Commission for Environmental Cooperation Funds 10 Community Grants for Sustainable Recovery From COVID-19 Pandemic

MONTREAL, May 4, 2022/PRNewswire/ Today, the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation announced that 10 community projects were selected under the 2022 North American Partnership for Environmental Community Action grant program (NAPECA). This NAPECA cycle supports community recovery from the COVID-19 epidemic. C$1.5 MillionGrant funding for environmental initiatives in North America that support communities to implement solutions and increase resilience.

“The 10 winning projects aim encourage an equitable recovery by helping communities to address challenges exacerbated from the COVID-19 epidemic,” said the statement. Richard MorganCEC Executive Director.

From more than 200 submissions, the NAPECA selection committee selected 10 final projects. The CEC approved the selected projects. CouncilThis program has as its strategic objective to support model environmental projects that will help create long-term partnerships and promote shared responsibility for the environment.

The work on the selected projects will commence in May 2022And then, close by April 2024.

We are very proud of the following organizations:

Canada

South Saskatchewan River Watershed Stewards. Project Building Pandemic Recovery and Response Through Safe Drinking Water Access at Beardy’s Okemasis Cree Nation
SeaChange Marine Conservation Society: Project Revitalization for Indigenous Place-based Conservation for Coastal Restoration
N-EAT Project at Simon Fraser UniversityProject Enhancing Food Sovereignty, Resiliency and Remote Indigenous Communities British Columbia

Mexico

Mixbaal Fondo para el Fomento de la Educacin, A.C., project Maya Peasant Community Agricultural School for Regenerative and Agroforestry Techniques
Grupo para Promover la Educacin y el Desarrollo Sustentable A.C., project Local Action To Mitigate Climate Change In Zapotec Communities Of The Central Valleys Oaxaca
Universidad Autnoma de Quertaro. Co-generation of Sustainable Alternatives for the Post-COVID Period in Vulnerable Societies of the Quertaro Semidesert

United States

Remy’s Good Day Fund, Regenerative Agriculture, Solar Power and Economic Development for Community Health and Resilience
Florida International UniversityFoundation, project Enhancing Local Food Security Through the Farmer-to-Farmer Model As a Rapid Response To the COVID-19 Pandemic
Rio Bravo Restoration, Project Socio-environmental Capacity building for COVID & Climate Change in Rural Communities.Bravo
Center for Large Landscape Conservation, project Strengthening The Capacity Of Biosphere Regions; Place Based Solutions for North American Sustainability

The CEC’s NAPECA grant programme supports nongovernmental and nonprofit entities. Canada, Mexico, The United StatesIt aims to improve environmental conditions at the local, regional, and Indigenous levels.

Visit NAPECA to learn more www.cec.org/napeca.

About the CEC

In 1994, the governments of Canada, MexicoAnd The United Statesthrough the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation. This is a parallel agreement to NAFTA. As of 2020, CEC is recognized by the Environmental Cooperation Agreement that is parallel to NAFTA’s new Free Trade Agreement. North America. The CEC brings together a wide variety of stakeholders, including the general population, Indigenous Peoples, youth, nongovernmental organisations, academia, and business to find solutions to protect. North America’sSustainable development is a way to create a better environment for all people and ensure that the future generations benefit from it. Learn more at: www.cec.org.

The Government of Canada is responsible for funding and governing the CEC. CanadaThrough Environment and Climate Change Canada the Government of The United StatesOf MexicoThrough the Secretara de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, and Government of The United States of AmericaThrough the Environmental Protection Agency.