Q-2, r. 35.3.1 - Regulation respecting afforestation and reforestation projects eligible for the issuance of offset credits on privately-owned land

Section 56 Disposition versions

2022-12-29

56. The equivalent lot or part of a lot must be selected using a comparative photo-interpretation analysis, which must

(1)  for the lot or part of a lot for the project, be based on an analogical or digital aerial photograph or a satellite image showing it before the implementation of the project. The photograph or image must be taken at a date as close as possible to the year of planting of seedlings or the sowing of seeds;

(2)  for the equivalent lot or part of a lot, be based on an analogical or digital aerial photograph or a satellite image showing the land to be inventoried. The photograph or image must be taken at a date as close as possible to the year in which the comparative photo-interpretation analysis takes place;

(3)  define the category of fallow land and the characteristics of the plant strata, in particular the types of species present, their density class and average height on the lot or part of a lot for the project;

(4)  show that there is no statistically significant difference between the lot or part of a lot for the project and the equivalent lot or part of a lot with respect to the category of fallow land, within the meaning of this Regulation, and the biophysical characteristics of the strata defined from the comparative analysis of the analogical or digital aerial photographs or satellite images.

For the purposes of subparagraph 4 of the first paragraph, a difference is “statistically significant” when the value obtained by a chi-squared test is below 0.05.

M.O. 2022-11-17, s. 56.

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In force: 2022-12-29

56. The equivalent lot or part of a lot must be selected using a comparative photo-interpretation analysis, which must

(1)  for the lot or part of a lot for the project, be based on an analogical or digital aerial photograph or a satellite image showing it before the implementation of the project. The photograph or image must be taken at a date as close as possible to the year of planting of seedlings or the sowing of seeds;

(2)  for the equivalent lot or part of a lot, be based on an analogical or digital aerial photograph or a satellite image showing the land to be inventoried. The photograph or image must be taken at a date as close as possible to the year in which the comparative photo-interpretation analysis takes place;

(3)  define the category of fallow land and the characteristics of the plant strata, in particular the types of species present, their density class and average height on the lot or part of a lot for the project;

(4)  show that there is no statistically significant difference between the lot or part of a lot for the project and the equivalent lot or part of a lot with respect to the category of fallow land, within the meaning of this Regulation, and the biophysical characteristics of the strata defined from the comparative analysis of the analogical or digital aerial photographs or satellite images.

For the purposes of subparagraph 4 of the first paragraph, a difference is “statistically significant” when the value obtained by a chi-squared test is below 0.05.

M.O. 2022-11-17, s. 56.