Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-04-23-Speech-3-249"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-04-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European strategies on biological diversity (COP 9) and biosafety (COP-MOP 4) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080423.21.3-249"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-04-23-Speech-3-2502
lpv:speaker	lp:Marie Anne Isler Béguin2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2004-09-21--2009-07-13)3 member; G/EFA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Les Verts-Europe-Ecologie (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2004-09-22--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, this is obviously not the first time that we have discussed biodiversity and that we have asked the Council and the Commission to defend biodiversity. That we have managed to make climate change an EU priority is a positive step, but we must realise, however, that the Conventions on biodiversity and desertification are somewhat eclipsed by this climate change. We know how important biodiversity or, when it comes down it, nature protection is for our own survival because we can see that, despite the measures taken at European or global level, the erosion of biodiversity is continuing; the extinction of species is continuing. We must face the facts: although we might try to curb climate change, the same cannot be said for the species. Once a species is extinct, that is it: it is gone forever. This issue, this evidence must be fully integrated. When we know, for example, that we have excellent tools such as Natura 2000 and the Birds and Habitats Directives to combat the degradation of biodiversity in the European Union, and when we see today that there are still certain Member States that are reluctant to implement Natura 2000, that are reluctant to pay for Natura 2000, it is very clear that we still have a long way to go. As a result, I genuinely hope that the Commission will continue to support Natura 2000 and continue to support these two Directives. I would also ask that in the framework of the Bonn Convention you establish criteria for biofuels but also demand and obtain agreement on the creation of a group of intergovernmental experts on biodiversity, like the IPCC for climate change, because we could help others to put in place tools that we ourselves are introducing but they have not yet introduced."@en1

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