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Contents below:
· General information
· News & periodicals
· Indigenous peoples
· Institutions:
~ Government agencies
~ Research
~ NGOs
· International agreements
· Environmental law
· Trade
· Transportation
· Sustainable materials management
· Air pollution
· Stratospheric ozone depletion
· Forests
· Regions & regional issues
~ Laguna San Ignacio
Also see:
General information
Overview of environmental law and practice in Mexico
· A useful and short overview of Mexico’s environment
Sustainable Governance Indicators for Mexico
News & periodicals
EIN Presswire → Mexico Environment News Monitoring
Naturaleza, La
· 1869-1912
· Biodiversity Heritage Library entry
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, La
· In Spanish
Indigenous peoples
Atlas of Indigenous People in Mexico
· In Spanish
Institutions
~ Government agencies ~
Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (SRE)
· English translation: Secretariat of Foreign Affairs
Comision Nacional Para El Conocimiento Y Uso De La Biodiversidad (CONABIO)
· English translation: National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity
· Website has no English translation; click here for Wikipedia entry.
Instituto Nacional de Ecologia y Cambio Climatica
· English translation: National Institute for Ecology and Climate Change
· Website has no English translation, and no English description is available.
~ Research ~
Centro del Cambio Global y la Sustentabilidad A.C.
~ Nongovernmental organizations ~
Mexican Nature Conservation Fund
Mexican Society of Natural History (Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural)
Profauna (Protección de la Fauna Mexicana)
International agreements
List of Mexico's participation in international environmental agreements
Mexico Focal Point @ UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
US Agency for International Development: Sustainable Landscapes program in Mexico
Environmental law
Environmental law and practice in Mexico
Mexican Environmental Law Center (CEMDA)
· In Spanish with a few pages in English
Trade
Trade & Investment @ Secretary of the Economy, Government of Mexico
· Government page on strengthening international trade, with multiple references to "sustainable development"
Free trade and the environment: Mexico, NAFTA, and beyond by Kevin Gallagher
· Key reading on the Mexican experience with "free trade"
Transportation
Non-motorized transportation in Mexico (UNEP page)
Sustainable materials management, including trade in hazardous materials
Mexican Hazardous Waste Generator
· "Instructions for Generators Concerning Hazardous Waste Return from Maquiladoras"
Climate change
Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) @ UNFCCC NDC Registry
Mexico @ Climate Action Tracker
International Development Law Organization: Climate change in Mexico and beyond
Mexican-German Climate Change Alliance
How is climate change affecting Mexico?
· Broad & concise overview from the Climate Reality Project.
Quintana Roo coral reef insurance policy
Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts on the Coastal Wetlands in the Gulf of Mexico
· World Bank project
· A review of the project is here
Air pollution
Air Pollution in Mexico City: Real-time Air Quality Index Visual Map
Live pollution report and pollution forecast in Mexico City
Mexico Perspective: Air Pollution
· From the Copenhagen Consensus Center
Stratospheric ozone depletion
Mexico Ozone Depleting Substances Project Protocol
Elimination of Ozone Depleting Substances in the Manufacture of Domestic Refrigerators in Mexico
Forests
Forest Legality Initiative (Mexico)
Biodiversity
Viva Natura Illustrated database of Mexican biodiversity
Regions & regional issues
Northern Mexico
Geo-Mexico: The geography and dynamics of Northern Mexico
Laguna San Ignacio
Laguna San Ignacio Ecosystem Science Program
Yucatan: Tren Maya railway proposal
Government of Mexico → Tren Maya
Commission for Environmental Cooperation → Tren Maya submission
Mexico Business News → Tag: Tren Maya
Yucatan Times → Tag: Tren Maya
Polish Geographical Society → Tren Maya
Justseeds Artists Cooperative → No! Al Tren Maya
Zisla → El Tren Maya and what it means for the real estate in the Yucatan Peninsula [2022.10.13]
New York Times → Over Caves and Over Budget, Mexico’s Train Project Barrels Toward Disaster [2022.9.28]
Mongabay → Mexico court drops injunctions, paving way for controversial Tren Maya railway [2022.9.15]
Bloomberg → Jungle Train: Mexico’s AMLO is staking his presidential legacy on a highly contested 965-mile rail... [2022.6.3]
Matador → Mexico May Build a Massive Tourist Train Over the Yucatán’s World-Famous Cenotes [2022.4.18]
Equal Times → Tren Maya, the Mexican megaproject threatening the ecosystems of the Yucatán Peninsula [2022.3.18]