, to discuss challenges and opportunities for Reducing and Managing food and organic waste streams in North America.\n\nThe forum will bring together citizens and stakeholders to engage with experts from academia, government, and the private sector to discuss issues, challenges and opportunities for reducing, recovering, diverting and processing food and organic waste. Sessions will review organic waste sources, types, and environmental impact, and discuss capacity in the three countries for reducing food waste and promoting organic waste recovery within North America.","Frente Chiapaneco, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico\nFundación Manati para el Fomento de la Ciudadanía A.C.\nMujeres y Punto A.C., Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico\n","http://www.cec.org/events/reducing-and-managing-food-and-organic-waste-streams-in-north-america/"]
["2017-06-26","Submission on Enforcement Matter SEM-17-001 - Alberta Tailings Ponds II","Submitter","Submission","Submissions on Enforcement Matters (SEM)","Enforcement","The Submitters assert that “the Government of Canada is failing to effectively enforce subsection 36(3) of the Canadian Fisheries Act with respect to the leaking of deleterious substances from oil sands tailings ponds into surface waters and the groundwater of Northeast Alberta.”  According to the Submitters, tailings ponds contain substances that are deleterious to fish, including napthethenic acids, ammonia, benzene, cyanide, oil and grease, phenols, toluene, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), arsenic, cooper and iron. The Submitters contend that, according to industry data, the tailings are leaking four billion liters each year and that an independent study reported that “oil sands process-affected water is reaching the [Athabasca] river system.” The Submitters maintain that “the Canadian federal government is on record several years ago with concerns regarding contaminated tailings leakage in the area” and that the existing Regional Aquatic Monitoring Program, “has been discredited as scientifically inadequate.”","K'asho Got'ine Dene First Nation","http://www.cec.org/submissions-on-enforcement/registry-of-submissions/alberta-tailings-ponds-ii/"]
["2017-06-27","JPAC Session 17-02 and 24th Council Session, 27-28 June 2017, Charlottetown, Prince-Edward Island, Canada","N/A","Event","JPAC\nCouncil","Resilience\nCommunity\nGreen Growth","Let’s Talk Innovation, an engagement with the registered participants on “Innovation for clean growth in North America” on the afternoon of June 28.\nConnecting Communities for a #HealthyFuture: An Interactive Exhibit will give the public the opportunity to learn more about the Commission’s work to protect and enhance North America’s environment.\nA one-day public forum of the CEC Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) will be held prior to the Council Session, on June 27, in which North American coastal, shoreline, and riverbank communities share their innovative local solutions to the environmental challenges they face.","Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation\nMi'kmaw Conservation Group\nMaritime Aboriginal Peoples Council\nAtlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat\nMaliseet Nation Conservation Council\nAbegweit First Nation\nLennox Island First Nation\nMi'kmaq Confederacy of Prince Edwarard Island","http://www.cec.org/events/24th-regular-session-of-the-cec-council-and-meeting-of-the-joint-public-advisory-committee-jpac/"]
["2017-07-01","Conserving Shorebirds through Community Engagement","N/A","Project","Projects","Ecosystems","Conservation of habitats and North American fauna provide an opportunity for economic development through tourism and other activities. Thousands of shorebirds stopover at deltas, mudflats and flooded fields in Canada, Mexico and the United States to rest and feed during their epic spring and fall migrations between breeding grounds in the Arctic and overwintering sites in Mexico and further south. This project builds capacity in communities along migration routes to conserve habitat and develop ecotourism linked to bird migration cycles (such as bird watching and conservation/celebratory events.) Incorporating the traditional ecological knowledge of Indigenous communities from north to south, and the efforts of local wildlife, naturalist, and agricultural partners, this project will harness local action, producing habitat conservation and sustainable economic benefits.","Moose Cree First Nation\nYupik Peoples\nIñupiat Peoples\nCocopah Indigenous community\nMushkegowuk Council\nMi’kmaq First Nation\nArviat and Coral Harbour Hunters and Trappers Organization","http://www.cec.org/conserving-shorebirds-through-community-engagement/"]
["2017-07-01","Strengthening Adaptive Capacity of Marine Protected Areas","N/A","Project","Projects","Ecosystems","Our marine environment is inherently connected; effective management of marine species requires cooperation across international boundaries. In recent years, changes to marine habitat, including ocean acidification and the movement of species, has increased the need for cross-border collaboration. Maintaining healthy marine protected areas (MPAs) is critical to ecosystems, fisheries, local communities and tribal nations whose well-being is tied to the services and resources that they provide. Building upon our work to identify vulnerabilities of coastal ecosystems, this project will work directly with communities that depend economically on marine protected areas (MPAs) to help them adapt to changes in the coastal environment.","Council of the Haida Nation\nNorthwest Indian Fisheries Commission\n","http://www.cec.org/strengthening-adaptation-capacity-in-marine-protected-areas/"]
