Day 073 - 13 Jan 95 - Page 31


     
     1        handed) I have highlighted certain bits but I have not
     2        written on it.  I notice it is not signed.  Was it faxed to
     3        you?
     4        A.  I was faxed to me.
     5
     6   Q.   She has put her name on it but she has not signed it?
     7        A.  She has put her name on the bottom, yes.
     8
     9   Q.   That was for the purposes of the preparation of this case?
    10        A.  It was, yes.
    11
    12   Q.   If you quote something, can you just indicate where it is
    13        in the document?
    14        A.  Yes.  OK under the heading "Forestry and Biodiversity
    15        in Sweden - some basic facts", it mentions first of all the
    16        red data list.  This is the RUCN's sort of publication of
    17        endangered species and it is called the red data list.
    18        Every country has one or every country should have one.
    19
    20   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Does it actually add to what you have put at
    21        8.5.2?
    22        A.  I do not think so; it think it is really what is in --
    23        basically, 8.5.2 covers it.
    24
    25   Q.   Unless it adds something you specifically want to refer, it
    26        may be sufficient that you just identify the source of
    27        those figures.
    28        A.  Yes, I do mention on page 2 of Karin's document which
    29        is not in the evidence here, this is the state of the
    30        knowledge in 1990 and about that time of what was happening
    31        in the forests because I gather this is the time of the
    32        alleged libel, paragraph (4) -- excuse Karin's English; it
    33        is not always perfect -- "Government officially recognise
    34        the conflict between forest management policy leading to
    35        'sustainable production' and maintenance of biodiversity,
    36        (long term sustainable use).
    37
    38        The best documents where there problem - although the
    39        knowledge was not new at all (see above) - is officially
    40        admitted and clearly expressed, is in the summary of the
    41        Governmental Commission on forest politics (Skogspolitiska
    42        utredningen), 1992" -- Skogspolitiska means forest
    43        politics.
    44
    45   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Do not bother with the Swedish.
    46        A.  OK.  "The commission was set up to review the forest
    47        politics of the 80s, as a basis for a new law proposal.
    48        The commission concludes:
    49
    50        '... The commission does not find that forestry/forest 
    51        industry to full extent to have acted (or rather that the 
    52        results of their activities are not) in accordance with 
    53        existing, environmental and conservation goals.  Continuous
    54        improvements in the direction of conservation interests
    55        have, however, been seen during the last years'."  Really,
    56        what she is saying is that there were some environmental
    57        guidelines and, in her opinion or in the government's
    58        opinion, these were not being adhered to.  I think that is
    59        really all I want to cover on that document.
    60

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