Inventory by region: Borderwide
Information Sources: Binational United States Mexico

NOTE: Border EcoWeb provides these links as a convenience to public users but assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or validity of the information contained on other sites. The data provided are solely the responsibility of the web site owners.

U.S.-Mexico Binational or Other International:

Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) / Comisión de Cooperación Ecológica Fronteriza (COLEF)

  • The Governments of Mexico and the United States created the COCEF/BECC in November 1993 to assist communities on both sides of the border in coordinating and carrying out environmental infrastructure projects
  • Nontechnical
  • BECC News
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on March 27, 2000

    • Border XXI Program / Frontera XXI

  • Nontechnical
  • U.S.-Mexico Environmental Indicators Report
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on January 17, 2000

    • HAZTRAKS: U.S.-Mexico Hazardous Waste Tracking System

  • Created by the EPA and SEMARNAP
  • Semitechnical
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on August 24, 1998

    • International Boundary & Water Commission (IBWC)/Comisión Internacional de Límites y Aguas

  • Semitechnical
  • Rio Grande
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on January 31, 2002

    • The North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC)

  • Technical
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on July 14, 1999.

    • North American Development Bank (NADBANK) / Banco para el Desarrollo de América del Norte (BANDAN)

  • Semitechnical
  • Border Environment Infrastructure Fund
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on February 5, 2001.

    • U.S.-Mexico Information Center on Air Pollution (CICA) Centro de Información Sobre Contaminación de Aire para la Frontera entre EE. UU. y México (CICA)

  • Sponsored by EPA's Clean Air Technology Center
  • CICA provides technical support and assistance at no cost to Federal, State and Local Agencies, and Universities in Mexico
  • Technical data
  • Most comprehensive source for border-specific air quality information (in table format of via area maps)
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on August 24, 1998

    • Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy (SCERP)

  • The Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy was established in October 1990 by the Congress under the Clean Air Act. The Act appropriated funding for a consortium of United States universities cooperating with Mexican universities to help solve the environmental problems in the border area of the United States and Mexico
  • Nontechnical
  • SCERP Reports and Publications
  • Air Quality Reports
  • Water Quality Reports
  • Health, Policy, and Training Reports
  • Hazardous Materials and Toxics Projects
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on January 5, 1999

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    U.S. Source:

    Border Information and Outreach Service (BIOS)

  • Nontechnical
  • Promotes sustainable development in the borderlands by serving as a clearing house for information and resources
  • Borderlines monthly bulletin News & Updaters
  • U.S. Foreign Policy
  • Interhemispheric Resource Center
  • Cross Borderlinks e-zine
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on May 8, 2000

    • United States Department of Interior (U.S. DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

  • This site covers all BLM activities along the U.S.-Mexican Border
  • Nontechnical
  • El Centro Field Office
  • Imperial Project Environmental Impact Statement
  • Yuma Field Office
  • Tucson Field Office
  • Safford Field Office
  • Las Cruces District Office
  • Tulsa District Office (Covers Texas)
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on August 24, 1998

    • Center for Energy Studies (CES)

  • Research Center at San Diego State University
  • Nontechnical
  • Descriptions of Border-Related Projects
  • Sources of Air Pollution in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on August 24, 1998

    • Enviro$en$e

  • Sponsored by EPA, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and National Pollution Prevention Roundtable
  • Nontechnical
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on August 24, 1998

    • National Agricultural Library Water Quality Information Center

  • By the Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture
  • Access to 28 databases of federal-level information
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on August 24, 1998

    • U.S. Department of Education

  • Semitechnical
  • This site may not necessarily provide border-specific information
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on January 17, 2000

    • U.S. Department of Labor

  • Semitechnical
  • This site may not necessarily provide border-specific information
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on August 24, 1998

    • U.S. Department of Transportation Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA)

  • Semitechnical
  • Hazardous Materials Safety (HAZMAT)
  • North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Hazardous Materials Land Transportation Standards Sub-Committee
  • Official Mexican Standards (NORMAs/NOMs)
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on August 24, 1998

    • United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) Emergency Response Notification System (ERNS)

  • EPA database used to store information on notifications of oil discharges and hazardous substance releases
  • Semitechnical
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on August 24, 1998

    • US EPA Envirofacts Warehouse

  • Access to several EPA environmental databases (can search by state or county)
  • Superfund data
  • Safe drinking water information
  • Water discharge permits
  • Hazardous waste data
  • Grants information
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on April 5, 1999

    • US EPA Office of Air and Radiation (OAR)

  • Semitechnical
  • This site may not necessarily provide border-specific information
  • Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on August 24, 1998

    • US EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA)

  • Nontechnical
  • International Enforcement and Compliance Division (IECD)
  • NAFTA Environmental Side Agreement
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on March 20, 2000

    • US EPA Superfund

  • Superfund is a trust set up by the Federal Government to fund the clean-up of Hazardous Waste Sites
  • Semitechnical
  • This site may not necessarily provide border-specific information
  • What is Superfund?
  • Region 6 Superfund Division
  • Region 9 Hazardous Waste Homepage
  • New Mexico Superfund Sites
  • Texas Superfund Sites
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on May 1, 1999

    • US EPA Surf Your Watershed

  • Nontechnical
  • Locate watershed
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on August 24, 1998

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    Mexican Source:

    El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF) (Northern Border College)

  • Nontechnical
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on February 25, 2000

    • Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO) (National Commission for Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity)

  • Mission: knowledge of biodiversity in the country by making biological inventories, development of data bases and establishment of data networks for information flow and exchange; sustainable use and spread of knowledge
  • Semitechnical
  • updated, printed climatic mapping (1997)
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on October 16, 1998

    • Instituto Nacional de Ecología (INE) (National Environmental Institute)

  • Mission: In charge of designing overall environmental policy and applying the various environmental regulatory and management instruments thereof
  • Nontechnical
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on October 16, 1998

    • http://www.semarnat.gob.mx/ Secretaría de Medio Ambiente, Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT) (Secretariat of the Environment, Natural Resources)

    Formerly (SEMARNAP)
  • Mission: to encourage lasting use of renewable natural resources and the environment
  • Semitechnical
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on January 29, 2002

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