La présence internationale de l'état québécois dans le secteur forestier

The author describes in a general way the importance and diversity of the activities conducted outside Québec by the forest sector of the ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources du Québec. He ascribes the necessity of these international relations and exchanges to the forest sector's importance in Québec society and numerous in areas where Québec expertise is internationally recognized. These fields of excellence relate especially to forest management (respect for the sustained yield and multiple use of the forest) to expert consulting, industrial operating and processing equipment, fighting forest fires, softwood plan production, research and forest inventory. He mentions also the importance of the Forest sector of Québec from general statistical data.He also indicates the MER-forest sector's major partners and the parties dealing with it, as well as the type of international activities carried out. In this regard, he provides a summary of the forest sectors exchanges outside Québec for the 1986-1990 period and shows the sector's growth as well as the importance for Québec and its partners to continue in this direction. Key words: Québec, forest sector, experitise, exchanges, relations, partners, international activities, summary, international agreements.