The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) recently underwent a ten-year review in which it was recommended that the organization continue to examine the key issues related to ecologically sustainable development in North America, notably in the areas of energy and water management and the conservation of biodiversity. There is therefore the opportunity for the National Atlas Frameworks, in collaboration with the USGS and INEGI, to help the CEC present these issues to the public in the form of harmonized electronic maps that can be made available on the Internet.

For more information concerning the CEC's review.

The GSDNR Communicator: Summer 2004