23 Amendments of Maria NOICHL related to 2020/2273(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that agricultural productivity and resilience depend on biodiversity to guarantee the long-term sustainability of our food systems; underlines, furthermore, that much of the biodiversity across Europe has been created by farming and its survival is dependent on the continued active management of farmland; Further recalls the scientific consensus1a that an intensification of this management, including landscape simplification, increases in the use of pesticides and mowing frequency, irrigation expansion and the destruction of pasture lands has led to catastrophic declines in bird, mammal, reptile, amphibian and insect populations; _________________ 1aLetter from European Ornithologists Union, European Mammal Foundation, Societas Europaea Herpetologica, Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica, Butterfly Conservation Europe, European Bird Census Council; https://assets.vlinderstichting.nl/docs/b0cc 2493-88fe-4591-8838-f44abd1f975a.pdf
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that cascading effect of landscape simplification leads to lower crop production through, in particular, reduced both pollinator and natural enemy richness1a; reiterates that replacement of natural enemy population by use of insecticides exacerbates further the problem of reduced pollination, which is a direct component of crop production; Calls for a holistic approach in order to safeguard ecosystem services through measures leading to increased landscape heterogeneity; _________________ 1aM. Dainese, E. A. Martin, M. A. Aizen, M. Albrecht, I. Bartomeus, R. Bommarco, L. G. Carvalheiro, R. Chaplin-Kramer, V. Gagic, L. A. Garibaldi, J. Ghazoul, H. Grab, M. Jonsson, D. S. Karp, C. M. Kennedy, D. Kleijn, C. Kremen, D. A. Landis, D. K. Letourneau, L. Marini, K. Poveda, R. Rader, H. G. Smith, T. Tscharntke, G. K. S. Andersson, I. Badenhausser, S. Baensch, A. D. M. Bezerra, F. J. J. A. Bianchi, V. Boreux, V. Bretagnolle, B. Caballero-Lopez, P. Cavigliasso, A. Ćetković, N. P. Chacoff, A. Classen, S. Cusser, F.D. da Silva e Silva, G. A. deGroot, J.H. Dudenhöffer, J. Ekroos, T. Fijen, P. Franck, B. M. Freitas, M. P. D. Garratt, C. Gratton, J. Hipólito, A. Holzschuh, L. Hunt, A. L. Iverson, S. Jha, T. Keasar, T. N. Kim,M. Kishinevsky, B. K. Klatt, A.-M. Klein, K.M. Krewenka, S. Krishnan, A. E. Larsen, C. Lavigne, H. Liere, B. Maas, R. E. Mallinger, E. Martinez Pachon, A. Martínez-Salinas, T. D. Meehan, M. G. E. Mitchell, G. A. R. Molina, M. Nesper, L. Nilsson, M. E. O’Rourke,M. K. Peters,M. Plećaš, S. G. Potts, D. d. L. Ramos, J. A. Rosenheim, M. Rundlöf, A. Rusch, A. Sáez, J. Scheper, M. Schleuning, J. M. Schmack, A. R. Sciligo, C. Seymour, D. A. Stanley, R. Stewart, J. C. Stout, L. Sutter,M. B. Takada, H. Taki, G. Tamburini, M. Tschumi, B. F. Viana, C. Westphal, B. K. Willcox, S. D. Wratten, A. Yoshioka, C. Zaragoza-Trello, W. Zhang, Y. Zou, I. Steffan-Dewenter, A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production. Sci. Adv. 5, eaax0121 (2019).
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the high level of ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that this level of ambition encourages policy action at all levels and promotes the development ofto increase heterogeneity of landscapes and promotes research and innovative solutions' translation into policy to tackle biodiversity loss; stresses that the continuous decline in farmland and forest biodiversity is a reality and that bold action is needed to counteract this trend; agrees that Member States’ CAP Strategic Plans need to set explicit national values for relevant targets of the Biodiversity and Farm to Fork Strategies1a; _________________ 1aas in the Annex to the Biodiversity Strategy to 2030
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Regrets the fact that the EU’s biodiversity strategy to 2020 had not set measurable targets for agriculture, making it difficult to assess progress and the performance of EU-funded actions; recalls that poor coordination between EU policies and strategies dealing with biodiversity has led to failure to address the decline in genetic diversity 1a ;Calls on the Commission to follow the ECA's recommendations and to build on these lessons learned in the Biodiversity strategy 2030; _________________ 1a https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocI tem.aspx?did=%7bB5A7E9DE-C42E- 4C1D-A5D2-03CA1FADE6F8%7d
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system; calls on the Commission to establish an evidence-based evaluation of the status and trends of the main taxonomy groups of fauna and flora of predominantly agricultural species and of the implementation of the strategy’s measures and targets, in particular of the individual and cumulative impacts on the, including the positive impact, on the long-term social and economic sustainability of agriculture in the EU, food security and prices, and the potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural production with importscontinuing biodiversity losses both in the EU and abroad if our model of agriculture, dependent on feed imports and external inputs, remains to be the mainstream supported by the policy;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the use of pasture and pastoral habitats, including wooded pastures and other agroforestry systems, as a critical precondition for creating nesting substrates for pollinators, birds and mammals, and in synergy with maintenance of high nature value grassland communities confined to grazing and traditional forms of extensive farming;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Expresses concern over plans and projects of intensive animal feeding operations in various Member States; considers that traditional extensive animal farming is being threatened by intensive form of production which the Common Agricultural policy helps make profitable to the detriment of biodiversity and wider environment; calls for all policy instruments coherently working towards support of the traditional European cultural landscape of the extensive production supporting biodiversity and phasing out support to intensive production units;
Amendment 141 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the key role of the common agricultural policy (CAP) in protecting and promoting farmland biodiversity, including genetic diversity; underlines the potential of the green architecture components of the CAP in promoting and providing incentives for the transition to more sustainable agricultural systems for producing food and maintaining high nature value farmland; considers that Member States must ensure the timely development and uptake of actions which contribute to enhancing the delivery and potential of biodiversity benefits in line with the required level of ambition;
