HC Deb 14 December 1992 vol 216 c19W
Mr. Dafis

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the progress made on the protection and designation of tropical rain forests and the role of the European Community during the United Kingdom's presidency of the European Commission.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

[holding answer 9 December 1992]: Under our presidency we have been working with member states for the Sustainable Development Commission to have a role in taking forward the forests principles agreed at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. We have also worked closely with our European Community colleagues on the continuing reform of the tropical forestry action programme and the renegotiation of the International Tropical Timber Agreement.

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