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"en.20110511.28.3-401-000"2
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"More than 42% of the territory of the Union is covered by forest. The timber industry provides a total of 2 million jobs, mainly in SMEs, and creates revenue of EUR 300 billion. Forest management employs 350 000 people. The ratio of felling to increment is stable throughout the Union, and is in the region of 60%, but this ratio is projected to increase to more than 100% in some countries, with, as a result, a reduction in standing timber after 2010.
I am convinced that the sustainable management of forests is essential if we are to maintain the capacity of the Union’s forests to fulfil their economic, ecological and social functions. That is why I have called on the Commission to put forward proposals aimed at supplementing Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 on timber in order to ensure that timber and products derived from such timber placed on the European market all come from sustainably managed forests. The Commission and the Member States must make the introduction of sustainable forest management mandatory within the European Union"@en1
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