Traduction de «Territoire forestier soustrait à l'aménagement » (Français → Anglais) :

G. stressing the importance of intact forest ecosystems for the preservation of biodiversity in accordance with commitments under international agreements; noting that examples of such commitments include the Biodiversity Convention (Rio, 1992) and the goal of halting the decline in the number of species by 2010 (EU meetings in Göteborg, 2001; Johannesburg 2002); being convinced that, in order to successfully fulfil these commitments, it is of the greatest importance to earmark sufficient areas as nature reserves and to gear sylvicultural methods, in conjunction with landscape planning, more fully to biological preconditions.

13. Expects the European Council to play an active part in implementing a directive on the objectives of, and arrangements for organising, services of general interest, which should not be subject to the rules of competition, should be based on the principles of continuity, solidarity and equal access for all users, and should play a part in regional planning and environmental protection;

29. Notes the launching of a Green Paper on services of general interest; calls for the Green Paper to lead to the implementation of a directive on the objectives and organisation of services of general interest, which must be shielded from the rules of competition and based on the principles of continuity, solidarity, and equal access and treatment for all users, and must play a part in land use planning and environmental protection;

33. Regrets the fact that the Barcelona European Council’s undertaking to introduce a directive on services of general economic interest was not followed up at Seville; calls for decisions to be taken at the Copenhagen European Council for the introduction of a directive on the objectives and organisational arrangements of services of general economic interest, which ought to be subject to competition rules and based on the principles of continuity, solidarity, equal access and equal treatment for all users and should play a role in land use planning and the protection of the environment;

B. Aims These are eight fold : - a more systematic and wider role for the whole forestry sector in regional development, particularly in country areas ; this should result in full consideration being given to forestry in land use planning and should make a significant contribution to a healthy future for the countryside, - some degree of security in the supply of timber as a renewable raw material, - a contribution to environmental conservation and improvement, - achievement of a forestry sector with the dynamism to discharge all of its essential functions, (2) Discussion paper on Community action in the forestry sector (COM(85) 792) - ...[+++]protection of the Community's forests against the major aggressionsandcomplementarymemorandum(COM(86)26). to which they are subject, - 3 - - extension of the use of forests as a natural setting for relaxation, recreation and culture, - participation in development in the most disadvantaged parts of the world, particularly the developing countries, - a full place for forests and the forestry sector in the formulation and implementation of Community policies.

Among the highlights and key developments in this trend have been the introduction of the Forest Practices Code in B.C. in 1995; the implementation of the provincial parks and protected areas strategy; the establishment of comprehensive land use planning processes in most of British Columbia; some progress in the development of standards for sustainable forest management; and the use of what was previously considered to be wood waste to produce high-end value-added wood products.