2. A holder of a management permit shall preserve a buffer strip 20 m wide along the banks of a peat bog with a pond, of a swamp, of a marsh, of a lake or of a permanent watercourse, as measured from the line of the stands adjacent to the riparian ecotone.
This section does not apply to any section of the banks of the peat bog located more than 500 m from a pond, or to a holder of a management permit for mining activities where he is carrying out mining activities, to a holder of a management permit for a wildlife, recreational or agricultural development project, or to a holder of a management permit for public utility works, or in the cases provided for in section 17.