The 3014th Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting of European ministers took place in Brussels on 17th May 2010. The presidency informed the Council about the follow-up to the conference which took place on 6 and 7 April 2010 in Valsaín (Spain) and on the draft Council conclusions (9305/10). In a declaration, the Austrian, German, Latvia and Swedish delegations referred to the fact that forest protection is an integral part of sustainable forest management lying and which must remain within the competence of the member states (9785/10). Several other ministers took the floor and supported this declaration. Others, however, asked for the extension of existing EU measures. Draft Council conclusions on Preparing forests for climate change: Forest protection and information in the EU will also be presented for approval to the Environment Council taking place on 11 June 2010.

Agriculture and Fisheries Meeting press release