Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-03-13-Speech-1-085"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-03-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Conservation and sustainable forest management2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000313.4.1-085"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-03-13-Speech-1-0862
lpv:speaker	lp:Véronique Mathieu Houillon2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Canada (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3,3 member_of_the_bureau; EDD (1999-07-20--2001-07-04)3,3 member; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 member; PETI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 unknown; Chasse, Pêche, Nature, Traditions (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the state of tropical forests is worrying on two counts, as the impoverishment of the forest is not only quantitative but also qualitative in nature. The biodiversity of our planet is at stake. The Commission has thus acted appropriately in proposing a new Council regulation on tropical forests and I fully subscribe to the thrust of the amendments proposed by the rapporteur, the pinpoint relevance of whose work I salute. He has identified some valid points, certain aspects of which I would like to examine more closely. It would seem to me absolutely essential to reflect on the scope of the regulation. Firstly, programmes must be more closely targeted at the rehabilitation of tropical forests. The Council regulation of 1995 perhaps focused in too exclusive a manner on the protection of tropical forests and not sufficiently closely on the harnessing of their productive potential. Besides this, future Community actions must take into consideration every facet of sustainable forest management. This implies respect for the indigenous peoples who depend on forest ecosystems. One should never overlook the fact that there are major obstacles to the indispensable involvement of these vulnerable communities: the forest areas in question are often the scene of unrest and conflict or suffer from the adverse impact of tourism, which all too often is held up as a miracle cure, and of local laws on forests which are hardly ever enforced, even where they actually exist. There are, of course, forests in which there are no production activities of any type, but there are also forests that continue to fulfil an economic function. This is the case with our own forests within the European Union, and I would ask my fellow Members what Community aid was provided for European forests after they were decimated by the storm that raged last December? We must without doubt take up the challenges laid down in this report, but must also institute a genuine Community policy on conservation and sustainable management."@en1

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