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Join the Monarch Blitz’s 10th Anniversary: Every Observation Matters

Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), 23 July 2026—The International Monarch Monitoring Blitz is just around the corner! From 31 July to 9 August 2026, we invite everyone across North America to head outside and search for monarch butterflies and milkweed plants.

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Stimulating Behavioral Changes to Reduce Food Loss and Waste (FLW) in North America and Expanded Promotion and Uptake of Related CEC FLW Resources

2024 Active Sustainable Living and Economies

The CEC Council has acknowledged the importance to further build upon the success of past CEC FLW projects, and continue to demonstrate CEC leadership and visibility to support FLW reduction in North America. Given this, the CEC continues its work on a new project with a focus on developing new...

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Coastal Blue Carbon Restoration and Management

Background and Best Practices

June 5, 2026 4 pages Climate Change Ecosystems

In 2024, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) convened a series of workshops on blue carbon as part of its 2021–2025 project “Enhancing Co-Benefits of Marine Protected Areas.” The workshops brought together experts to exchange knowledge, best practices, case studies and opportunities related to blue carbon ecosystems within Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs).

This technical brief synthesizes key insights from those discussions, highlighting management actions, challenges and opportunities, selected case studies and key resources to support practitioners working on blue carbon conservation and management.

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