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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-09-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"lt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110913.34.2-261-250"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-09-13-Speech-2-261-3122
lpv:speaker	lp:Laima Liucija Andrikienė2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; DROI (2009-07-20--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-10-12--2014-06-30)3 member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; INTA (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation for relations with Belarus (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-10-12--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Tėvynės sąjunga - Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"I voted in favour of this important resolution on the International Tropical Timber Agreement (ITTA). The current situation facing tropical forests is tragic. Original forest covering an area the size of Greece is lost each year. Consequently, this threatens irreplaceable biodiversity with extinction and increases the risk of global warming. Although it is more than 20 years since the first ITTA was concluded, over-exploitation and illegal logging remain widespread. Almost half of all logging activities in regions such as the Amazon, Congo Basin, South-East Asia and Russia are illegal. I therefore support this ITTA which I believe addresses the most pressing issues of the timber industry. The International Tropical Timber Organisation will continue its work on issues such as deforestation and illegal logging, but more can be done to strengthen forest law enforcement, for instance. The EU should adopt such severe sanctions as fines proportionate to the environmental damage, the value of the timber or timber products concerned and the tax losses and economic detriment resulting from the infringement, seizure of the timber and timber products concerned, or the immediate suspension of authorisation to trade."@en1

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