Exceptional forest ecosystem (EFE)
Forest ecosystems located on the domain of the State and of particular interest for the conservation of biological diversity, because of their rare or ancient nature, or because they are home to one or more threatened or vulnerable plant species. Their management is under the responsibility of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forests (MNRF) and they may be classified under the Sustainable Forest Development Act (LADTF, chapter A-18.1). Forest management activities are prohibited on the territory of an exceptional forest ecosystem, with few exceptions. Currently, there are 256 classified EFEs. This data comes from the MRNF STF system, which is the official source of this geographic information.This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).
- Publisher
- Government and Municipalities of Québec
- Resources
- 8
- Catalogue metadata updated
- 2026-09-09
Data overview
- Formats
- CSV, FGDB/GDB, GPKG, HTML, OTHER, PDF, SHP
- File languages
- French
- Available actions
- 1 loadable resources
Official sources and licences
Resources
- List of exceptional forest ecosystems (EFE) (French, CSV) CSV
- Exceptional forest ecosystem (EFE) (French, GPKG) GPKG
- Exceptional forest ecosystem (EFE) (French, SHP) SHP
- Exceptional forest ecosystem (EFE) (French, FGDB/GDB) FGDB/GDB
- Open forest (French, HTML) HTML
- Original metadata (https://www.donneesquebec.ca) (French, HTML) HTML
- Procedures for adding a web service (French, PDF) PDF
- Territorial forest subdivisions (STF) (French, OTHER) OTHER