Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-01-19-Speech-3-269-000"
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"en.20110119.20.3-269-000"2
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"This agreement is aimed at ensuring the traceability and certification of timber products from the Republic of Congo. These objectives are ostensibly praiseworthy, but they do not respond to the extent that we believe is necessary to the problem of forest destruction, and with it the threat to the integrity of resources of immense value from an ecological and conservation point of view, and which are vital to the existence and way of life of local communities and indigenous peoples. The concerns expressed by the rapporteur himself are enough to prove the weakness of the agreement, justifying our abstention. Specifically, the agreement does not, of itself, ensure that deforestation and the large-scale degradation of intact forests will be combated, and it may even promote them in the absence of additional or complementary measures, as it is aimed at encouraging the importing of timber products from the Republic of Congo to the EU. This may throw up obvious conflicts with the EU’s stated objectives of combating climate change and protecting biodiversity. It is also worth highlighting, as the rapporteur does, the lack of targeted funding or the technical support and human resources necessary to implement the agreement."@en1
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