12 Amendments of Mireille D'ORNANO related to 2018/2791(RSP)
Amendment 4 #
Recital A
A. whereas the mission statement of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011- 2020 is to take effective and urgent action to halt the loss of biodiversity in order to ensure that by 2020 – a deadline which is rapidly approaching – ecosystems are resilient and continue to provide essential services, thereby securing the planet's variety of life, and contributing to human well-being, and poverty eradication;
Amendment 8 #
Recital D
D. whereas EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy aims to halt the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the EU and help stop global biodiversity loss by 2020, objectives which seem difficult to reconcile with certain EU policies such as the common agricultural policy;
Amendment 12 #
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with concern that the 2020 Aichi Biodiversity Targets will not be met with the current trajectory of biodiversity loss, and calls onif one considers the scientific studies showing a significant biodiversity loss in contrast with the objectives being pursued; exhorts all Parties to step up their efforts; in this regard urges the Commission and Member States to commit to immediate, substantial and additional efforts on biodiversity conservation so as to meet the EU targets;
Amendment 14 #
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the protection of global biodiversity is an essential challenge and thus a strategic EU interest that should receive the highest political attention, which, however, does not appear to be on the agenda of public policies at European Union or Member State level; calls on the Commission and Member States to actively engage, particularly through their external instruments, with third countries to promote and strengthen biodiversity conservation measures and governance, in particular in all multilateral agreements;
Amendment 20 #
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that biodiversity and ecosystem preservation is by definition inherently synergistic and a core element of sustainable development; stresses the need and calls on the Commission and Member States to facilitate the adoption of biodiversity mainstreaming and improved environmental policy coherence in all internal and external policies of the EU;
Amendment 22 #
Paragraph 5
5. Believes it to be critical to address key drivers of biodiversity loss with a long- term strategic approach and to develop recommendations for identifying and safeguarding strategic areas based on the sensitivity of an area, the presence of endangered species or identified knowledge gaps and/or effective management, to limit losses of biodiversity and negative impacts on indigenous and local communities’ territories and livelihoods; considers it unrealistic to want to combat biodiverity loss whilst maintaining policies with purely productivist objectives, especially in the field of agriculture;
Amendment 26 #
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that the COP14 in Egypt marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention; therefore considers of the utmost importance to step up the efforts on the implementation of the final stages of the current Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, focus on the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity targets and to work on an ambitious post 2020 strategic plan and implementation mechanism, with regards to a 2050 scenario which takes into account new challenges in the field of biodiversity in line with the 2030 Agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 28 #
Paragraph 7
7. Notes with concern that in the EU, assessments1 of the conservation status of species and habitat types of conservation interest, only 7% of marine species and 9% of marine habitat types show a ‘favourable conservation status’ and that 27% of species assessments and 66% of habitat types assessments show an ‘unfavourable conservation status’; Notes that these statistics are alarming and in perfect contradiction with the objectives pursued. _________________ 1 The Rregional Aassessment Rreport on Bbiodiversity and Eecosystem Sservices for Europe and Central Asia, https://www.ipbes.net/system/tdf/dow nloa ds/spm_2b_eca_digital_20180622.pdf? file =1&type=node&id=28318
Amendment 33 #
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights that a stronger international framework is needed to protect global biodiversity, to stop its current decline and to restore it as much as possible; believes that such a framework should be based on targets and firm commitments, comprising of Nationally Determined Contributions and other appropriate instruments, financial commitments and improved capacity building assurances, as well as a 5-yearly review mechanism, with an emphasis on an upward trajectory of ambition; considers that such a global plan can only make sense if results are obtained at European level, which is not currently the case;
Amendment 43 #
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the importance of increasing investments and targeting them better to achieve the Paris Agreement commitments in order to reduce impacts of climate change on biodiversity;
Amendment 45 #
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes that the recommendation 10.2.g (XXI/1.) for the COP14 decision mentions the potential of forestry and agriculture; underlines that agricultural activities and preservation of biodiversity are closely linked; emphasises that well managed agriculture and forestry contribute greatly to the variety of species, habitats and ecosystems, and reduces the effects of climate change; notes the fundamental contradiction between the productivist philosophy underlying agricultural policy at European level and the reaffirmation of these statements;
Amendment 51 #
Paragraph 16
16. Notes however the negative impact of intensive agriculture on biodiversity; calls on Parties to undertake strong commitments towards sustainable agriculture and forestry, including requirements for the sustainable use of plant protection products and strategies to ensure the protection of soil and habitats.