Three background papers have been prepared to the Trilateral Cooperation to Promote the Protection of Water Quality Through Sustainable Agriculture. The first paper (PDF - 155 kb) focuses on the water quality issues, the problems the three countries are facing and the practices that create these problems. The second paper (PDF - 137 kb) focuses on the responses the three countries offer to prevent these problems and/or mitigate their impacts, approaches to changing agricultural practices and the challenges they face in finding solutions. The third paper lists suggestions for possible areas of trilateral cooperation.
Federal:
Mexico - Sagarpa (Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería,Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación)
Mexico – Semarnap (Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales)
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, USDA
U.S./Mexico Border Program, United States Environmental Protection Agency
Water Quality Trading Policy, United States Environmental Protection Agency
International:
OAS (Organization of American States) - Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) - Evaluation and Oversight Unit
UN FAO (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization) - Agriculture Department
Envirolink Network information site
Development of A Framework for Water Quality Monitoring in Mexico. Biswas, A., E. Ordoñez and J. Cabrera.
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Water Observatory, U.S.
Canada and U.S.
Mexico and U.S.
List of Treaties and Agreements Canada - U.S. and Mexico - U.S.