The Charlevoix Biosphere Reserve is part of the

Man and the Biosphere Programme Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) is an intergovernmental scientific program, launched in 1971 by UNESCO, that aims to establish a scientific basis for the 'improvement of relationships' between people and their environments. MAB engages w ...

of the

UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and International secur ...

. It is managed by the Charlevoix Biosphere Reserve Corporation. In Canada, the Canadian Commission for UNESCO deals with reservations. In addition, there is also the Canadian Association of Biosphere Reservesé Canada currently has 19 biosphere reserves. The Charlevoix Biosphere Reserve is one of four Quebec reserves in the UNESCO Canadian

biosphere reserve A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geologic ...

network.

History

Territory

It covers the territory of the

Charlevoix impact structure The Charlevoix impact structure is a large eroded meteorite impact structure in the Charlevoix region of Quebec, Canada. Only part of the impact structure is exposed at the surface, the rest lying beneath the Saint Lawrence River. Description ...

. It is found in the administrative boundaries of the

Capitale-Nationale Capitale-Nationale (; ) is one of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec. It is anchored by the provincial capital, Quebec City, and is largely coextensive with that city's metropolitan area. It has a land area of 18,684.78 km2. It reported ...

region and in the MRCs of

Charlevoix Regional County Municipality Charlevoix is a regional county municipality () in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Baie-Saint-Paul. Subdivisions There are seven subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (1) * Baie-Saint-Paul ;Municipalities ...

and

Charlevoix-Est Charlevoix-Est () is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Clermont, Capitale-Nationale, Clermont. Subdivisions There are 9 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (2) * Clermont, C ...

Central areas

Hautes-Gorges-de-la-Rivière-Malbaie National Park The Hautes-Gorges-de-la-Rivière-Malbaie National Park (, ) is a provincial park in the Charlevoix region of Quebec, Canada. Centring on the Malbaie River Gorge, it is the centrepiece of the UNESCO Charlevoix biosphere reserve. It is administere ...

Grands-Jardins National Park Grands-Jardins National Park (, ) is a provincial park, located in the Unorganized Territory of Lac-Pikauba, Quebec, Lac-Pikauba, in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, an administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, Canada. T ...

* Saguenay–St. Lawrence Marine Park *

Grands-Ormes Ecological Reserve Grands-Ormes Ecological Reserve (, ) is an ecological reserve of Quebec, Canada. It was established in 1994. The reserve is enclosed by Hautes-Gorges-de-la-Rivière-Malbaie National Park The Hautes-Gorges-de-la-Rivière-Malbaie National Park (, ...

* Thomas-Fortin Ecological Reserve *

Laurentides Wildlife Reserve Réserve faunique des Laurentides (), also known by its former name of parc des Laurentides, is a List of protected areas of Quebec, wildlife reserve in Quebec, Canada, located between Quebec City and the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region. This r ...

Rivière du Gouffre The rivière du Gouffre (''English: Pit Cave River'') is a tributary of the left bank of the Saint-Laurent river, flowing into the Capitale-Nationale administrative region, Quebec (Canada). This watercourse flows through Regional County Municipa ...

Malbaie River The Malbaie River in the Charlevoix region empties into the Saint Lawrence River at La Malbaie. Until 1985 the river was used to transport logs downstream. It flows through a steep valley known as Les Hautes Gorges. A sugar maple and American e ...

* Unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba * Unorganized territory of Mont-Élie * Unorganized territory of Sagard

Buffer zone and cooperation area

Here are the municipalities of the Charlevoix region, at the heart of the cooperation area: *

Baie-Saint-Paul Baie-Saint-Paul (; 2021 Population 7,371; UA population 4,308) is a city in the Province of Quebec, Canada, on the northern shore of the St. Lawrence River. Baie-Saint-Paul is the seat of Charlevoix Regional County Municipality. The city i ...

Baie-Sainte-Catherine Baie-Sainte-Catherine () is a town in Quebec, Canada. The municipal's territory extends along the Saguenay and Saint Lawrence rivers, whereas the town itself is on the small St. Catherine Bay, which is located at the confluence of these two rive ...

* Clermont *

L'Isle-aux-Coudres L'Isle-aux-Coudres (), is a municipality located on island aux Coudres, in the St. Lawrence River, in Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, Capitale-Nationale region, Quebec, Canada. Variations of the official name are: La Baleine, L'Île-aux- ...

La Malbaie La Malbaie () is a municipality in the Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality in the Province of Quebec, Canada, situated on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River at the mouth of the Malbaie River. It was formerly known as Murray Bay ...

Les Éboulements Les Éboulements () is a municipality (Quebec), municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. Its population centres include Les Éboulements (located along Quebec Route 362, Route 362 on the plateau overlooking the Saint Lawr ...

Notre-Dame-des-Monts Notre-Dame-des-Monts () is a municipality of Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality, in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. History The municipality was founded on April 11, 1935, under the name of ''canton de Sales'', named a ...

Petite-Rivière-Saint-François Petite-Rivière-Saint-François () is a municipality in Quebec, Canada, along the St. Lawrence River. It is considered the gateway to the Charlevoix region. It is named after the Petite rivière Saint-François (Little Saint-François River), a ...

Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs () is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs is primarily dependent on vacationers and cottagers that support its tourism industry. History Settlement began in the 1820s, wit ...

* Saint-Hilarion * Saint-Irénée * Saint-Siméon * Saint-Urbain

Constitution

External links

Official site of the Charlevoix Biosphere Reserve

Biosphere of Charlevoix - Educational resources for primary and secondary education

Notes and references

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