Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is releasing an updated map layer of North America’s terrestrial protected areas as part of the North American Environmental Atlas.

The 2010 data has more than 200,000 areas in the dataset, 50 percent more than were reported in the 2008 data. Terrestrial protected areas is one of more than 40 map layers already available to view and download free of charge.

CEC latest newsletter highlights the new map layer and also shows the protection level of each of North America’s level I ecoregions. Read it online at:

English: http:/www.cec.org/newsletter/Newsletter_August31_en.html

Français: http://www.cec.org/newsletter/Newsletter_August31_fr.html

Español: http://www.cec.org/newsletter/Newsletter_August31_sp.html

If you would like to receive the Atlas newsletter on a regular basis (normally once every other month), please submit your e-mail address under the “subscribe to updates” section of the Atlas website (www.cec.org/naatlas).