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"en.20111024.16.1-157-000"2
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"Mr President, Europe is home to 25% of all the world’s forests. Europe has primary forests which are natural treasures of unparalleled diversity and must be protected. Unfortunately, many forests in Europe are victims of excessive clearing.
In Romania, in the Retezat National Park, one of the last intact forests on Earth, deforestation has taken place on a huge scale, with the authorities’ consent, even within the protected zone. In practical terms, cutting down trees causes the forested areas to fragment, soil quality to deteriorate and species of flora and fauna to disappear.
Unfortunately, the European Union has a deficient system for monitoring its forests, which does not feature comprehensive, regular, mandatory evaluations of forestation, deforestation and reforestation.
This is why this area must be improved. At the same time, I think that the practices for protecting and administering the forested areas in the European Union need to be improved so as to be able to leave these valuable assets to future generations."@en1
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