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Resources 'Latin America'

The Declaration of the Heads of States of the Special Summit of the Americas, which was held in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, in Janaury 2004. In the Declaration, OAS Member States recognize, inter…
In 2001 the Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GMEF) convened an Open-ended Intergovernmental Group of Ministers or Their Representatives on International Environmental Governance to report on…
The webpage concerning the Aarhus Convention of IDEA, a Paraguayan non-governmental, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting environmental protection in Paraguay through improved policy and…
GRAIN is an international NGO which promotes the sustainable management and use of agricultural biodiversity. The website contains publications, news and links to national legislation dealing with…
To strengthen volunteering in the Latin American and Caribbean region, the Inter-American Initiative on Social Capital, Ethics and Development of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and the…
The Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP) is actively involved in the publication and dissemination of environmental reports and data to its many users. CEP maintains online a database relating to…
The Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) identifies, supports, evaluates and certifies sustainable environmental infrastructure projects through broad public participation, to improve the…
The International Relations Center (IRC), formerly called the Interhemispheric Resource Center, promotes strategic dialogues that lead to new citizen-based agendas. Through its two key programs,…
Global Barometer (GB) surveys ask what people are thinking in new democracies by interviewing nationwide representative samples in Africa, East Asia, the new post-communist Europe, and in Latin…
This landmark legislation guarantees the Mexican public's right to request and receive information from the government. In Spanish. For an English translation, see http://www.freedominfo.org/…