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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-09-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:International Tropical Timber Agreement 2006 - International Tropical Timber Agreement 2006 (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20080923.40.2-422"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-09-23-Speech-2-4232
lpv:speaker	lp:Francisco Assis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; DROI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Partido Socialista (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; INTA (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, this specific case is a clear instance in which concern about liberalising international trade should take second place to more important objectives, in this case of an environmental and social nature. The preservation of tropical forests is essential for maintaining the planet’s ecological balance and we can state, without exaggeration, that, as such, tropical forests really are the heritage of mankind and that we all bear a responsibility for the conservation of tropical forests. The more developed and wealthiest countries in particular have responsibilities that they cannot shirk. These forests are located in countries that are in most cases poor countries, countries facing enormous difficulties, and whatever rhetoric we come up with here will be absolutely useless if we are not able to promote development actions directed at those countries. It is crucial that we help those countries and it is of the utmost necessity that the world’s main consumers and most developed areas, as is clearly the case with the European Union, commit themselves to ensuring on the one hand that there are thorough control mechanisms for how these forests are used, but at the same time it is vital that those countries commit themselves to guaranteeing support for producer countries. Those countries depend on tropical forests and their economies are to a great extent linked to forests. Rapid deforestation will end up having dramatic consequences from all points of view – for us on a more global level, from an environmental point of view, but for them at a more tangible level, from an economic and social perspective and will even put their very survival on the line – and, therefore, everything that can de done has to start there. We have to lend support and we must have measures that encourage development and the transformation of the production structure in those countries, so that they may have a relationship with their forests, with their resources, that is better tailored to their interests and more in line with the global interests of humanity. This is a responsibility of the European Union. This agreement is heading in the right direction: it is still not enough but the report clearly points out these shortcomings, yet offers us some hope for the future."@en1
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