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About
the Program
For
more than a decade the Udall Center for Studies in Public
Policy has maintained an active research and outreach program
on environmental issues concerning the U.S.-Mexico border
region. Via major funding-primarily from the Ford Foundation
through a dozen projects since 1989-the Center has established
a presence as a neutral, respected observer and commentator
on border environmental policy.
The
Center's U.S.-Mexico border agenda has addressed issues
including:
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Transboundary water management policy-in both urban
and rural or protected areas
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Recent institutional developments, especially the evolution
and functioning of environmental institutions created
as a result of the North American Free Trade Agreement,
or NAFTA (BECC, NADB, and CEC)
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The
role of public participation, and specifically, of nongovernmental
organizations (NGOs) in environmental decisionmaking
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The
importance of information and public access for democratic
decisionmaking, for example, via pioneering use of two
Udall Center electronic discussion groups, BECCnet and
CECnet
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Hazardous-materials
management policy
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American
Indian issues in the border region
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Natural-resources
management issues, particularly via community-based
collaboratives (CBC)
To
complement and disseminate the results of its research activities,
the Udall Center has maintained a vigorous publication program.
The
Center's efforts on border environmental policy have been
made possible by project support from the Ford Foundation,
the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Pew Charitable
Trusts, the Morris K. Udall Foundation, U.S. EPA, the U.S.
Department of the Interior, and The University of Arizona.
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