Commission Green Paper "On forest protection and information in the EU: preparing forests for climate change"

An own-initiative report on the Commission Green Paper on forest protection and information in the EU and preparing forests for climate change. The amendments stress sustainable forest management and forest biodiversity for adapting to climate change, the role of forests in carbon storage, and forest-fire prevention including funding for the European Forest Fires Information System; they add citations to instruments such as the Timber Regulation and biodiversity conventions.