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The International Monarch Monitoring Blitz is a community science initiative open to anyone in North America. Each year, the Monarch Blitz takes place over a 10-day period, starting on the last Friday of July and ending on the Sunday of the following week.
A unique trinational organization advancing a regional approach to environmental cooperation and creating linkages across Canada, Mexico and the United States to address emerging and complex environmental challenges.
CEC projects bring together experts, governments and communities to share knowledge, build capacity, pilot scalable solutions and strengthen cooperation, turning shared goals into action for North America’s environment.
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Methane is a short-lived climate pollutant (SLCP) and a potent greenhouse gas. At the 2023 North American Leaders Submit (NALS), Canada, Mexico and the United States recognized “the urgency for rapid, coordinated and ambitious measures to build clean energy economies and respond to the climate crisis” and committed to “reduce...
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This report documents a collaborative effort to engage Indigenous communities in northern Mexico within the framework of the Central Grasslands Roadmap. Through visits, dialogues and knowledge exchanges in 2023 and 2024, members of the Indigenous Kinship Circle (IKC), community leaders and local partners listened to community perspectives on cultural continuity, climate change, food security and the stewardship of grasslands and sacred places. Central to these conversations was the importance of intergenerational knowledge transfer, language revitalization and the role of youth in sustaining cultural and ecological resilience.
This report is intended for Indigenous communities, organizations, policymakers and conservation partners. It shares community-identified needs, priorities and proposed strategies for resilience and cultural revitalization. By grounding conservation in Indigenous Knowledge Systems and lived realities, the report emphasizes reciprocal care for the land and underscores the value of equitable, Indigenous-led participation in shaping the future of the Central Grasslands.
