Activities of Alberto CIRIO related to 2016/2222(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Palm oil and deforestation of rainforests (debate) IT
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on palm oil and deforestation of rainforests PDF (438 KB) DOC (109 KB)
Amendments (18)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
— having regard to the ‘Globiom: the basis for biofuel policy post-2020’ reportFAO definitions and statistics on deforestation and palm oil production,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas companies trading in palm oil areshould generally unable to prove with certaintyensure that the palm oil in their supply chain is not linked to deforestation;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas cultivation of palm oil over the last 205 years has been the cause of 204% of allnet deforestation in the 20 Countries with the largest area of tropical forest, according to FAO figures;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. Whereas the EU has agreed under the New York Declaration on Forests to "help meet private sector goal of eliminating deforestation from production of agricultural commodities such as palm oil, soy, paper and beef products by no later than 2020 recognising that some companies have more ambitious targets";
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas demand for palm oil will, according to estimates, double by 2050; whereas new plantations are constantly being established and existing ones expanded in Indonesia, Malaysia and other Asian countries, as well as in Africa and Latin Americavegetable oils is going to increase and a part of it is likely to be covered by palm oil;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas palm oil, through its structural and functional properties, allows to reduce the intake of TFAs in a diet, and any product-specific policy action should take that into account;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the loss of natural habitats in the form of rainforests is endangering the survival of a large number of species (e.g. the Sumatran rhinoceros, the Sumatran tiger and the Bornean orangutan) and the EU consumers should be aware of efforts made to protect them;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is fully aware of how complex the issue of palm oil is and notes the need to operate on the basis of the collective responsibility of many actors, be they the EU and international organisations, Member States, countries in which palm oil is cultivated and indigenous people, private businesses, or NGOs; all of these actors must play a part in resolving this problem, where possible by coordinating their efforts;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes the existence of various types of voluntary certification schemes, including RSPO, ISPO and MSPOCC, and welcomes their development towards the sustainable cultivation of palm oil;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for companies that cultivate palm oil to use the High Carbon Stock (HCS) approach when developing their plantations; draws attention to the need to create a comprehensive land-use plan that will take into account the land used by local communities for the cultivation of food, peatlands and high conservation value (HCV) land, and will respect the human rights of communities to use the land on the basis of, including the right to ‘free prior and informed consent’ (FPIC) of indigenous and local communities;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the stakeholders including the non-profit sector, to launch information campaigns and to provide consumers with comprehensive information on the consequences of the reckless cultivation of palm oilproperties of palm oil and the importance of consuming certified sustainable product (CSPO); calls on the Commission to ensure that information confirming that a product is certified sustainable, therefore not linked to deforestation is provided to consumers by means of a special indication on the product, like a new logo, claim or immediately recognizable sign;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. calls on the Commission to reject claims like "palm oil free" as, by implying that the product is unsuitable for the health and/or the environment and/or the rights of the local communities in the cultivating Countries and/or the wildlife, send a wrong and misleading message and provides the whole supply chain for an adverse market incentive;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – introductory part
Paragraph 8 – introductory part
8. Observes with regret that RSPO, ISPO, MSPOCC and all other recognised certification schemes do not currentyet fully prohibit their members from converting rainforests or peatlands into palm plantations, and that they fail to limit greenhouse gas emissions during the establishment and operation of the plantations, and as a consequence of this they have been unable to prevent; more importantly, a large share of plantations, including some held by smallholders, are not following or subject to any sustainable practice; as a consequence of this massive forest and peat fires can still happen; calls on the Commission to urge the RSPO to modifyimprove its certification criteria and to implement these criteria strictly; calls on the Commission to support producing Countries to promote and drive the conversion to sustainable agricultural practices; calls on the Commission to support producing Countries to put fire prevention schemes in place; calls on the Commission to adopt a single unified definition of "zero deforestation" and support the development of multilateral certification schemes that will guarantee that the palm oil certified by them respects a sustainability baseline, and in particular that:
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – indent 2
Paragraph 8 – indent 2
- has not given rise to social problems or conflicfully respected social and human rights,
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to increase import duties on palm oil that is directact concretely linked to deforestation and that does not reflect the real costs associated order to increase the percentage of CSPO within the environmental burden; notes that this instrument will require the involvement of whole import of palm oil, even through the appropriate market incerntification schemves;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to develop technologies and strategies, including information campaigns, to reduce the impact of European consumption on deforestation in third countries;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that Member States have an opportunity to support steps aimed at establishing the sustainable cultivation of palm oil by ratifyCalls on the European Commission and all EU Member States to work towards the establishment of an EU- wide voluntary industry commitment to sourcing 100% certified sustainable palm oil by 2020 through, inter alia, signing the Amsterdam Declaration;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to pushRefers to the recently released Energy Package for the use of palm oil as a component of biodiesel to be phased out by 2020 at the latest;