6 Amendments of Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ related to 2016/0230(COD)
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20 a) This regulation should be implemented within the scope of the Paris Agreement, in particular by observing the importance of ensuring the integrity of all ecosystems and respect for the livelihoods and resilience of communities living in forested areas.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 b (new)
Recital 20 b (new)
(20 b) Climate change has a profound effect on the development of communities around the world. The Union has made commitments to the UNFCCC whereby, when taking action to address climate change, it will respect, promote and consider its obligations with regard to human rights, the right to health, the rights of indigenous peoples, local communities, migrants, children, persons with disabilities and people in vulnerable situations. In addition, it will respect, promote and consider its obligations with regard to the right to development, as well as gender equality, empowerment of women and intergenerational equity.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 c (new)
Recital 20 c (new)
(20 c) A holistic approach to tropical deforestation should be ensured, taking into account all deforestation drivers, as well as the objective declared by the Commission in the UNFCCC negotiations to halt global forest cover loss by 2030 at the latest and to reduce gross tropical deforestation by at least 50 percent by 2020 compared to current levels.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 d (new)
Recital 20 d (new)
(20 d) The Union has made commitments to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, which can be met only with proper forest management and a commitment to stall and reverse deforestation and drive forward reforestation.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 e (new)
Recital 20 e (new)
(20 e) This regulation, in accordance with the UNFCCC agreement, should follow a country-driven, gender- responsive, participatory and fully transparent approach, taking into consideration vulnerable groups, communities and ecosystems. Furthermore, it should be based on and guided by the best available science and, as appropriate, traditional knowledge, knowledge of indigenous peoples and local knowledge systems, with a view to integrating adaptation into relevant socioeconomic and environmental policies and actions.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 f (new)
Recital 20 f (new)
(20 f) Forestry and forests should be managed responsibly and should make a real contribution to the economic development of a country, offering viable economic opportunities to farmers, provided that no deforestation of sensitive ecosystems occurs, that no plantations are established on peat lands, that plantations are managed using modern agroecological techniques to minimise adverse environmental and social outcomes and that land rights, the rights of indigenous communities as well as human rights and workers' rights are respected.