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"Mr President, we agree with Mrs Béguin’s report because it is underpinned by a particular situation: neither the Convention on Biological Diversity, signed in 1992, nor the various international conventions incorporated into Community law, specifically the birds and habitats directives, have managed to put a brake on the destruction of biodiversity. Furthermore, it clearly shows that thousands of species that have not even been identified will disappear. In fact, 11 000 species of fauna and flora are in danger of extinction. I believe that is sufficient for us to adopt the appropriate measures. The rapporteur welcomes the plans that are proposed but points out that there are plans that have still not been carried out such as, for example, those concerning forests. She also speaks clearly about the need to incorporate environmental policy into our other policies, whether they concern agriculture, fisheries or anything else.
As I have very little time, Mr President, I shall just give one example, because examples are the best way of explaining what needs to be done: the use of EAGGF Funds in the destruction of the last remaining laurel forest on the island of Gran Canaria.
I spent last weekend on the island of Gran Canaria with a group of volunteers who protested to the European Commission – I refer you to the question I asked at the time – that in the lime-tree forest of Moya, the only laurel forest remaining on the island, now that all the water that used to come down during droughts has been enclosed in pipes, all the forest’s trees are drying up. This is being done with EAGGF Funds. We must acknowledge all the valuable work done by volunteers, because they give their spare time, unpaid and unrewarded, to fight to preserve this natural resource.
The volunteers are grateful for the answer that Mrs Wallström gave them, because it proved her excellent knowledge of the area – which must be looked after, because it is likely to become part of the Nature 2000 network – and because she asked the Spanish Government to assume responsibility for looking after this area. Mrs Wallström, your speech gave hope to the volunteers.
This is a clear example of why European Funds should not be used for projects that damage the environment."@en1
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