Translation of "multifunctional role forests " (English → French) :

1. Welcomes the Commission communication on a new EU forest strategy and the accompanying working documents, and stresses that an EU forest strategy must focus on the sustainable management of forests and their multifunctional role from the economic, social and environmental viewpoints and must ensure better coordination and communication of Community policies directly or indirectly linked to forestry; points out, in this context, that an increasing number of European policy initiatives in areas such as economic and employment policy, energy policy and environmental and climate policy require a ...[+++]greater contribution from the forestry sector;

18. Welcomes the setting up of a Forest Information System for Europe to support the sharing of data, best practices and existing knowledge on forests between the Member States; recognises that collecting data and information on the multifunctional role of forests and forest resources from the national databases will be of benefit to the sector and calls on the Commission to support its integration into a European data platform; welcomes the benefits of sharing best practices and existing kno ...[+++]wledge on forests between the Member States, but stresses that such activity should not result in increased demand on budgetary resources;

1. Welcomes the Commission communication on a new EU forest strategy and the accompanying working documents, and stresses that an EU forest strategy must focus on the sustainable management of forests and their multifunctional role from the economic, social and environmental viewpoints and must ensure better coordination and communication of Community policies directly or indirectly linked to forestry; points out, in this context, that an increasing number of European policy initiatives in areas such as economic and employment policy, energy policy and environmental and climate policy require a ...[+++]greater contribution from the forestry sector;

Private forests play an important role in economic activity in rural areas and, therefore, Community aid is important for improving and broadening their economic value, for increasing diversification of production and enhancing market opportunities, in sectors such as that for renewable energy, while maintaining the sustainable management and the multifunctional role of forests.

Whereas forests cover a large area of the Community; whereas both the restocking of these forests and new afforestation require increasing quantities of forest reproductive material; whereas sustainable management is necessary to do justice to the multifunctional role of forests in environmental, economic and social terms and all their benefits need to be considered rather than solely their practical uses;

The overall objective of the EU Forest Action Plan is to support and enhance sustainable forest management and the multifunctional role of forests.