Side Event

Quebec’s practical experience in the consultation process of indigenous and local communities

Organizer
Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement du Québec- BAPE (Quebec's Environmental Public Hearings Board)

Date and Time
16 October 2007 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J 5)

This side event will present an overview of the mission, work and experience of Quebec’s Bureau d'audiences publiques sur l'environnement (Quebec's Environmental Public Hearings Board), in relation to the consultation process of indigenous and local communities. The event will particularly focus on the creation of the Albanel-Temiscami - Mount Otish Park, the largest reserve of biodiversity representative of the boreal forest in Quebec and Canada. This project, of which the Cree Nation is a partner and active participant together with the Quebec Government, entailed a consultation process which was carried out by the BAPE. Web site : www.bape.gouv.qc.ca