Electronic Version of North American Ecological Regions

The CEC's publication, Ecological Regions of North America: Toward a Common Perspective, is part of a major regional effort to redraw the North American map in terms of ecosystems and ecological regions instead of political boundaries. This publication, which contains full-color maps of North American ecological regions as well as photos, descriptions and case studies, has become an "environmental toolbox" for environmental groups, government agencies and others to help describe, understand and manage the region's common environment and its natural resources.

Now the electronic versions of all materials prepared for Ecological Regions of North America are available on the CEC's Internet site at: http://www.cec.org/english/resources/publications/ under the "Environmental Conservation" section.

Internet readers will find the following items for viewing and downloading:
- Hypertext descriptions of all 15 Level I ecological regions, including maps and photographs
- A complete electronic version of the publication (Adobe Acrobat format)
- Digital GIS-based maps (in Arc/Info and ArcView formats)

All of the CEC's officials publications are available in complete electronic versions (Adobe Acrobat format) in three languages. Besides Ecological Regions of North America, other recent CEC publications available on-line include: