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"The text of the report before us today fulfils the need to conserve tropical forests. The European Union and its Member States in fact have some responsibility for the conservation of an ecosystem which is essential to the environmental balance of the entire planet. This responsibility is a historical one, primarily, and is related to the commitments made by Member States to the countries where the bulk of the tropical forest is located. These historic links and expert knowledge must be made to serve the conservation of this ecosystem. Our responsibility also stems from our status as consumers: many consumer products in Europe come from these regions and generally have an adverse impact on the forest.
Finally, the European Union actually includes large areas of tropical forest within the territory of its Member States, particularly France. The department of French Guyana, in particular, is almost entirely covered by this type of vegetation. In particular, the important thing is to enable real development in these areas, while respecting the culture and traditions of the inhabitants, without setting them in stone in a purely passive ecological conservation mode.
The European Union can make a contribution in this field if it can manage to coordinate efforts and know-how without seeking to control or foist a single strategy on Member States. We have therefore backed the amendments of the PPE-DE, which support the flexibility necessary for the whole system."@en1
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