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Partnership: the key to sustainable development |
Through information on the Park’s history, purpose and partnership approach, this columns promote what has become a unique marine conservation area in Quebec. The columns will also describe how the marine park meets its conservation and presentation goals, encouraging public participation in future development initiatives.These articles will be published in local weekly newspapers such as L’Hebdo Charlevoisien, Journal Haute-Côte-Nord, Saint-Laurent Portage, Progrès-Dimanche and Quebec Chronicle Telegraph.
Covering a portion of two impressive rivers, the Saguenay fjord and the St. Lawrence estuary, the Saguenay – St. Lawrence Marine Park was created to improve the conservation of a unique marine environment and the various species that inhabit it. Considering the importance of the park’s shoreline communities and the variety of activities that take place around the park, part
Environmental harmony
The marine conservation area is open to all, which makes protecting it a challenge. A coordination committee helps us bridge the gap between theory and practice, bringing together key stakeholders from the municipal, Aboriginal, scientific, economic and tourism milieus affecting the park. The committee’s role is to represent the local population in management of the park to ensure the harmonization of local and regional activities with the park’s conservation and development goals.
| Photo : Parks Canada/Marc Pagé
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Meeting once every two or three months, the coordination committee promotes close cooperation in meeting the marine park’s goals. Several former and new members of the committee recently met informally, from left to right: Pierre Léonard (Conseil des Montagnais Essipit), Raymond Cournoyer (Ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et des Parcs), Luc Bouchard (co-director, Parcs Québec) and Pierre Bertrand (co-director Parks Canada, now Nicole Ouellet), Jean-Marie Delaunay (MRC Haute-Côte-Nord), Pierre Asselin (MRC Charlevoix-Est), Alain Tremblay (MRC Haute-Côte-Nord), Laurent Tremblay (former chair, Parks Canada), Jules Dufour (current chair, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi), Pierre Laplante (tourism association representative), Denis Dufour (MRC Charlevoix-Est), Denis Ross (Conseil des Montagnais Essipit), Pascal Sirois (Université du Québec à Chicoutimi), Marc Pagé (executive secretary, now Charles Roberge). |
In other words, through the coordination committee, you have a voice in park management. Help us protect the marine ecosystem for future generations! Together, we can meet the challenge.
Doing my part!
Water is essential to life. We use – and waste – it every day. Here are a few tips to avoid unnecessarily polluting water: use a low-volume toilet and shower head; repair leaky plumbing; use a broom to clean your driveway; and keep your grass between 5 and 8 cm high (2 to 3 inches) – it retains moisture.
Every drop you save will keep our environment cleaner! |
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