US-Mexico Border 2012 Program

Border residents suffer disproportionately from many environmental health problems, including water-borne diseases and respiratory problems so numerous bi-national entities, together with the public developed the Border 2012 program whose mission is to protect the environment and public health in the U.S.-Mexico border region, consistent with the principles of sustainable development. The ten-year Border 2012 program takes a bottom-up, regional approach, which relies heavily on local input, decision-making, priority-setting, and project implementation to best address environmental issues in the border region. It brings together a wide variety of stakeholders to prioritize sustainable actions that consider the environmental needs of the different border communities.

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