12/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - European Parliament backs protection of forests as a way of combating climate change. In supporting the report by Gaston Franco (EPP, France) in Strasbourg on 11 May, the European Parliament (EP) delivered its view on the Commission's Green Paper on forest protection and information in the EU: preparing forests for climate. It asks the Commission to bring forward a legislative proposal for forest fire prevention, as prevention has to take over from response....