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dcterms:Date	"2014-02-26"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU-Indonesia voluntary partnership agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the EU - EU-Indonesia voluntary partnership agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the EU (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20140226.83.3-942-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2014-02-26-Speech-3-943-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Catherine Bearder2
lpv:spoken text	"For those of us who have been concerned about wholesale destruction of tropical rain forests, we must today congratulate the Indonesian Government on its efforts to move forward with protection of forest timber and the people, animals and plants that are dependent on it. This Voluntary Partnership Agreement will serve as a clear indication of our commitment to helping and encouraging such actions. This is a commitment by the EU to help regulate the harvesting of tropical timber sustainably and with traceability. So far so good. But we still have huge concerns over Indonesia’s regulation of its forest resources in what is called the SVLK certification system. It is certainly on the right track and a welcome advance, but SVLK needs more political commitment – to ensure that those who break the code receive strong sentences and that financial penalties are imposed on the perpetrators – before we will fully trust their implementation. We also need to be aware that only 10% of Indonesia’s tropical timber actually arrives in Europe. Some 90% of it is exported to countries with much lower environmental standards that have built-in corruption and impunity for the illegal trade in tropical forest products – economies that have the philosophy of ‘profit today and who cares about the future?’. Tropical deforestation and subsequent release of CO are issues for all of us and it is Western demand for palm oil and timber products that is also driving destruction. Let us then be clear: agreeing to this VPA is a small step forward, a step towards traceability, a step towards protection and a step towards helping the Indonesians demand the same standards from their other customers. But for heaven’s sake let us not fool ourselves that it is a case of ‘job done and problem solved’."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Liberal Democrats Party (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; INTA (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; REGI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; ALDE (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"2"1 "Catherine Bearder,"1 "on behalf of the ALDE Group"1
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