If land with high stocks of carbon in its soil or vegetation is converted for the cultivation of raw materials for biofuels or bioliquids, some of the stored carbon will generally be released into the atmosphere, leading to the formation of carbon dioxide.

W. whereas climate change will cause further serious damage to already vulnerable and threatened ecosystems and will impact on European biodiversity; whereas such damage will be most severely felt indirectly through the degradation of ecosystems fundamental to human wellbeing; whereas the protection of ecosystems must therefore be the basis for an EU adaptation strategy; whereas soil is the largest terrestrial pool of organic carbon and unadapted soil management practices are contributing to reducing that pool; whereas it is nece ...[+++]ssary to reverse that trend and ensure that appropriate measures to maintain and, where possible, increase soil organic carbon form an integral part of an EU adaptation strategy,

W. whereas climate change will cause further serious damage to already vulnerable and threatened ecosystems and will impact on European biodiversity; whereas such damage will be most severely felt indirectly through the degradation of ecosystems fundamental to human wellbeing; whereas the protection of ecosystems must therefore be the basis for an EU adaptation strategy; whereas soil is the largest terrestrial pool of organic carbon and unadapted soil management practices are contributing to reducing that pool; whereas it is nece ...[+++]ssary to reverse that trend and ensure that appropriate measures to maintain and, where possible, increase soil organic carbon form an integral part of an EU adaptation strategy,

S. whereas, since carbon is stored in biomass and soil, forests fulfil an important function as carbon sink in the carbon cycle of the earth; whereas the guarantee of their regeneration, the preservation of their productivity and the intensified use of carbon-neutral forest products ensure and extend the carbon cycle; whereas forests provide renewable and carbon-neutral energy and contribute to the sustainable energy-mix of the EU and forests and their products thus contribute towards slowing down global warming and the greenhouse effect and fulfilling the EU's environment ...[+++]al objectives (e.g. the Kyoto Protocol),

S. whereas, since carbon is stored in biomass and soil, forests fulfil an important function as carbon sink in the carbon cycle of the earth; whereas the guarantee of their regeneration, the preservation of their productivity and the intensified use of carbon-neutral forest products ensure and extend the carbon cycle; whereas forests provide renewable and carbon-neutral energy and contribute to the sustainable energy-mix of the EU and forests and their products thus contribute towards slowing down global warming and the greenhouse effect and fulfilling the EU's environment ...[+++]al objectives (e.g. the Kyoto Protocol),

T. whereas, with reference to the fact that carbon is stored in biomass and soil, forests fulfil an important function as carbon sink in the carbon cycle of the earth; whereas the guarantee of their regeneration, the preservation of their productivity and the intensified use of carbon-neutral forest products ensure and extend the carbon cycle; whereas forests provide renewable and carbon-neutral energy and contribute to the sustainable energy-mix of the EU and forests and their products thus contribute towards slowing down global warming and the greenhouse effect and fulfil ...[+++]ling the environmental objectives of the EU (e.g. the Kyoto Protocol),