In partnership with the state and local governments in the border regions of the United States, EPA has forged working relationships with Canada and Mexico in order protect, improve, and conserve the ecosystems shared by all three countries. In the United States-Mexico Border XXI Program, the United States and Mexico's federal entities work cooperatively toward sustainable development, protection of human health and the environment, and proper management of natural resources in both countries. The U.S. has similarly joined with Environment Canada to pursue common environmental goals such as the Binational Toxics Strategy and the Great Lakes Management Plan.

Recommended EPA Web pages

• U.S. Mexico Border Environmental Program: Border 2012
  Information on program to protect the environment and public health in the U.S.-Mexico border region, consistent with the principles of sustainable development.
• International Affairs: Bilateral Programs
  To protect the environment along the US / Mexican and US / Canadian borders, we have made agreements to prevent, prepare, and respond to chemical accidents.
• Great Lakes
  The homepage for the EPA Great Lakes Program. Contains links to Great Lakes information in many topics.

Border Issues
Great Lakes, Transboundary Pollution, US-Canada Border, US-Mexico Border

Chemicals Management
Green Chemistry, Import, Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRS), Screening

Country & Regional Programs
Canada, Caribbean, Central Europe, China, Eastern Europe, Japan, Latin America, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Western Europe

Environmental Policy
Marine Pollution, Trade

Global Climate Change
Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Sink, Forestry, Greenhouse Gas, Land Use, Methane, Technology Cooperation

Import/Export
Laws, Pesticides, Waste

International Visitors

Partners/Networks
Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), International Joint Commission (IJC), NAFTA Technical Working Group on Pesticides, OECD Pesticide Working Group, Regional Environmental Centers

Pollution Prevention
Binational Toxics Strategy

Radiation
Radioactive Materials, Release, Standards

Stratospheric Ozone

Technical Assistance
Environmental Technology Verification, Site Remediation Technologies, Training

Treaties and Agreements
Basel Convention, Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, La Paz Agreement, London Convention, Marpol Agreement, Montreal Protocol, North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC), North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), US-Japan Agreement on Cooperation in Environmental Protection, US-Taiwan Bilateral Agreement In the Field of Environmental Protection, US-Thailand Agreement in the Area of Environmental Protection

Voluntary Standards
ISO 14000

Waste

Water
Marine Pollution, Transboundary