Sustainable Forest Development Act (R.S.Q., c. A-18.1).

The present Act establishes a forest regime designed to: 1) implement sustainable forest development, in particular through ecosystem-based development; 2) ensure integrated and regionalized resource and land management based on clear, consistent objectives, measurable results and the accountability of managers and users of the forest; 3) determine how responsibilities under the forest regime are shared between the State, regional bodies, native communities and users of the forest; 4) follow up and monitor forest operations in the domain of the State; 5) govern the sale of timber and other forest products on the open market at a price reflecting their market value, and the supply of timber to wood processing plants; 6) regulate the development of private forests; and 7) govern forest protection activities. The text consists of 372 sections divided into 8 Titles as follows: General provisions (I); Forests in the domain of the sate (II); Timber marketing (III); Forests in the private domain (IV); Operation of wood processing plants (V); Forest protection (VI); Seizure, confiscation and disposal of timber (VII); Reporting (VIII).