Experts from North America are meeting Mar 10-11 in Mexico to evaluate how well bird conservation programs in the region are tackling the threats of habitat degradation. The meet is part of the North American Bird Conservation Initiative, created in 1999 by the intergovernmental Commission for Environmental Cooperation, and this year will receive an investment of 200,000 dollars.

Some 235 species of mammals, reptiles, birds and amphibians of Canada, Mexico and the United States are endangered.

The CEC was established by the parallel accords of the North American Free Trade Agreement, in force since 1994.