Quebec Forest Planning Units for Resource Management

Planning Unit (UA) data delineates 57 territorial units for forest management on Quebec's public lands. The delimitation, effective from April 1, 2023, defines areas for granting forest rights like supply guarantees and harvesting permits. The dataset originates from the MRNF STF system as the official geographic source.

Use Cases

• Map the spatial distribution of the 57 Planning Units to analyze forest territory allocation.
• Analyze the relationship between specific Planning Units and granted rights like supply guarantees (GA) or harvesting permits (PRAU).
• Use the official delimitation to model areas designated for non-commercial biomass harvesting (PRBIO) or maple syrup production permits.
• Cross-reference Planning Unit boundaries with other spatial data to assess resource production potential.

Strengths

• Contains the official geographic delimitation of 57 Planning Units from the authoritative MRNF STF system.
• Supports multiple file formats (SHP, GPKG, FGDB/GDB, CSV) for flexibility in GIS and analytical workflows.
• Data has a defined effective date (April 1, 2023) establishing a clear temporal reference point.

Limitations

• The dataset scope is limited exclusively to public forest territories within Quebec, Canada.
• Specific quantitative attributes like area, timber volume, or historical data are not described in the available metadata.
• The original description was machine-translated, which may introduce minor ambiguities in terminology.

Provenance

Source

MRNF STF system (official source).

Collection Method

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Time Range

Effective from April 1, 2023.

Freshness

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Geography

Public forest territories in Quebec, Canada.