Mr President, we agree with Mrs Béguin's report because it is underpinned by a particular situation: neither the Convention on Biological Diversity, signed in 1992, nor the various international conventions incorporated into Community law, specifically the birds and habitats directives, have managed to put a brake on the destruction of biodiversity.
Hr. formand, vi er enige i fru Béguins betænkning, fordi den tager udgangspunkt i en realitet, nemlig at hverken konventionen om biodiversitet, der blev undertegnet i 1992, eller de forskellige internationale aftaler eller fællesskabsretten, nærmere bestemt fugledirektivet og habitatdirektivet, har formået at bremse forværringen af biodiversiteten.