["2017-07-01","Building Community Solutions to Marine Litter","N/A","Project","Projects","Ecosystems","North America is a significant contributor of land-based marine litter. Common trash from consumer goods in coastal and inland locations makes up the majority of trash that eventually becomes marine litter, polluting our waterways and oceans. Marine litter has a significant impact on the world’s ocean economy, fisheries, marine transport, human health and the environment. This project builds local capacity to prevent, minimize, and manage waste before it finds its way to waterways and oceans.\n\nThis project is the first regional community-based approach to focus on US-Canada and US-Mexico border watersheds. It will build a network of citizen scientists and engage youth, local, and indigenous communities in refining a common method of collecting data on marine litter and identifying the main sources, composition, and areas of accumulation. It will engage these stakeholders to develop and refine local action plans for economically sustainable waste prevention and reduction, and implement low-tech, low-cost solutions in shared border watershed areas.","Tsleil-Waututh First Nation","http://www.cec.org/building-community-solutions-to-marine-litter/"]
["2017-07-01","Measuring and Mitigating Food Loss and Waste","N/A","Project","Projects","Climate Change\nGreen Economy","Food loss and waste, across the entire food supply chain, is an enormous problem that affects our economy, food security and environment. Estimates drawn from the CEC foundational research on food waste calculate the annual quantities of North American food waste at greater than 168 million tonnes, and with a value of food produced but not consumed exceeding US$278 billion. Beyond the monetary loss, food waste correlates to significant inefficiency in transportation and distribution and waste of water, agricultural land, and other inputs in production. Waste that is disposed of in landfills contributes to the formation and release of methane gas—a potent, short-lived climate pollutant and greenhouse gas.\n\nThis project will work to effectively measure food loss and waste in the North American food chain, calculate its environmental and socioeconomic impacts, and provide tools and education to prevent and reduce loss and its impacts on food security, the economy, and the environment in North America.","N/A","http://www.cec.org/measuring-and-mitigating-food-loss-and-waste/"]
["2017-08-07","Blue Carbon in Tidal Wetlands of the Pacific Coast of Canada: Examples from Pacific Rim National Park Reserve and the Clayoquot Biosphere Reserve","Commission for Environmental Cooperation","Publication","Projects","Climate Change\nEcosystems","Examples from Pacific Rim National Park Reserve and the Clayoquot Biosphere Reserve","Ahousaht First Nation","http://www3.cec.org/islandora/en/item/11723-blue-carbon-in-tidal-wetlands-pacific-coast-canada-examples-from-pacific-rim"]
["2017-09-07","Identification of Important Semipalmated Sandpiper and Red Knot Sites Along the North American Atlantic and Pacific Flyways.","Commission for Environmental Cooperation","Publication","Projects","Ecosystems","The inventory of key sites for Semipalmated Sandpiper and Red Knot was compiled from published information sources and publicly available databases. Once an initial inventory was compiled, it was sent for review by experts on the relevant species. Sites were then prioritized using the three levels of biological importance used by WHSRN (1, 10 and 30% of the biogeographic population). Detailed information for each site was compiled in a standard site matrix. Information on threats was gathered for all sites where a standardized threat assessment process had been undertaken. Finally, for those sites holding more than 10% of a population, local conservation leads and shorebird experts were contacted to help explore if local communities might be interested in participating in a North American network of sites to conserve shared shorebirds. Priority was given to discussing this with sites that are not already part of WHSRN.\n\nA total of 88 sites were identified as holding 1% or more of the biogeographic populations of Semipalmated Sandpiper (18 sites) and/or Red Knot (79 sites). Standardized threat information was compiled for 34 of these sites. Of the 88 sites, 18 hold 10% or more of one or more biogeographic populations. Of these, one site (Delaware Bay) is important for both the Atlantic population of rufa Red Knot and Semipalmated Sandpiper. Of the remaining 17, one is important for Semipalmated Sandpiper, five for the Atlantic population of rufa Red Knot, four for the mid-continental population of rufa Red Knot, and seven for roselaari Red Knot. Nine of the 18 sites are existing WHSRN sites, while a 10th has a WHSRN site included within its boundaries. After discussions with local stakeholders, the top priority sites for WHSRN nomination and for conservation action as part of a site network were considered to be: James Bay, Ontario, Canada; Willapa Bay, Washington State, United States; Georgia Barrier Islands, Georgia, United States; and Bahía de Todos Santos, Baja California, Mexico.","N/A","http://www3.cec.org/islandora/en/item/11731-identification-important-semipalmated-sandpiper-and-red-knot-sites-along-north"]
