Quebec Biological Refuge Locations And Legal Status

Government and Municipalities of Québec provides spatial data on 3,704 biological refuges, forest areas permanently removed from management to maintain old-growth biodiversity. The dataset includes legal status, distinguishing between designated refuges under the Sustainable Forest Development Act and those in draft. Data originates from the official MRNF STF system.

Use Cases

• Map refuge locations and legal status to analyze spatial distribution across managed state forests.
• Identify refuges registered in the Quebec Register of Protected Areas (RAP) for conservation planning.
• Analyze the proportion of designated versus draft refuges to assess regulatory progress.

Strengths

• Contains 3,704 documented biological refuge areas across Quebec.
• Sourced from the official MRNF STF system, the authoritative source for this geographic information.
• Includes legal status information, differentiating between designated and draft refuges.

Limitations

• Specific column names and data structure are unknown, complicating direct analysis.
• Sample data is unavailable, preventing preview of attribute details.
• The description was machine-translated, which may introduce terminology ambiguities.

Provenance

Source

Ministry of Natural Resources and Forests (MRNF) STF system.

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Geography

Managed forests within the domain of the State in Quebec, Canada.