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"Mr President, Commissioner, I should like first of all to express my support for the report by Mrs Redondo Jiménez. It is true that forests play an essential role, because they have a multifunctional role, and as president of a regional national park I am particularly sensitive to the various measures concerning the preservation of natural spaces, and in particular forests. They are essential to us, amongst other things in order to prevent climate change. However, we should not regard forest areas solely as the lungs of Europe. They are not just green spaces; they are also a not inconsiderable source of economic, social and tourism activity.
At Community level, it is essential to compare the various experiments being carried out in Member States in order to promote the exchange of information and create an effective benchmarking system. We must never lose sight of the fact that it is at the most local level that this part of our heritage is managed best and will continue to be managed best. This is why the monitoring of forests should not be the sole responsibility of the European Union. The principle of subsidiarity is vital, and what is involved here is almost a range of responsibilities shared between the Union and the Member States, the Union and local governments. and the Union and local operators represented within the European Advisory Committee on Forestry and Cork and the Standing Forestry Committee.
It is for the Union, in conjunction with the Member States, to determine the broad outlines of the measures and the main objectives, and to make provision for adequate financial resources to enable those objectives to be achieved. The Council has a responsibility to take on here. The Commission is proposing that repair measures following forest fires should be reinforced. I totally agree with this important step, but I would also ask that research into the causes of such fires should be reinforced. Repair should not be the sole objective of long-term management. As part of the move to preserve our forest areas, public awareness is important, because the forests belong first and foremost to the public, and it is up to us, as Members of the European Parliament, to represent that public. That is why I believe that forests should definitely come within the scope of the codecision procedure."@en1
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