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In Quebec, a protected area is defined as "a territory, in a terrestrial or aquatic environment, geographically delimited, whose legal framework and administration aim specifically to ensure the protection and maintenance of biological diversity and of associated natural and cultural resources.[1]

The protected areas of Quebec covered, as of November 11, 2013, an area of 152,371.60 kilometres (94,679.32 mi), or 9.14% of the territory.[2]

The Quebec has about twenty legal designations and more than 2,500 sites designated as protected areas.[3]

  1. ^ "Protected areas in Quebec". Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment, Wildlife and Parks. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  2. ^ "Register of protected areas". Ministry of Development Sustainable, Environment, Wildlife and Parks. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  3. ^ "Protected areas in Quebec" (PDF). Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks. 2009. Retrieved March 29, 2009.

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