Amendment 146 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 151 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Considers that small changes introduced by the Common Agricultural Policy in its various reforms have not represented a strong signal for famers to change their practice and is of the opinion that a significant change basing itself on climate and biodiversity crises is necessary to assure farmers of its relevance also for their business and livelihood;
Amendment 152 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Amendment 153 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Amendment 180 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that despite a belief that result-based schemes with embedded monitoring within bring bureaucracy and complexity, the experience from number of pilot projects on the matter shows rather a positive feedback from farmers, feeling of ownership and pride over public goods and nature the land holds, being an important part of the citizens' science, encompassing also educational element for kids at family farms; underlines that these schemes needs to be promoted and used at much larger scale than currently; notes that they can be implemented under the Pillar I ecoschemes with a clear incentivising element remunerating the implementation beyond cost incurred and income foregone;
Amendment 187 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls for holistic approach when adopting measures supporting pollinators; notes that support directed merely towards honeybees e.g. based on number of beehives, is alone absolutely insufficient in halting decline in pollinators, as well is ineffective to sustain pollination ecosystem service as honey bee only supplements, rather than substitutes for, pollination provided by different groups of insect species1a, including solitary bees, butterflies, hoverflies and beetles; Calls on Member States to include in their draft Strategic Plans a broad array of measures targeting various groups of pollinators; _________________ 1aLucas A. Garibaldi at al, 2013: Wild Pollinators Enhance Fruit Set of Crops Regardless of Honey Bee Abundance
Amendment 219 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the importance of demonstrating sustainable forest management for the health and longevity of forest ecosystems and the preservation of the multifunctional role of forests; highlights the potential of agroforestryand of proper adaptation strategy for the health of forest ecosystems managed for wood production, reiterates that such management shall be based on concrete benchmarks and indicators feeding into a monitoring system connecting local forest information to a harmonised European network information system; further underlines the importance of the concept of proforestation for longevity of forests ecosystems; highlights the potential of agroforestry to contribute to the 3 billion trees target, to improve and boost ecosystem services and farmland biodiversity, while enhancing farm productivity;
Amendment 244 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Agrees with the Forest Europe1a that the Pan-European indicators for sustainable forest management cannot evaluate quantified rate of forest biodiversity loss and proposed that new or adapted indicators be developed; _________________ 1aForest Europe, 2015: Goals for European Forests, available at:https://foresteurope.org/wp- content/uploads/2016/11/MID_TERM_Ev aluatG2020T_2015.pdf
Amendment 248 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Amendment 255 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Highlights that in number of valuable agroforestry systems in the EU, also due to conditionality on number of trees or canopy cover, the regeneration has been hampered; proposes that 3 billion trees target comprise also a conscious choice of allowing self- rejuvenation and regeneration of agroforestry systems like dehesas, montados or Fennoscandian wooded pastures, adjusting the livestock density and creating dedicated regeneration plots free of livestock which the CAP will not penalize and on the contrary will incentivize saving and regenerating these systems, and not only planting of trees in parcels with absence of trees;
Amendment 258 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Stresses that choice of sustaining and further boosting the bioenergy industry could lead to a management choice of shortening of rotation period or choice of fast-growing species which will lower the quality of wood and value of products and threaten the wood-working industries; notes that win-win solution of limiting the use of whole trees for energy purposes proposed in the Biodiversity Strategy is important also for wood- working industries;
Amendment 261 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 f (new)
Paragraph 8 f (new)
8f. Considers that support to afforestation initiatives should be focusing on holistic approaches taking into account also local economic and social conditions and local communities and favouring resilient mixed and healthy forests;
Amendment 282 #
9. Stresses the importance of plant protection productsintegrated pest management and tools for the stability of agricultural production and the sustainability of farmers’ incomes; considers that, although progress has been made, a substantial reduction in the use and risks of chemical pesticides is needed; stresses the key role of integrated pest management in reducing pesticide dependency, and urges the Member States to ensure it is applied and its implementation is assessed systematically; stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox of crop protection solutions and methods, as well as bolstered training and advisory systems;
Amendment 285 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Expresses concerns over substantial use of emergency application of knowingly harmful substances, including neonicotinoids; stresses that it is important that restrictions and bans be accompanied by support, expert advice and knowledge transfer on use of alternatives and above all on improved practice mitigating the propagation of pest material and making use of natural predators where possible, including creation of habitats for useful fauna;
Amendment 305 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets the fact that agricultural production is being increasingly concentrated in a limited range of agricultural crops, varieties and genotypes; underlines that preserving genetic variability in all its components is crucial to promoting the diversity and richness of agricultural ecosystems and to the preservation of local genetic resources, in particular as a repository of solutions to help in facing the environmental challenges that lie ahead.; welcomes that the Commission is considering1a the revision of marketing rules for traditional crop varieties in order to contribute to their conservation and sustainable use, and its intention to take measures to facilitate the registration of seed varieties, including for organic farming, and to ensure easier market access for traditional and locally adapted varieties. _________________ 1a Biodiversity Strategy for 2030