The U.S.-Mexican Border Environmental Information Project is a collaborative effort among EPA, SEMARNAP, the Environmental Information Work Group of Border XXI, San Diego State University, and the U.S.-Mexico Border Information Institute (Instituto de Informácion Fronteriza Mexico-Estados Unidos), a nongovernmental organization in Ciudad Juárez. The Autonomous University of Baja California will also be an active participant in the project, facilitating the acquisition of data and participating in other activities.
As the project progresses, the environmental information stakeholders in the project will participate in the output design, data collection, and other key aspects of the efforts. It is hoped that the Environmental Information Work Group will become a critical player in the project, receiving regular updates from the project team and providing input on a periodic basis. NGOs, local governments, Indian tribes, community members, and the private sector on both sides of the border will actively participate and contribute through a general outreach effort that will include a preliminary home page and distribution of published informational materials. Part of this outreach effort will include a survey that will be widely distributed to collect information from representative stakeholders about environmental information needs.
Advisory Panels
Two advisory panels will be established to support the work of the project. A borderwide advisory group will include key individuals from Mexico and the United States along the border. A regional transborder advisory board will also be established with members from the California-Baja California border area, whose geographical location will facilitate frequent meetings. The boards will not only provide input on all phases of the project, but will serve to test the products of the project—the web site, Directory, and Inventory
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