4. Notes that the EU already takes many political decisions which directly or indirectly affect European forests and forestry but that coordination by the Commission between various areas of policy concerning forests has many shortcomings; notes that this situation has been to the detriment of compatibility between different environmental objectives and of the conditions for forestry; considers therefore that the Commission’s most important task should be to coordinate existing forestry policy and, in future, to carry out assessments in advance with a view to taking account, at an early stage, of how various political decisions affect European forests and forestry; considers, therefore, that the Standing Forestry Committee should be strength ...[+++]ened and given responsibility for implementing the proposed action plan. Observes that Natura 2000, the EU's network for safeguarding biodiversity and conservation of species, is an important element in the EU's green infrastructure.

Think about what went into growing that wine: the choice of the land and selection of the vines, the planting, nurturing and pruning, the crop protection, the harvesting, the processing, the maturing time, the blending, the storage, the bottling, the promotion and marketing, and the transportation of the wine half-way around the world.