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.
Villeneuve
Serge
S
St. Lawrence Centre, Environment Canada, Montreal, QC. serge.villeneuve@ec.gc.ca
Painchaud
Jean
J
Dugas
Clément
C
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*