BOARD01900

• Board Meeting Date: 11/20/2000
• Description: WSP Section - Colorado River Basin Issues - Colorado River Delta Issues
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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JOINT DECLARATION BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (001) OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE SECRETARIAT OF ENVIRONMENT,
NATURAL RESOURCES AND FISHERIES (SEMARNAP) OF THE UNITED MEXICAN
STATES TO ENHANCE COOPERATION IN THE COLORADO RIVER DELTA

Considering that the protection and cOnservation of the Colorado River's riparian
areas and other associated resources are a common concern for both the United States of America
and the United Mexican States;

Taking into account a long history of cooperation on environmental and natural
resources matters of mutual interest between the two nations;

Calling into mind the obligations that both Parties have undertaken pursuant to
Article 5 of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands regarding intemational cooperation on the
management of shared wetlands and river basins;

Recognizing the need to develop strategies that are respectful. of national
sovereignty and each nation' s rights to utilize the resources of the Colorado River;

Recognizing the increasing efforts of non-govemmental organizations and.
communities on both sides of the border to preserve the Colorado River Delta; and

Recognizing the benefit of cooperative actions in such fora as the Intemational
Boundc:ry and Water Commission (IBWe) Colorado River Delta Task Force,

DOl and SEMARNAP jointly declare with respect to the Colorado River Delta, the
river and its associated habitats they intend to:

1, Strengthen cooperative action and mechanisms, to improve and conserve the
natural and cultural resources of the Colorado River Delt'!, induding the river and
associated wetland habitats;

2, Support the IBWC's Colorado River Delta Task Force in its effort to identify
physi~1 and hydrological conditions of the Delta; .

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