WRITTEN QUESTION No. 4085/97 by Wolfgang KREISSL-DÖRFLER to the Commission. Mapping of indigenous territories in the Amazon region
Date: 1998-01-16
Institutions: European Parliament, KREISSL-DOERFLER
Subjects: Brazil, cartography, development plan, forest conservation, indigenous population, land and buildings, protection of minorities, tropical forest

C 187/122

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

16. 6. 98

Is the European Commission in a position to provide the European Parliament with up-to-date statistics on:

1. 

farms in the EU of 15 broken down by surface area as follows: under 15ha; 15-50ha; 50-100ha; 100-200ha;
200-300ha; 300-500ha; 500ha and over; and

2.  current stock levels, where possible broken down by numbers per category (diary cows, bulls/oxen; sheep

and goats) at the level of the Member States?

Answer given by Mr de Silguy on behalf of the Commission

(13 February 1998)

Pursuant  to  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  571/88  of  29  February  1988  on  the  organisation  of  Community
surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings between 1988 and 1997 (1), the Member States regularly carry
out Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings. The most recent surveys were in 1989/90, 1993,
1995 and 1997, although the results for the last of these are not yet available.

The agricultural structure surveys yield information on, inter alia, farms(cid:146) crops, livestock herds and labour input.
This information is collected by Eurostat, which stores it in the Eurofarm data bank, analyses it for Community
purposes and makes it available to users in the form of standard tables. The content of the standard tables (e.g. the
breakdown by the size class of holdings) is decided on in consultation with the Member States and laid down in a
Commission Decision. The distribution of both holdings and livestock herds by size class can be seen from these
tables, and this information will be forwarded directly to the Honourable Member and the General Secretariat of
Parliament. The size classes correspond to the Eurofarm subdivision laid down in the Commission Decision.
Other breakdowns can be made available on request, although this requires special processing (the creation of an
ad hoc table) in cooperation with the statistical offices in the Member States. Because of the involvement of the
Member States, ad hoc tables usually take between four and six weeks to become available.

All the tabular data stored in Eurofarm and all statistical information on other agricultural and non-agricultural
topics can be obtained directly from Eurostat(cid:146)s Brussels Data Shop.

(1)  OJ L 56, 2.3.1988.

(98/C 187/189)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-4084/97

by Wolfgang Kreissl-Do¤rfler (V) to the Commission

(16 January 1998)

Subject: Mapping of indigenous territories in the Amazon region

A number of projects to map indigenous territories and protected areas in the Amazon region have been carried
out on the instructions of the European Commission.

Does the European Commission share the view that the protection of indigenous peoples is an international duty?
Does  the  Commission  consider  it  appropriate  for  a  map  to  have  been  created  showing  details  of  indigenous
territories and protected areas › not least in the light of the new tropical forests directive?

(98/C 187/190)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-4085/97

by Wolfgang Kreissl-Do¤rfler (V) to the Commission

(16 January 1998)

Subject: Mapping of indigenous territories in the Amazon region

A number of projects to map indigenous territories and protected areas in the Amazon region have been carried
out on the instructions of the European Commission.

In what countries have indigenous territories and protected areas been mapped and how complete are the maps
that have been produced to date? Under what framework are supplementary projects being planned and to what
extent are private undertakings involved in them? Is there any connection between these mapping projects and
the PPG7 pilot project?