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"en.20110119.20.3-246-000"2
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"Illegal logging is nothing short of the pillaging of the natural resources of countries that supply wood, normally developing countries, and it constitutes a clear attack on biodiversity and the quality of people’s lives and their future prospects. If agreements such as those reached with the Republic of Congo and the Republic of Cameroon prove to be effective in combating this scourge, they may come to form a good basis for future agreements of the same kind. I welcome Europe’s concern for the protection of other countries’ natural resources, but I must stress that despite the regulatory framework under the agreements, any victory in combating the trade in illegal timber greatly depends on the governments and institutions of the timber-producing countries. Without their involvement and effective commitment, any instruments that they agree upon will be useless. This model is therefore also a call for such countries’ EU counterparts to take responsibility so as to understand the need to protect the interests of their future generations, and act in everyone’s interests by resisting the appeal of instant profit."@en1
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