Planning and Management Cycle
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Planning System for Protected Areas
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Clear and relevant management direction for protected areas is important to delivering on MNR’s protected areas mandate. The Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act, 2006 established the need for management direction that applies to each provincial park and conservation reserve.
Management direction in the form of a management statement (for less complex areas) or management plan (for more complex areas) provides policy direction for protection, development and management of the significant resources and values of protected areas.
Current Approved Management Direction
For a list of current approved management direction for provincial parks and conservation reserves, please click below
Planning Projects Currently Underway
To access management planning projects now underway for provincial parks and conservation reserves, please click link below
Protected Area Planning Manual
This manual is currently being updated and comments are being accepted through the Environmental Registry. You can view the Registry posting and the Draft 2013 version by clicking the following link:
EBR Registry Posting # 011-9717
The Ontario Protected Areas Planning Manual (PAPM), released in 2009, establishes a provincially consistent, transparent and predictable approach to protected areas planning. The planning process is an ongoing cycle of collecting and analyzing information, decision-making, monitoring and evaluating. The manual outlines minimum process and content requirements for preparing management direction.
View a copy of the Planning Manual (pdf, 1.9MB)
