Here is a non-exhaustive list of partners and stakeholders in the horticultural peat industry, whether at the CSPMA, APTHQ, the Peat & Substrates Cluster or the NBPPA. Note that the list of members of these different organizations can be found on their respective page.
Research centers and academic institutions
- Peatland Ecology Research Group (PERG)
- Université Laval – Faculté des sciences de l’agriculture et de l’alimentation (FSAA)
- University of Waterloo – Department of Geography
- McGill University – Department of Geography
- Brandon University – Department of Geography
- Research and Development Institute for the Agri-Environment (IRDA)
- Institut National de la recherche scientifique – Eau Terre Environnement Research Centre (INRS-ETE)
- Valorés – Coastal Zones Research Institute (CZRI)
- Biopterre – Bioproducts Development Center
Governmental agencies
- Canada Economic Development for Quebec regions
- Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- Canadian Food Inspection Agencies (CFIA)
- Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Société des établissements de plein air du Québec (Sépaq)
- Commission des partenaires du marché du travail (CPMT)
- Ministère de l’énergie et des ressources naturelles du Québec (MERN)
- Ministère de l’Économie et l’Innovation du Québec (MEI)
- New Brunswick Natural Resources and Energy Development
- Various governmental departments at provincial levels
Associations and NGOs
- International Peatland Society (IPS)
- Growing Media Europe (GME)
- Garden Writers Association (GWA)
- Fédération interdisciplinaire de l’horticulture ornementale du Québec (FIHOQ)
- Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC)
- Organisme de bassins versants de Kamouraska, L’Islet et Rivière-du-Loup (OBAKIR)
- Société d’horticulture de Rivière-du-Loup
- Québec Business Council on the Environment (CPEQ)
- AmericanHort
- Society for Ecological Restoration (SER)
- International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)
