Border Websites of Interest
We provide here a list of websites that are good starting points to find other web sites run by
government, industry and non-governmental organizations involved in border
environmental issues.
Border EcoWeb is
a project of the U.S. - Mexican Border Environmental Information Project,
a collaborative effort among San Diego State University, the Autonomous
University of Baja California, the Environmental Protection Agency, SEMARNAP
and the U.S. -Mexico Border Information Institute (INFOMEXUS), an NGO based
in Ciudad Juarez. Border EcoWeb provides a one-stop shopping guide to other
web sites run by governments, business and other institutions about the border
environment.
BIOS (Border Information
and Outreach Service) is a new binational organization administered by
Interhemispheric Resource Center in Silver City, New Mexico. BIOS serves
as a clearinghouse for information and resources about the border environment
and has many useful web link resources and action kits on particular issues.
In addition to BIOS, the
Interhemispheric Resource Center
web site also has information about its projects and publications, including
the monthly Borderlines.
The Maquiladora Health & Safety Support Network
provides information regarding workplace hazards and safety issues in the
over 3,200 "maquiladora" (foreign-owned assembly) plants located along the U.S./Mexico
border. The Maquiladora Health & Safety Support Network actively supports maquiladora workers in their
efforts to create safe workplace environments and ensure that maquila plants comply with Mexican labor laws.
Free-lance writer Ron Mader runs
Ecotravels in Latin America,
as well as
Border
Environmental Archives, an interesting web site with links to many border
web resources, including his own publication, La Planeta Platica.
The Texas Natural Resource Information System runs the
Texas/Mexico Borderlands
Data and Information Center, which has a web site where environmental
information on the border can be accessed.
Finally, the Environmental Protection Agency runs a special U.S./Mexico border
web site with information about
Border XXI, the border
environment initiative it conducts jointly with Mexico' SEMARNAP and other
local, state and federal agencies.
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