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INBO Newsletter n° 21 - April 2013
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North America
Canada - Quebec
Birth of a scientific network
on water
Laval University signed on 28 Sep-
tember an agreement with the Univer-
sity of Bordeaux on the development
of the Aquitaine-Quebec Scientific
Network for Water (AQeau Network).
The "AQeau" Network will foster the
implementation of research and educa-
tion, including student mobility and
transfer of knowledge. Its activities will
focus on the management of inland
waters through topics such as adapta-
tion to climate change, water collec-
tion, treatment and distribution,
resource protection and conservation,
land use planning.
Although water management remains
an international challenge, every city,
region, country has its own problems
due to its economy, climate, geogra-
phic location, etc. The Network will
therefore allow pooling these comple-
mentary specialties, joining forces to
share expertise.
This agreement was signed during
the
7
th
Champlain-Montaigne Meetings
held on 27 and 28 September at the
Alphonse-Desjardins Pavilion, whose
topic was ”water, cities and territories
- crossed and multidisciplinary pers-
pectives in Quebec, Bordeaux and their
regions”. Established within the twin-
ning signed in 1962 between the cities
of Quebec and Bordeaux, the Cham-
plain-Montaigne Meetings are an inter-
national event, to which are associated
the Laval University, University of
Bordeaux, Quebec City, the City of
Bordeaux, the Regional Conference of
the National Capital’s elected repre-
sentatives and the Regional Confe-
rence of Aquitaine.
The idea of creating a scientific colla-
boration network was launched under
the last Strategic Research Plan (2009-
2012) by the Hydro-Quebec Institute
for the Environment, Development and
Society (EDS Institute) and Bordeaux
Polytechnic Institute (IPB).
Jocelyne Néron
Hydro-Quebec Institute for the Environment,
Development and Society (EDS Institute)
Laval University
Tel.: 418 656-3274
7
th
Champlain-Montaigne Meetings
Crossed and multidisciplinary perspectives
between Quebec and Bordeaux regions
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In 2011,
the Manicouagan River
Basin Agency (OBVM)
revegetated
over 1,300 square meters of shoreline
on the Manicouagan MRC territory.
This project was made possible thanks
to the financial support of the Wildlife
Foundation of Quebec (FFQ), Ministry
of Natural Resources and Wildlife
(MRNF), Manicouagan ID and of the
Alcoa Foundation and Global ReLeaf
under the program of 10 million Alcoa
trees.
The selected lands, in addition to being
consistent with the Regulation on the
disposal and treatment of wastewater
from isolated houses, were chosen
according to their priority to be vege-
tated and the willingness of the river-
side residents to comply with the basic
principles of a model shoreline. Mana-
gement plans were developed by the
”OBVM” and approved by the resi-
dents. Also, some of the native plants,
which allowed revegetation, were
produced (cuttings) or collected
(transplants) in the Comeau-Bay
sector.
To share and disseminate the expe-
rience and knowledge gained during
this project, the ”OBVM” produced
”a kit for education and training on
the river bank”
for riverside residents
and lake associations, planners and
municipal inspectors of the Mani-
couagan MRC municipalities.
This kit includes four volumes:
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Vol.1: Definition, concept and
technical aspects,
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Vol.2: Suggestions of good prac-
tices
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Vol.3: Regulation,
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Vol.4: Shrubs to revegetate the
river bank.
Booklets on invasive plants and useful
leaflets complement this kit.
It is possible to obtain an electronic
copy on ”OBVM” Website.
For 2013 and 2014, the ”OBVM” is
planning other projects of riparian
revegetation on recreational lakes.
Vicky Perreault
Manicouagan River Basin Agency
Fax: (418) 296-8787
Revegetation on the Manicouagan river banks
River bank at work + kit