["2017-12-01","Partnerships in Indigenous-Led Land-Use Planning for an Environmentally and Economically Sustainable Future","Nature Conservancy of Canada","Grant","NAPECA","Land-use planning/Ecosystem and species conservation","Both the Cree Nation Government and Government of Quebec have an interest in permanently protecting ecologically significant lands, and identifying less sensitive lands for development. Historically, decisions about land-use designations in Canada have caused friction due to competing priorities for lands and resources.","Cree Nation Government","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/partnerships-in-indigenous-led-land-use-planning-for-an-environmentally-and-economically-sustainable-future/"]
["2017-12-01","Workshops for community involvement in the use of Nunaliit Cybercartography Atlas Framework for applied environmental research in Mexico","Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre at Carleton University","Grant","NAPECA","Environmental Mapping/TEK  (Traditional Ecological Knowledge)","Nunaliit CAF, developed by GCRC, is the technological platform for data and information management that will be used in the development of our Atlas of the Yuman People. In particular, it will allow us to represent, relate and communicate through maps, the culture, the environment and ancient knowledge and meaning of these communities and the challenges they are facing.\n\nThe NCAF model will help coordinate the conceptual axes of our project, emphasizing the transdisciplinary principles embedded in cybercartography. \n\nFor these purposes we will host workshops, involving academicians, students, stakeholders, and families of aboriginal people, in Mexico City and Baja California.","Pa Ipai and Koal families and Kiliwa and Cucapa  (Yuman People)","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/workshops-for-community-involvement-in-the-use-of-nunaliit-cybercartography-atlas-framework-for-applied-environmental-research-in-mexico/"]
["2017-12-01","Sustainable Development in Purépecha Indigenous Communities along Lake Patzcuaro, Municipality of Patzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico","Panorama Ambiental A.C.","Grant","NAPECA","Sustainalbe resources management/sustainable livelihoods","For centuries, the Purépecha indigenous communities settled at Lake Patzcuaro and its shores have depended on its waters for their collective development and well-being. However, today, pollution, the loss of endemic biological resources of high economic value, such as the pike silverside (Chirostoma estor estor), ecological impairment, and social fragmentation have led to social marginalization, extreme poverty, emigration to the United States, and the loss of indigenous identity in these communities.\n\nThe purpose of the project is to foster social organization, reinforce the indigenous identity and consolidate economic autonomy through the responsible use of the wetland ecosystem, the biological conservation of the pike silverside and the development of production projects compatible with the regional reality, through ecological zoning, productive training, respect for gender equality and the strengthening of the indigenous organization.","Purépecha Indigenous community of Urandén de Morelos, Yunuén and Tecuén","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/sustainable-development-in-purepecha-indigenous-communities-along-lake-patzcuaro-municipality-of-patzcuaro-michoacan-mexico/"]
["2017-12-01","Building Production Capacities in Mayan Forest Communities ","Forest Stewardship Council, Asociación Civil (FSC A.C.)","Grant","NAPECA","Sustainalbe resources management/sustainable livelihoods","Mayan communities depend on the forest for their livelihoods. Recognizing the benefits of responsible forest management, several communities have received FSC certification, which verifies that their forest is being managed in a way that preserves the natural ecosystem and benefits the lives of local people and workers. However, FSC certification is not enough to bring Mayan forest-based products to local and regional markets. Production limitations, including the lack of specialized expertise in carpentry and the necessary equipment to manage wood products, prevent these communities from creating high-quality products for purchase and use in the region. To address these challenges, FSC will help communities increase their expertise and production capacities, link them to regional markets, and create a sustainable platform for future replicability in the region.","Mayan communities of Juan Sarabia, Quintana Roo, Mexico\nMayan communities of Noh-Bec, Quintana Roo, Mexico","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/building-production-capacities-in-mayan-forest-communities/"]
