Background Information

Background Information

A) Official Documents
B) Workshop Documents
C) Speaker Presentations
 

 

A) Official Documents

• Official Plan Nord website: http://www.plannord.gouv.qc.ca/english/index.asp
• Plan Nord – Building Northern Québec together: The Project of a Generation – First Action Plan 2011-2016 (2011). PDF Format – 7.57Mb
• Official website on the public consultation on the government’s commitment to protect the environment: http://www.protegerlenord.mddep.gouv.qc.ca/index_en.htm
• Plan Nord – Government report on the public consultations [in French only]. PDF Format – 822Kb
• Plan Nord – Government guidelines aimed at setting aside 50% of the territory of the Plan Nord for environmental protection, safeguarding biodiversity, sustaining the natural heritage and non-industrial development. http://www.protegerlenord.mddep.gouv.qc.ca/doc/depliant-orientations-en.pdf
• Bill 65 – An Act respecting natural heritage conservation and the sustainable development of the area covered by the Northern Plan (April 2012). Format PDF – 7Mb
• Cree Vision of the Plan Nord. PDF Format – 6.64Mb
• Kativik Environmental Advisory Committee (KEAC) Position Paper concerning the government commitment to dedicate 50% of Plan Nord lands to environmental protection, maintaining biodiversity, promoting our natural heritage and a variety of types of development that do not rely on industrial activities (November 2011). PDF Format – 268Kb
• James Bay Advisory Committee on the Environment: Recommendations concerning the implementation of the Québec Government’s commitment to set aside 50% of Plan Nord lands for environmental protection and other non-industrial developments (November 2011). PDF Format – 461Kb

B) Workshop Documents

• Preparatory questions sent to workshop participants (April 3, 2012). Link
• Compilation of responses received. Compilation priorites
• Summary of answers to Workshop A questions prior to workshop. Link
• Summary of answers to Workshop B questions prior to workshop. Link
• Final list of participants by workshop. Link
• Report on workshops. [to come]

C) Speaker Presentations

• Robert Sauvé, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Natural Resources and Wildlife (MRNF)
  Stewardship of the Area Covered by the Plan Nord, PDF Format 359 Kb
• Diane Jean, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks (MDDEP)
  Environmental Protection and Conservation on the Territory of the Plan Nord, PDF Format 2.5 Mb
• Patrick Beauchesne, Director, Department of Ecological Heritage and Parks, Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks (MDDEP)
  From Ecological Knowledge to Ecological Planning, PDF Format 8 Mb
• Nik Lopoukhine, Chair of the World Commission on Protected Areas, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
  Québec’s commitment to the international community ‐ Plan Nord, PDF Format 3.8 Mb
• David Schindler, Professor of Ecology, University of Alberta
  Northern Ecosystems from a Global Perspective: Global and Regional Threats to the Boreal Biome, PDF Format 5.6 Mb
• Robert Bailey, Ecological Geographer, U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
  Sustainable Designs from Ecoregional Patterns, PDF Format 1.6 Mb
• Fiona Schmiegelow, Professor, Northern Environmental and Conservation Sciences, Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta
  Conservation planning to support ecologically based land-use, PDF Format 3.8 Mb
• Valérie Courtois, Senior Advisor, Aborigional Relations, Canadian Boreal Initiative
  Aménagement du territoire du Nord canadien par les Autochtones : État de la situation à l’échelle pancanadienne et des enjeux dont il faut tenir compte, [in French only] PDF Format 1.5 Mb
• Norman Barichello and Norman Sterriah, Ross River Dena
  Ross River Dena’s Approach to Land Management in the Yukon, PDF Format 651 Kb
• Mike McKenzie, Vice-Chief, Uashat mak Mani-Utenam community
  Les conditions préalables à une gouvernance territoriale Nitshinan (Plan Innu), [in French only] PDF Format 279 Kb
• Brendan Mackey, Director of the Griffith Climate Change Response Program, Griffith University, Australia
  Connectivity conservation, biodiversity, and climate change: implications for ecological land use planning and lessons from the Australian continent, PDF Format 878 Kb
• James Levitt, Director, Program on Conservation Innovation at the Harvard Forest, Harvard University
  Large Landscape Conservation in Context: Progress Made and Pitfalls to Avoid, PDF Format 1.5 Mb
• Stephen Woodley, Senior Advisor, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
  Workshop A: How to ensure conservation of biodiversity in large territories? PDF Format 526 Kb