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Transitioning Remote Communities to Renewable Energy

Description: Many remote and Indigenous communities across North America face unique challenges because of their geographic isolation, harsh climates and limited infrastructure. As a result, they often depend on costly and environmentally damaging diesel generators for electricity. This report analyzes nine case studies from Canada, Mexico and the United States that highlight successful renewable energy transition projects in remote communities, many of them community-led. Based on site visits, extensive in… more
Date: April 2, 2026
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The Spent Goods Company

Description: The Spent Goods Company, founded in Toronto, ON, Canada in 2018, aims to prevent food loss and waste by teaming up with local breweries and bakeries to turn “spent” beer grains into new products. These products include loaves of bread, bagels, English muffins, buns, and snacks such as crackers and pretzels. Following this approach, Spent Goods demonstrates the role business can play in reducing waste and minimizing environmental impact, while creating a delicious, nutritious product that genera… more
Date: April 23, 2021
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Smithfield Foods

Description: As part of its industry leading sustainability program, Smithfield Foods strives to maximize the social, environmental and economic value of food. To do so, the company is committed to reducing food loss and waste. At its facility in Junction City, Kansas, a process-level prevention assessment with Enviro-Stewards identified and implemented measures that have reduced food loss to rendering by 30% and retained 3.8 million protein servings (943,400 lbs.) per year in the food supply chain.
Date: April 23, 2021
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San Diego Food System Alliance (SDFSA)

Description: The San Diego Food System Alliance (“The Alliance”) is a nonprofit organization working to cultivate a healthy, sustainable and just food system in San Diego County, California. The Alliance is a diverse and inclusive network that works across sectors to promote collaboration, influence policy and catalyze transformation in the food system.
Date: April 26, 2021
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Recycle Leaders, Loop Closing, and Soilful

Description: Recycle Leaders, Loop Closing and Soilful are three small businesses in Washington, DC1 that teamed up to implement a Community Action Grant funded by Sustainability DC 2.0, a city-funded initiative. The grant supported piloting the “Team Up on Food Waste @ DC Wards 7 and 8” action research project with residents living in a food desert. Recycle Leaders is a social enterprise that helps schools and students learn to lead lasting change by implementing impactful waste action projects. Loop Closi… more
Date: April 28, 2021
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Chihuahuan Desert Grassland Conservation: Perspectives of Ranchers in Mexico

Description: This report presents the results of a survey of ranchers and livestock owners across the Chihuahuan Desert region of northern Mexico, to understand their perspectives, experiences and practices related to livestock production and grassland conservation. A structured questionnaire was distributed digitally and in print to collect both quantitative and qualitative data from 172 participants, mostly from Chihuahua, but also from Durango, Coahuila and other states. Results highlight how ranchers le… more
Date: April 15, 2026
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Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans (CEDO)

Description: CEDO combines vision, leadership, knowledge, and experience to foster vibrant communities and resilient ecosystems. The organisation has been working in the northern Gulf of California for 40 years, as well as other ecoregions, by integrating people, knowledge, and solutions. More specifically CEDO have been working with small-scale fishermen and their communities to develop innovative and comprehensive solutions to the region’s complex challenges, as well as a comprehensive plan for Integrated… more
Date: April 23, 2021
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Bruized

Description: Bruized, founded in 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a women-run startup that aims to prevent food loss and waste and encourage plant-based diets. Bruized accomplishes this by using ingredients that would otherwise go to landfill or compost, thus preventing food from being wasted. Products include compotes, chutneys, cookies, and pulp-based granola for topping on yogurt and cereal. Bruized also uses recyclable/reusable materials (such as Mason jars) for packaging whenever possible to also m… more
Date: April 23, 2021
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Bimbo Canada

Description: Bimbo Canada is pursuing an integrated water, energy, and produce conservation strategy across 10 of its facilities. To date, these assessments have identified measures to reduce food loss by 1,500 tonnes/year, which will also save 2,200 tonnes/year of embedded GHG and 5.5 million meal equivalents per year.
Date: April 23, 2021
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Social Science and Conservation Efforts Across the Central Grasslands of North America: An Integration Plan

Description: The Central Grasslands of North America provide vital habitat and ecosystem services, yet continue to decline despite ongoing conservation efforts. This integration plan addresses the gap between social science research and its application in grassland conservation delivery. Drawing on three complementary efforts (a literature review of conservation social science, a synthesis of surveys of ranchers, producers and landowners across Canada, Mexico and the United States, and a social science need… more
Date: April 30, 2026
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Monitoring Efficacy

Description: Flood-risk management is a major concern for coastal communities, particularly when considering sea-level rise caused by climate change. Nature-based solutions (NBS) have the potential to meet many flood-risk management objectives while also providing social, environmental, and economic co-benefits. This series of guidance documents was designed to support the uptake of NBS in coastal communities across Canada, Mexico and the United States, by providing decision makers and practitioners with… more
Date: April 29, 2025
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Co-Benefits

Description: Flood-risk management is a major concern for coastal communities, particularly when considering sea-level rise caused by climate change. Nature-based solutions (NBS) have the potential to meet many flood-risk management objectives while also providing social, environmental, and economic co-benefits. This series of guidance documents was designed to support the uptake of NBS in coastal communities across Canada, Mexico and the United States, by providing decision makers and practitioners with… more
Date: April 29, 2025
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Community Environmental Justice Strategies and Tools for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

Description: The database <strong>"Community Environmental Justice Strategies and Tools for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation"</strong> provides examples of free and accessible resources and materials, as well as guidance on knowledge, experiences, and techniques that will enable communities and the general public to identify actions to address climate challenges. Under the framework of the CEJN project, climate change adaptation and mitigation tools, from an environmental justice perspective, are… more
Date: April 4, 2025
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Migratory Birds: Factual Record

Description: The second case involves a logging company’s alleged intentional burning of four trees on private land, including one allegedly nested by a pair of ospreys. The Submitters included these two cases in the submission to illustrate their assertion that the United States is failing to effectively enforce Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) Section 703, 16 U.S.C. § 703, as it relates to loggers, logging companies and logging contractors on federal and non-federal lands throughout the United States.
Date: April 24, 2003
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Trinational Risk Assessment Guidelines for Aquatic Alien Invasive Species

Description: There are few environmental issues that are as well documented as the impacts of alien invasive species. The movement of people, commodities and their conveyances through international commerce has increased the risk of movement of these unwanted organisms.
Date: April 23, 2009
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North American Environmental Law and Policy, Volume 23

Description: Secretariat Determinations under Articles 14 and 15 of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation: September 2004 through August 2006
Date: April 22, 2007
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Transportation Services, Air Quality and Trade

Description: The objective of this paper is to assess the environmental impact of trade liberalization on the cross border transportation on two international borders between three countries, using econometrics.
Date: April 21, 2008
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Tourism, Trade and the Environment

Description: Using the case of the Mexican portion of the Mesoamerican Reef, this paper presents an analysis of the relationship between trade, tourism development and its impacts on the environment using the framework of the Organization of Economic Cooperation Development for trade-related environmental effects.
Date: April 21, 2008
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NAFTA, Tourism and the Environment in Mexico

Description: The purpose of the study is to determine how NAFTA influences the Mexican tourism sector and its effects on the environment.
Date: April 21, 2008
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Pollution and International Trade in Services

Description: This paper uses data on trade in services from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, and data on the pollution intensity of various industries from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to demonstrate that the correlation between services trade and pollution intensity is negative.
Date: April 21, 2008
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