24 Amendments of Antoni COMÍN I OLIVERES related to 2020/2274(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
— having regard to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) of 1992, and the upcoming 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties thereto (COP15),
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to Global Biodiversity Outlook 5 of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity of 15 September 2020,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)
Citation 7 b (new)
— having regard to the UN Summit on Biodiversity of 30 September 2020,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 c (new)
Citation 7 c (new)
— having regard to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
— having regard to the Streamlining European Biodiversity Indicators (SEBI) 2020, issued by the Environmental European Agency,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
— having regard to the in-depth analysis entitled “The link between biodiversity loss and the increasing spread of zoonotic diseases”, published by its Directorate-General for External Policies in December 2020,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 c (new)
Citation 18 c (new)
— having regard to the IPBES Workshop Report on Biodiversity and Pandemics of 29th October 2020,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas according to the IPBES 2019 global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services, most of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets for 2020 willhave been missed;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas there is scientific evidence for a complex link between biodiversity loss and the increasing risk of zoonotic diseases such as COVID-19;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas the total ecological footprint of the EU-27 Member States plus the United Kingdom is high and is now more than twice the biocapacity available in the region, and this results in a large ecological deficit, which has negative consequences for the environment within and outside Europe;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas in addition to international trade, illegal wildlife trade and illegal trade in timber and raw materials can accelerate the degradation and destruction of biodiversity in countries with weak institutions and environmental regulations;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
I b. whereas there are overlaps between biodiversity hotspots and areas suffering from poverty, as most conservation hotspots are located in countries with a high prevalence of poverty and food insecurity;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the EU to address the root causes of global biodiversity loss and to mainstream obligations on conservation and the sustainable use of resources into broader development policies;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Highlights the direct and indirect impacts of EU Economy on global biodiversity and that EU has special responsibility for global biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets the fact that the EU budget for supporting external biodiversity policy remains considerably low in comparison with that earmarked for climate change policies and that environmentally harmful subsidies have not been phased out;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that the effectiveness of EU external biodiversity policy depends on policy coherence between biodiversity and other key EU external policies, such as trade and investment agreements;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Underlines the need to implement an accessible, transparent, and publicly available screening system to identify and mitigate potential biodiversity risk of development projects funded by EU.
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the EU to mainstream biodiversity and ecosystem services into all policy areas, notably agriculture, fisheries, energy, mining, trade and climate change;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that agriculturale and food production both depends and has ve significant impacts on biodiversity;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Recalls that agricultural development projects should comply with the international and EU environmental and social standards, especially those related to deforestation-free and land- neutral trade chains;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Highlights the EU’s responsibility to reduce the indirect drivers of biodiversity loss, by systematically including biodiversity and safeguards against landgrabs in trade negotiations and dialogues with developing countries;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses that the deterioration of biodiversity and ecosystems have both direct and indirect impacts on public health, and the link between increasing spread of zoonotic diseases and biodiversity loss;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls that ecological restoration is critical for the implementation of the ‘One Health’ approach, and the awareness on the links between biodiversity, which signals a healthy ecosystem, and human and animal health; underlines that air, water and soil quality, as well as processes such as pollination, depend on healthy ecosystems and biodiversity;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Underlines the fact that environmental crime poses a global threat to nature conservation, sustainable development, stability and security;