5 Amendments of Ignazio CORRAO related to 2015/2137(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the EU is responsible for some of the loss and degradation of biodiversity beyond its borders, and that making the EU’s economy more resource- efficient is imperative also for this reason, also for this reason, it is imperative to make provision for, identify and establish indicators that unequivocally and scientifically measure the state of biodiversity in a given area or region, in order to make the EU more resource- efficient and more politically and economically consistent;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes with concern that rising EU demand for woody biomass risks threatening biodiversity and forest ecosystems on which poor people, not only in developing countries but also in developed countries, depend for their livelihood; calls for the EU to develop an EU action plan on deforestation and forest degradation which is applicable at the global level, by removing the causes of the failure of the FLEGT licensing scheme for imports of timber into the European Community;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that the expansion of agrofuels has reliis based overwhelmingly on the expansion of large-scale industrial monoculture and intensive agriculture, thereby extending agricultural practices that are harmful for the environment, biodiversity, soil fertility and water availability; urges the Commission to review the EU’s policy on biofuels so as to ensure coherence with the commitments the EU has entered into under the Convention on Biological Diversity, with climate policy and commitments (including those entered into at COP 21), and with the objectives of the UN-REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) programme;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes with concern that 90% of the palm oil consumed in the world is produced in Indonesia and Malaysia at the expense of peat forests, which are burned down to make way for large plantations of acacia and oil palm. According to a study conducted by the World Bank, Indonesia has become the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases, precisely because of forest fires;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that trade agreements, land grabbing, monoculturein addition to the serious threat posed by the energy sector, mheat overconsumption and industrial livestock farming are exertinging systems in homes, heavy industries such as steelworks and oil refineries, transport, agriculture and waste disposal, growing pressure on biodiversity worldwide, as they result innd loss of habitats are also being caused by trade agreements, land fgragmentation and loss of habitatsbbing, monoculture, meat overconsumption, industrial livestock farming and the use of fossil fuels and combustion in general;