Report on Environmental Conditions
and Natural Resources
on Mexico’s Northern Border
Produced by el Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) and el Instituto de Información Fronteriza México-Estados Unidos (InfoMexus).
Originally published in Spanish by the Mexican government’s Instituto Nacional de Ecología (INE).
English-language version produced by the Gila Resources Information Project (GRIP) and Americas Program at the Interhemispheric Resource Center (IRC). Funding for this work was provided by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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Chapter 1: Overview | ||
Chapter 2: General Environmental Conditions in Mexico’s Northern Border Region | ||
Chapter 3: Demographic, Social, and Economic Characteristics of the Northern Border Region | ||
Chapter 4: Public and Environmental Health on the Northern Border | ||
Chapter 5: Air | ||
Chapter 6: Water | ||
Chapter 7: Soil and Land | ||
Chapter 8: Municipal Solid Waste | ||
Chapter 9: Hazardous Waste | ||
Chapter 10: Pollution Prevention | ||
Chapter 11: Institutional and Inter-Institutional Efforts | ||
Chapter 12: Summary and Conclusions | ||
Appendix 1: Demographic, Social and Economic Characteristics |
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Appendix 2: Finances |
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Appendix 3: Maquiladora Industry |
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Appendix 4: Health |
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Appendix 5: Water |
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Appendix 6: Soil and Land Use |
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Appendix 7: Municipal Solid Waste |
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Appendix 8: Hazardous Waste |
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Appendix 9: Results of Inspections of Industry Operations |
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Appendix 10: Nongovernmental Organizations |
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For questions regarding the translation of this report, email GRIP at getagrip@zianet.com Additional information:Instituto Nacional de Ecología (INE) U.S.-Mexico Border 2012 Program Original report in Spanish, from INE |