Protected areas statuses and other conservation measures in Quebec
Determine the protection status for your project
Are you thinking about creating a protected area, or simply curious about conservation in Quebec? This diagram is a great place to start. It gives you a quick overview of the statuses that exist, the laws and bodies involved, and the level of protection each status can provide. It will help you choose the status best suited to your project and the territory you have in mind.
Our diagram brings together the protected area statuses recognized in Quebec and links them to the management categories of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). It also presents other conservation measures that, although they do not count toward protected area targets, still contribute to conserving the land.
For each protected area status, the diagram shows:
- The enabling legislation that governs it (details for each law are in the legend)
- The authority responsible for governance, identified by a color code (some statuses fall under more than one authority)
- The IUCN management categories the status may correspond to, giving a sense of the level of protection and the uses allowed