Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-09-20-Speech-1-150"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-09-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU legislation aiming at the conservation of biodiversity (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100920.20.1-150"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-09-20-Speech-1-1512
lpv:speaker	lp:Sandrine Bélier2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Europe Écologie (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; PETI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; AFCO (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; G/EFA (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; ENVI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, as has already been mentioned, it is the International Year of Biodiversity and, this year, we are being asked to commit ourselves to resolving a triple crisis. The three interconnected elements require a consistent and integrated approach if we are to tackle them and emerge from an ecological crisis that has direct repercussions for our economy and our social model. This triple crisis involves food security, climate change and loss of biodiversity. I should like to remind you that biodiversity has no price attached, but its loss, its decline and its destruction do have a cost which contributes to the increase in poverty and which engenders inequalities and considerable losses in economic, welfare and cultural terms. As has already been mentioned – and we now know it for sure – 40% of our world economy depends directly on services provided by nature, and 60% of these are in sharp decline. Europe has lost 30% of its biodiversity over the past 40 years. This loss is currently valued at 1% of the EU’s GDP – EUR 50 billion per year – and it might reach EUR 14 000 billion in 2050 if we do not take action, since the decline is accelerating and the causes of the failure of previous EU policies in this area are well known and are clearly set out in the report. The measures to be taken are also set out in the report. We are therefore hoping for a large vote in its favour, and we should like to thank Mrs de Lange for her work. We now have to move from words and intentions to deeds; from objectives to means. I find it difficult to hide several regrets: the lack of responsiveness on the part of the Council and of the Commission despite the need for urgent action; the regret that Soil Directive IV is still being blocked by the Council; the regret that bio-conditionality of all public financing was rejected by just one vote in the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety; and the regret that the challenges associated with biodiversity have not been more extensively incorporated in the EU 2020 strategy, so as to ensure a sustainable exit from the crisis through the greening of our economic model. There is a need for consistency. There is still time to understand and to commit ourselves to ensuring that our natural capital is preserved and enhanced. This is a winning investment for the future."@en1
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