In their March 29, 2009 press conference, Québec Premier Jean Charest and Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks Line Beauchamp announced that Québec has now brought the size of its protected areas to 135,326 km², equal to 8.12% of its territory, thus exceeding the objective of 8% set by the government in its strategic action plan.

Other documents

• Summary report: Québec reaches its target of 8.12 % of protected areas on its territory (Translation - PDF, 427 Ko)
• Map of the Québec protected area network – French only (PDF, 2,9 Mo)
• 7 fact sheets – French only:
  • Mont-Gosford Proposed Ecological Reserve (PDF, 279 Ko)
  • Uapishka Biodiversity Reserve (PDF, 491 Ko)
  • Météorite Biodiversity Reserve (PDF, 391 Ko)
  • Caribous-de-Val-d’Or Biodiversity Reserve (PDF, 405 Ko)
  • Karst-de-Saint-Elzéar Biodiversity Reserve (PDF, 366 Ko)
  • Estuaire-de-la-Rivière-Bonaventure Aquatic Reserve (PDF, 290 Ko)