Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-04-Speech-1-132"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-09-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Forest fires and floods (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060904.20.1-132"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-04-Speech-1-1332
lpv:speaker	lp:Ilda Figueiredo2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Coligação Democrática Unitária (PCP-PEV) (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; EMPL (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AGRI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; FEMM (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3 member; Delegation for relations with Mercosur (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, the tragedy of the forest fires that, year after year, affect the countries of Southern Europe, and especially Portugal and Spain, must not be allowed to go on. The time has come to replace the rhetoric with practical measures to ensure that the summer is not transformed into an inferno that destroys protected forests and landscapes and the lives and property of the thousands of people who courageously continue to live in rural areas. What happened in August in Portugal was particularly serious; tens of thousands of hectares of forest were burnt, a number of people died, an important environmental heritage site in the Peneda-Gerês and Serras d'Aire e Candeeiros national parks was destroyed, and there were enormous material losses. September has begun, and the scourge of the fires continues. Consequently, solidarity must be shown with the communities affected, urgent support must be provided for pastoralists and farmers who have lost their cattle-grazing land in, for example, the Serra de Soajo, and burnt wood must be removed immediately as fair payment for farmers, small forest owners and those sharing common land. It is vital, moreover, that we place the emphasis on prevention by means of increasing financial, technical and human resources, including support for those directly involved in fighting the fires and with the reforestation of burnt areas, namely the protected areas. Extraordinary aid must be granted to the worst affected areas and communities of Portugal from the European Solidarity Fund. There must be no further delay in adopting effective public policies aimed at strengthening prevention, reforestation, and forestry development. The common agricultural policy must also be amended in order to ensure that family farming receives sufficient support for farmers to be guaranteed a decent living, by means of guaranteed production prices, and in order to stem the tide of people abandoning rural areas, which will be exacerbated by the decoupling of production aid."@en1

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