12 Amendments of Ignazio CORRAO related to 2018/2003(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 33 a (new)
Citation 33 a (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 25 October 2016 on corporate liability for serious human rights abuses in third countries (2015/2315(INI)),
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas there isoften forests are the ancestral lands of indigenous communities; whereas there is at any rate a growing body of evidence that securing community tenure rights leads to reduced deforestation and more sustainable forest management;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the greed that is bound up with intensive and destructive exploitation of forests frequently results in local communities being forcibly expelled, with members of those communities or human rights defenders often murdered in the process and violent attacks of every kind;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas intensive exploitation of forests often results in land grabbing at the expense of small local communities;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the UE to support initiatives by forest-rich developing countries aimed at counterbalancing the unfettered expansion of agricultural practices and mining activities which had an adverse impact on the management of forests, on the livelihood and cultural integrity of indigenous peoples as well as detrimental consequences on the social stability and the food sovereignty of farmers;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Calls for the EU, in its dialogue with forest-rich developing countries, to raise the need of introducing adequate compensation schemes and programmes for local communities who were forcefully displaced and deprived of access to their customary land and resources and in all situations where their free prior and informed consent (FPIC) was not obtained;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Considers that mapping, including by means of satellite and geospatial technologies, is crucial to ensure transparency and accountability in the management of forests and to put in place targeted strategies for forestation, reforestation and the creation of ecological corridors; calls therefore on the Commission and the Member States to provide technical and financial assistance to forest-rich developing countries in order to support the thorough mapping of their forests, also by backing up projects on collaborative mapping run jointly by NGOs, forestry organisations, scientists and local experts;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges strongly the Commission to follow up on the points made in the European Parliament resolution of 25 October 2016 on corporate liability for serious human rights abuses in third countries (2015/2315(INI), including with reference to corporations operating in this field; urges the Commission in particular to set in motion the measures called for in this resolution in order to identify and punish those responsible, when such actions can be directly or indirectly ascribed to multinational corporations operating within the jurisdiction of a Member State;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes with concern that insecure community land tenure of forest peoples constitutes a key barrier to combatting deforestation; emphasises that international rules on protecting the ancestral land of indigenous communities shall be observed;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the need to improve the reliability of voluntary certification schemes, in line with the European Parliament resolution of 25 October 2016 on corporate liability for serious human rights abuses in third countries (2015/2315(INI)), with a view to guaranteeing that only palm oil free from deforestation, forest degradation, illegitimate appropriation of land and other human rights violations enters the EU market, and that schemes such as the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) include all end-uses of palm oil;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes with concern that the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples has reported receiving an increasing number of allegations concerning situations where climate change mitigation projects have negatively affected the rights of indigenous peoples; stresses the need to secure tenureownership rights for local forests' communities;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the need to address the root causes of environmental crime, employing all instruments concerned with combating international organised crime, including the seizure and confiscation of criminal assets and action against money laundering;