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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I must first commend our rapporteur, Mr Kindermann, for his outstanding report. It is crucial that the importance of forests in the EU be taken into account, in compliance with the subsidiarity principle, on account of the area that forests cover in the rural environment, their position in the rural economy as a complementary sector of activity to agriculture and their role in landscape planning, for example in preventing, and limiting the impact of, natural phenomena such as flooding and erosion.
There are several reasons why an EU forestry strategy would make it possible to establish sustainable development in forests. Firstly, it would help mitigate climate change and would contribute to sustainable energy supplies, in particular biomass. In this regard, I welcome the agreement reached at the Ecofin Council authorising the application of a reduced rate of VAT for the production of heat and refrigeration from wood. In practice, such a reduction should encourage the development of this renewable energy source and of new outlets for the wood sector. Furthermore, forestry activities also create wealth and jobs, whether this be …
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