With the active participation of the ten border states and U.S. tribal governments, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Mexico's Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Mexican Secretariat of Health (SS) and other federal agencies, have developed the Border 2012 program to protect the environment and the public's health in the U.S.-Mexico border region. The ten-year Border 2012 program emphasizes a bottom-up, regional approach, anticipating that local decision-making, priority-setting, and project implementation will best address environmental issues in the border region. It brings together a wide variety of stakeholders to produce prioritized and sustained actions that consider the environmental needs of the different border communities.

Released by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretariá de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT). "EPA-160-R-03-001." "April 4, 2003"--Page 2 of cover.

Mission statement -- Border 2012 guiding principles -- Introduction -- Background -- A new approach -- Achieving results -- Regional issues -- Organizing for success -- Reporting results -- List of acronyms -- Contact list -- Misioân del programa -- Principios rectores de frontera 2012 -- Introduccioân -- Antecedentes -- Un nuevo enfoque -- Obtencioân de resultados -- Temas regionales -- Orgnanizacioân para el eâxito -- Informes de resultados -- Lista de abreviaturas -- Informacioân de contactos.