Targeted sustainable development: 15 years of government and community intervention on the St. Lawrence River.
From 1988 to 2003, the St. Lawrence Action Plan, a Canada - Quebec cooperation agreement on the St. Lawrence River, helped to mobilize a still-growing number of stakeholders in the conservation and protection of this great river and generated tangible results in a number of areas of intervention. The successes enjoyed in the area of industrial, agricultural and urban clean-up, in protecting plant and animal species and their habitats, and in acquiring new knowledge on the state and trends of the ecosystem reflect the sustained efforts of government and non-government partners over the course of those 15 years. The committed involvement of local communities provides assurance of the sustainable development of this vast ecosystem.
St. Lawrence Centre, Environment Canada, Montreal, QC. serge.villeneuve@ec.gc.ca
Serge
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Villeneuve
Jean
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Painchaud
Clément
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Dugas
D019058:Community Networks; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D006078:Government Programs; D011792:Quebec; D045483:Rivers / Q000737:chemistry*; D014876:Water Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*