The StateForestry Administrationand the Ministry of HousingandUrban-RuralDevelopmentbothintervened, calling for an endtoabusiveexploitation of captiveanimals in zoos.
Otherwise there will be no chance of the many reforms required outside the forestry sector: in land-use planning and ruraldevelopment, in agriculture, energy and infrastructure policies, and much else.
Neil Stoddart, a forest district manager for the Forestry Commission at Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, said although conifer production was an important part of rural economic development, it could be balanced with environmental gains.