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The Commission for Environmental Cooperation and Environmental Management in the Americas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Stephen P. Mumme  and
Pamela Duncan
Stephen P. Mumme
Affiliation:
Colorado State University
Pamela Duncan
Affiliation:
Colorado State University
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To what extent has the North American Free Trade Agreement contributed to strengthening and deepening international environmental management in the Americas? Should the system be broadened to incorporate other nations? While a complete answer to these queries is currently beyond reach, there should be little doubt that NAFTA has influenced and continues to influence the direction of environmental management in North America and the hemisphere at large. The agreement has spawned a series of new institutions that are already reshaping current practices and that have considerable promise for broadening the range of international commitments to environmental management in the Americas. The most prominent and most relevant of these is the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC).

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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 39 , Issue 4 , Winter 1997 , pp. 41 - 62
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Copyright © University of Miami 1997

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