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Transboundary Cooperation

North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation

Transboundary Agreements Infobase (CEC) contains detailed information (including citation, link to full-text if available, contact information, etc.) on 219 environmental cooperation agreements, including agreements between the U.S., Canada and Mexico, multilateral agreements between these and other countries, state-state and state-province agreements,and a number of arrangements between local or regional authorities along the borders.

Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database includes a searchable full-text database of 150 water-related treaties and 39 interstate compacts. Components to be added in the future include case studies of international water conflict resolution and an annotated bibliography with approximately 1,500 entries.

About EPA's Country and Regional Programs

Transboundary Protected Areas (WCMC)

U.S.- Mexico Border XXI (EPA) is "binational effort which brings together the diverse U.S. and Mexican federal entities responsible for the shared border environment to work cooperatively toward sustainable development through protection of human health and the environment and proper management of natural resources in both countries." The site includes documents on Border XXI activities and information on environmental indicators in the area.

United States-Asia Environmental Partnership

International Joint Commission

International Brownfields Partnerships

Peace Parks Foundations is an organization whose mission is "to facilitate the establishment of Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs)." Focused on Southern Africa.

 

International Instruments

Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution

Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents

Convention of the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes

Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context

U.S. Canada Air Quality Agreement