EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR INTERNAL POLICIES OF THE UNION WORKING DOCUMENT FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGES AND POLICIES CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMISSION S GREEN PAPER ON "FOREST PROTECTION AND INFORMATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION : PREPARING FORESTS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE" COM(2010)66 FINAL, SEC(2010)163, OF 01.03.2010 EP 442.236 B 88 EN 06 2010 PPT SUMMARY
Author : Dr. Angel ANGELIDIS Doctor Ingeniero Agrónomo (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), Docteur d Etat ès Sciences Economiques (Université de Montpellier), Professeur invité à l Ecole Diplomatique de Madrid et à l Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV, Comendador de la Orden Civil de Mérito Agrícola de España, Counsellor of the European Parliament in charge of Agri-food and Forestry Affairs. De gauche à droite, from left to right, de la izquierda a la derecha: Βυζάντιον, Αυτοκρατορικός Θυρεός κατά τήν περίοδον τών Παλαιολόγων (Blason de l Empire Byzantin, Dynastie des Paléologues - Coat of Arms of the Byzantine Empire, Paleologos Dynasty - Escudo del Imperio Bizantino, Dinastía de Paleólogos) ; Emblème du Patriarcat Orthodoxe de Constantinople Emblem of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople - Escudo del Patriarcado Ortodoxo de Constantinopla ; Aigle bicéphale russe impérial et contemporain Russian two headed eagle imperial and contemporaneous - Águila bicéfala rusa imperial y contemporánea ; Blason de l Alcazar de Toledo, Espagne Coat of Arms of the Alcazar of Toledo, Spain - Escudo del Alcázar de Toledo, España. With the collaboration of : Clara SALARICH, Marie Cécile BEAUNE, Diane MERAND, trainees at the EP. Acknowledgements : to Maria KOLLAROVA and Sorina Silvia IONESCU, documentalists at the EP Library in Brussels, for documentary research assistance; to Elisabeth GIL-ROLDAN LITTLE for the translation into English of Part III; to Colette REMY-MONTEILLET for the edition of the document. Draft text finished in June 2010. Original : French (save some Annexes available only in English). Part III is in French and English. Summaries : French, English, Spanish. THIS document PREMIERED AT THE conference OF THE SUB-GROUP «FOREST» OF THE INTERGROUP «CLIMATE CHANGE, BIODIVERSITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, CHAIRED BY MEP Gaston FRANCO (PPE Group, France) ON THE SUBJECT «TOWARDS AN EU INTEGRATED FORESTRY STRATEGY?", HELD ON 29.06.2010, IN BRUSSELS. Editor : EUROPÉAN PARLIAMENT Directorate General for Internal Policies of the Union Directorate B "Structural & Cohesion Policies» The Counsellor in charge of Agri-food and Forestry Affairs TEL. : (0032) 2 284 4858 ; FAX : (0032) 2 284 9147 E-MAIL: ANGEL.ANGELIDIS@EUROPARL.EUROPA.EU ANGELIDIS.ANGEL@GMAIL.COM WEBSITE : WWW.ANGELIDIS.EU The opinions expressed in this document are the sole responsibility of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position of the European Parliament. Reproduction and translation of this document for non-commercial purposes are authorized, provided that the source is specifically mentioned and that the author and the publisher are previously informed and that they have received a copy of the publication.. Printed in Luxemburg. 2
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