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     1        A.  There is no question, but bearing in mind the huge
     2        proportion of Finland that is under forestry, it is hardly
     3        surprising that if there was any change in the biological
     4        balance of the flora and fauna in that country, that it
     5        would be in the forest.
     6
     7   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I think what you are saying is that there
     8        maybe a problem enough in Finland, but there is less of a
     9        problem in Finland which is largely forested than there is
    10        in other countries which are much less forested?
    11        A.  If you take it that this country has 71 per cent of its
    12        land area in agriculture, the problems of biodiversity on
    13        agricultural land seem to me rather greater than that on
    14        forest land, my Lord.
    15
    16   MR. MORRIS:  If I can move on, I believe, to page 14, Wildlife:
    17        Just before we move on to that page 14, your reference EE
    18         -- I do not know why it is EE -- it is the orange bundle.
    19
    20   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Orange bundle?
    21
    22   MR. MORRIS:  3B, Mr. Mallinson's references.
    23
    24   THE WITNESS:  Is it the one entitled "A Richer forest"?
    25
    26   Q.   Yes.
    27
    28   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Both of mine have just "3" on; one has
    29        "Mr. Mallinson and Mr. Bateman" on the front and the other
    30        just has "Mr. Mallinson".
    31
    32   MR. RAMPTON:  Yes, it is subheaded "T. Mallinson (W to JJ)"; the
    33        reference is "EE", I think.
    34
    35   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Thank you.  Which tab, Mr. Morris?
    36
    37   MR. MORRIS:  "EE".  Have we all got the same document?  It is
    38        the first paragraph, it is regarding Sweden, "A Richer
    39        Forest".  Is that a similar campaign to the "Forest
    40        Forever" kind of thing, equivalent?
    41        A.  My Lord, as far as I am aware, "A Richer Forest" in the
    42        third paragraph here states that its aim was "to bring
    43        together 80,000 forest owners, workers and contractors in
    44        study circles and short courses".  It is partly educational
    45        bearing in mind the very high proportion of Swedish forest
    46        (and the same applies in Finnish forest) that is owned by
    47        small farmers with an average of around about 30 hectares
    48        of forest ownership for each one, so this is a process of
    49        bringing about something rather than establishing a new
    50        position. 
    51 
    52   Q.   Who is this published by, this actual document, is it the 
    53        National Board of Forestry at the bottom?
    54        A.  That is what it states.
    55
    56   Q.   That is a government body, is it?
    57        A.  Very much so; it is a government body which is working
    58        in and among the forest owners of the country.
    59
    60   Q.   In the first paragraph, the fourth sentence starts:  "We

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