["2017-12-01","Mobile Postharvest Management Unit for the Marketing of Surplus Native Maize as a Specialty Ingredient","Identidad Cultural y Preservación de la Biodiversidad de los Maíces y otros Cultivos Criollos A.C.","Grant","NAPECA","Sustanable agriculture/sustainable livelihoods","Today, there is growing, high-value demand for native maize; however, the offer of this type of maize is limited, fragile and unstructured, as the grains are produced with low yields, high levels of postharvest loss, and in marginalized rural zones. Identidad Cultural, A.C., has worked for 12 years with native maize in different ethnic regions and agro-ecological environments in the state of Oaxaca and has established linkages with restaurants that use, or are interested in using, native maize as a specialty ingredient. To respond to this interest, the surplus production needs to consolidated as a specialty maize offering. Improving production techniques and the management of native maize will allow its culinary qualities to be expressed, while linking it to this growing demand in fair trade processes.","The following local communities in Oaxaca, Mexico:\nSan Antonio Cuixtla\nSan Pedro Ozumacín\nSan Pedro Yólox\nSan Mateo Yetla\nCerro Armadillo Grande\nSan Rafael Agua de Pescadito\nSanta Fe y la Mar\nSan Lucas Arroyo Palomo\nMontenegro\nSanta Lucía Mecaltepec\nRío de Chicle\nTooxi\nSantiago Asunción\nNuevo Progreso\nSan Juan Colorado\nSan Juan Yagila\nSan Miguel Tiltepec\nSanta María Zoogochi\nSanta Ana Zegache\nCandelaria Loxicha\nZapotal\nPalma Larga Cozoaltepec\nCofradía\nGuzmán\nZapotengo\nSan Pedro Pochutla\nCerro Chino\nSan Felipe Tejalápam\nSantiago Tlazoyaltepec","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/mobile-postharvest-management-unit-for-the-marketing-of-surplus-native-maize-as-a-specialty-ingredient/"]
["2017-12-01","Preserving the Traditional Ecological Knowledge of First Foods and Medicines","Consultants for Indian Progress","Grant","NAPECA","Sustainable urban agriculture/TEK  (Traditional Ecological Knowledge)","This project promotes the preservation of agro-ecological patterns of production and traditional foodways, based on traditional ecological knowledge (TEK). This partnership for green growth proposes supporting the cultivation of the traditional foods and medicines of indigenous and diaspora groups in our community, using Hilltop Urban Garden’s Urban Farm Network and community garden spaces in eastern Tacoma (WA). The combination of establishing gardens with and for our communities, conducting indigenous plant medicinal training, and offering youth the opportunity to reflect on the work through art and storytelling will create tangible outputs in the food grown and shared, the artwork produced, and medicines shared with those along the path of our local canoe family in the 2018 Tribal Canoe Journey’s.","N/A","http://www.cec.org/north-american-partnership-for-environmental-community-action/napeca-grants/preserving-the-traditional-ecological-knowledge-of-first-foods-and-medicines/"]
["2018-01-10","Submission on Enforcement Matter SEM-18-001 - Transboundary Agricultural Burning","Submitter","Submission","Submissions on Enforcement Matters (SEM)","Enforcement","On 10 January 2018, the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) received a submission from a resident of the Tohono O’odham Indian Nation in the United States along the US (Arizona)/Mexican border, asserting that her village is being impacted by “unannounced episodes of smoke drift from Mexico (agricultural burns).” According to documents filed by the Submitter, agricultural burning episodes have been occurring since June 2016 and that these are the result of a failure to effectively enforce Mexican environmental laws.\n\nIn submission SEM-18-001 (Transboundary Agricultural Burning), the Submitter, whose name is being kept confidential by the Secretariat, asserts that Mexico’s federal and state laws subject to “ongoing violations” include the General Law of Ecological Equilibrium and Environmental Protection (Ley General del Equilibrio Ecológico y la Protección al Ambiente, LGEEPA) and the Law of Ecological Equilibrium and Environmental Protection of the State of Sonora (Ley del Equilibrio Ecológico y Protección al Ambiente del Estado de Sonora).","Tohono O’odham Indian Nation","http://www.cec.org/submissions-on-enforcement/registry-of-submissions/transboundary-agricultural-burning/"]
["2018-06-26","JPAC Session 18-01 and 25th Council Session, 26-27 June 2018, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States","N/A","Event","JPAC\nCouncil","Private Sector\nGreen Growth","The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) invites the public to join its annual Regular Session of the CEC Council, composed of the environment ministers of Canada, Mexico, and the United States. This year, the Council Chair, US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, will host Canadian Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna and Mexico’s Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources Rafael Pacchiano Alamán in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States.\n\nAs is customary, the Council Session will be preceded by a one-day public forum hosted by the CEC Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC). Building on the successful JPAC session that took place last November in Chicago on “NAFTA’S Environmental Side Agreement:  Assessing the past, looking towards the future”, the JPAC forum will center on two key issues: future areas of trilateral environmental cooperation, and on expanding private sector engagement in future CEC projects and initiatives.","Pascua Yaqui Tribe Of Arizona\n","http://www.cec.org/events/25th-regular-session-of-the-cec-council-and-meeting-of-the-joint-public-advisory-committee-jpac/"]