BINATIONAL AND TRI-NATIONAL PROTECTED AREA PARTNERSHIPS

The countries represented in the NAWPA Committee, share forests, mountain ranges, wildlife species, freshwater systems, oceans and marine life. The MOU on Cooperation for Wilderness and Protected Areas Conservation promulgates cooperative mechanisms that connect the countries in policy initiatives and technical approaches to safeguard wild nature. Possible results of the MOU are ecosystem-scale plans and actions, and various cooperative mechanisms to protect and restore wilderness and protected areas across North America.

Check out the existing examples of transboundary agreements below that build upon the MOU and its provisions: