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"Madam President, it must be acknowledged with regret that the statement on the absolute failure of European policy on biodiversity protection, made in the present report, is true.
There are certainly multiple reasons for this failure. I think one of the reasons why the EU policy on biodiversity spending has missed its goals is a lack of awareness in society about the importance of preserving ecosystems for future life on Earth. We must therefore be able to convincingly explain not only to our citizens, but also to regional politicians and corporate managers, that biodiversity conservation is not incompatible with sustainable economic growth. Better societal awareness of the need to protect and conserve ecosystems will generate more pressure on public authorities, as well as on businesses, to have zero tolerance in their conduct regarding environmental damage. We must invest more in research in order to obtain better knowledge of the interactions between individual elements of ecosystems and know how to avoid interference in nature that can cause serious damage to the system. Research on biodiversity must be multidisciplinary in nature, in order to take into account not only environmental, climatic or genetic aspects, but also social and economic aspects.
Commissioner, the ongoing destruction of ecosystems reminds us that we must be considerably more active in implementing measures for the protection of biodiversity."@en1
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