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Protection,
Conservation, Restoration,
State of the Environment
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Protection |
The
consequences of several decades of socio-economic development
are now showing up in the St. Lawrence River. To protect
it, the following measures must be adopted:
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To reduce by 90
percent the liquid toxic waste discharged by the 50 industrial
plants targeted for priority action
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To
stimulate the development or adaptation of new environmental
technologies in order to reduce and effectively control
pollutants.
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Conservation |
In
order to re-establsh an environmental balance in the River,
we must take concret action:
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To protect prime
habitats of flora and fauna, along with important ecosystems
of the St. Lawrence River.
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To
protect threatened, endangered or vulnerable plant and animal
species in the St. Lawrence corridor and restore them to
a level conducive to long-term survival.
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Restoration |
To
repair bad mistakes from the past, programs are put in place:
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To
assess the contamination of federal sites along the St. Lawrence
River, and to draw up and negotiate decontamination plans.
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To limit the resuspension
and dispersion of contaminants during dredging operations.
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To
promote research into new ways of containing and decontaminating
sediment.
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To
restore habitats or create new ones in an attempt to compensate
for wetlands losses in the St. Lawrence corridor, in part
through the secure containment of dredged sediment.
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State of
the Environment (Environmental technologies) |
To
act efficiently and to rectify the situation, we must be able:
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To
detect and quantify the input and pathway of toxic substances
entering the River from the Great Lakes (including the international
section) and from Québec sources.
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To
develop and apply analytical tools and approaches with which
to adequately assess the impacts of toxic substances that
are scattered in the St. Lawrence River.
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To determine,
using a systemic approach, the effect of toxic substances
on the health of St. Lawrence River ecosystems.
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To harmonize the
collection and dissemination of data required for the production
of scientific reports on the St. Lawrence.
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To prepare a State
of the Environment report on the St. Lawrence
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