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"en.20110511.28.3-400-750"2
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"Forests and wooded land cover more than 42% of the EU’s area. Despite the fact that approximately 500 000 hectares of EU forest are lost every year as a result of forest fires and illegal logging, the long-term trend of increasing forest coverage in the EU appears stable.
Even though forestry policy is primarily a matter for the Member States, it is nevertheless up to the EU to coordinate and complement the Member States’ initiatives and forest programmes, giving them added value, and defining a common EU strategy and action plan. Stepping up forest protection should form part of the EU’s and the Member States’ strategies, especially in the face of climate-related extreme phenomena such as fires and floods, landslides and desertification.
I therefore support the creation of new instruments and increased funding for measures designed to protect the EU’s forests, particularly in order to address the new challenges brought about by climate change. Information on forest resources, the state of the forests and the impact of climate change is equally essential in order to ensure that any decisions made relating to the forests bring about the greatest possible socio-economic and environmental benefits."@en1
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