Biological refuge (designated and planned)

Biological refuges are small forest areas located on the domain of the State and permanently removed from forest management activities in order to maintain the biological diversity associated with old forests. Their management is under the responsibility of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forests (MRNF). Forest management activities are prohibited on the territory of a biological refuge, with few exceptions.

There are currently 3,704 biological refuges in Quebec, distributed relatively uniformly throughout managed forests in the domain of the State. Biological refuges can be designated under the Sustainable Forest Development Act (LADTF, chapter A-18.1) or in draft before legal designation.

Legally designated organic refuges make up the vast majority. They are exempt from industrial activities, which allows them to be registered in the Quebec Register of Protected Areas (RAP) maintained by the Ministry of the Environment and the Fight against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks (MELCCFP).

This data comes from the MRNF STF system, which is the __official source__ of this geographic information.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

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Date ( RI_367 )
2018-04-20
Date ( RI_366 )
2018-04-20
RI_418
  Government and Municipalities of Québec; Government and Municipalities of Québec; Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts - Secteur des Forêts - Direction de la protection des forêts (DPF) ( )
https://www.donneesquebec.ca
Status
proposed; proposé RI_600
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • Protected area
  • Biodiversity
  • Conservation
  • DIF
  • Forest Inventory Department
  • Ancient forest
  • Mature forest
  • Public forest
  • HackQC18
  • STF
  • Forest territorial subdivisions
  • Old forest
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Government information
Use limitation
Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution (CC-BY) licence – Quebec (https://www.donneesquebec.ca/fr/licence/)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Begin date
0001-01-01
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unknown / unknown / unknown
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  • GPKG ( unknown )

  • HTML ( unknown )

  • PDF ( unknown )

  • SHP ( unknown )

  • other ( unknown )

RI_418
  Government and Municipalities of Québec; Government and Municipalities of Québec; Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts - Secteur des Forêts - Direction de la protection des forêts (DPF) ( )
https://www.donneesquebec.ca
OnLine resource
Biological refuge (designated and planned) ( HTTPS )

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OnLine resource
Biological refuge (designated and planned) ( HTTPS )

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OnLine resource
Biological refuge (designated and planned) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;GPKG;fra

OnLine resource
Open forest ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;fra

OnLine resource
Original metadata (https://www.donneesquebec.ca) ( HTTPS )

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OnLine resource
Procedures for adding a web service ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;fra

OnLine resource
Biological refuge (designated and planned) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;SHP;fra

OnLine resource
Territorial forest subdivisions (STF) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;other;fra

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Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2025-11-11
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
HNAP ISO:19115 - 2003
RI_418
  Government and Municipalities of Québec; Government and Municipalities of Québec; Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts - Secteur des Forêts - Direction de la protection des forêts (DPF) ( )
https://www.donneesquebec.ca
 
 

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