Biodiversity Conservation
QLF works with communities to develop and implement projects that conserve biodiversity and sustain local livelihoods. In co-operation with local residents, organizations and governments, projects empower communities to take an active role in managing their natural resources, promote initiatives that provide economic benefit from biological conservation and improve public awareness of the significance of healthy environments through outreach and education. Many of these community-based projects are recognized globally as successful models of long-term conservation. Projects within the Biodiversity Conservation Program include: Marine Species at Risk; Sea Duck and Seabird Conservation; Climate Change; Environment and Health; Leadership; Sustainable Fisheries.
A large female humpback whale identified as Lobo H147 was found stranded on a beach in Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon in 2005. She was first observed in 1989 by whale researchers in the southern Gulf in 1989. This species is being monitored as part of QLF's Marine Species at Risk Observer Program. Photograph by Trish Nash
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Marine Species at Risk Indentification Chart for the Lower North Shore of Quebec and Coastal Labrador. To download page »