European Parliament 13 February 2001, WRITTEN QUESTION E-0320/01 by Jaime Valdivielso de Cué (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Shipbuilding.

Answer given by Mrs Wallström on behalf of the Commission (28 March 2001) The Commission realises that the problem of desertification is a threat in certain regions of the Member States, and more particularly Greece. Desertification is a complex problem involving, at one and the same time, physical, chemical and biological processes in interaction with human activity.