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Regulation respecting the sustainable development of forests in the domain of the State.

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
Québec
Document type
Regulation
Date
2017 (2019)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry, Water
Keyword
Public forest Forest management/forest conservation Ecosystem preservation Protected area Recreational forest Forest species Cultural heritage Sustainable development Sustainable use
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This Regulation applies to forests in the domain of the State up to the northern limit of the forest tundra. That territory is shown on the map “Vegetation areas and bioclimatic domains of Québec” reproduced in Schedule 1. The map is available on the website of the department. No forest development activity may be carried out in the following places and territories: (1) a protected area, proposed or permanent, of Category I, II or III of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, constituted in accordance with the Natural Heritage Conservation Act (chapter C-61.01) or the Parks Act (chapter P-9) and entered in the register of protected areas, unless the carrying out of the activity is authorized under one of those Acts or pursuant to them; (2) an outdoor recreation centre; (3) a scenic outlook; (4) a developed campground; (5) a wilderness campground; (6) an accommodation centre; (7) a rest area; (8) an island whose area is less than 250 ha; (9) an observatory; (10) a public beach; (11) a water intake; (12) an archeological site; (13) a dock site with a boat ramp; (14) a restaurant or accommodation site; (15) a burial site; (16) a complementary vacation site; (17) an isolated vacation site or other land leased under section 47 of the Act respecting the lands in the domain of the State (chapter T-8.1); (18) a grouped vacation site; (19) a projected site or place, referred to in subparagraphs 2 to 4, 6, 10, 13, 14, 16, 18 and 20, and indicated in a regional plan for the development of the public territory – recreation and tourism sector - or in a regional plan for integrated land and resource development; (20) a downhill skiing station; (21) a fish hatchery. A person who carries out forest development activities in an archaeological sector must leave the soil intact. Furthermore, the person must harvest trees when the ground is frozen at a depth of at least 35 cm. A strip of woodland at least 60 m in width must be preserved around the following places and territories: (1) an ecological reserve established under the Natural Heritage Conservation Act (chapter C-61.01), a proposed ecological reserve provided for in that Act or a national park established under the Parks Act (chapter P-9), except where the limit of the area is a road; (2) an outdoor recreation centre; (3) a scenic outlook; (4) a developed campground; (5) a wilderness campground; (6) a cottage that offers lodging and operated on a commercial basis by the manager of an outfitting operation, a controlled zone or a wildlife sanctuary; (7) an accommodation centre; (8) a rest area; (9) the facilities in place in an ecological or nature interpretation centre or a concentrated network of hiking trails; (10) an observatory; (11) a reception station; (12) a refuge erected on land in respect of which a right has been issued under the Act respecting the lands in the domain of the State (chapter T-8.1) or under sections 88 and 118 of the Act respecting the conservation and development of wildlife (chapter C-61.1) and used as a shelter by users of an outlying circuit of a concentrated network of hiking trails, an interregional trail, a concentrated network of hiking trails and users of a trail intended for motorized all-terrain vehicles; (13) a dock site with a boat ramp; (14) a restaurant or accommodation site; (15) a complementary vacation site; (16) an isolated vacation site; (17) a grouped vacation site; (18) a classified heritage site entered in the register of cultural heritage referred to in section 5 of the Cultural Heritage Act (chapter P-9.002). At least 30% of the productive forest area constituted of stands of 7 m or more in height must be preserved at all times on an island of 250 to 500 ha. At least 30% of the productive forest area constituted of stands of 7 m or more in height must be preserved at all times in an outfitting operation with exclusive rights, in a controlled zone or in a wildlife sanctuary. In addition, at least 30% of the productive forest area constituted of stands of 7 m or more in height must be preserved in the following territories or portions of territory: (1) in each territorial reference unit or portion thereof at least 30 km2 included in an outfitting operation with exclusive rights, in a controlled zone or in a wildlife sanctuary and situated in the bioclimatic domains of the maple forest and fir forest; (2) in each aggregated cut block or part thereof at least 30 km2 included in an outfitting operation with exclusive rights, in a controlled zone or in a wildlife sanctuary and situated in the bioclimatic domain of the spruce-moss forest.

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