12 Amendments of Seb DANCE related to 2015/2137(INI)
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)
Subheading 1 a (new)
Whereas 65% of EU citizens live within 5 km of a Natura 2000 site, and 98% live within 20 km, suggesting that these sites have the potential to help raise awareness of biodiversity and to deliver ecosystem services that contribute to well-being to a high proportion of the EU's population;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that scientific evidence has demonstrated that Europe's nature would be in a much worse state without the positive impacts of the EU's Birds and Habitats Directives;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Deplores the slow progress made by Member States in implementing EU environmental legislation;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Agrees that achieving full implementation, enforcement and financing of the Birds and Habitats Directives is a vital prerequisite if the EU is to have a chance of meeting its headline biodiversity target, and that any revision of the Directives would undermine progress towards this target, and would be bad for nature, for people, and for business;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop new tools for detecting illegal activities in Natura 2000 sites;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Notes that Eurobarometer surveys indicate that 91% of Europeans support the linking of financial aid given to farmers to compliance with farming practices which benefit the environment[1]; [1] http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archiv es/ebs/ebs_410_en.pdf
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop a coherent sustainable food and farming policy post 2020 that tackles production and consumption as well as the whole supply chain;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the 2016 review of the Multiannual Financial Framework delivers a Common Agricultural Policy that is environmentally sustainable, and fulfils the expectations of Europeans in relation to the protection of the environment and delivers on the full range of policy objectives;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Notes that approximately 38% of the EU budget (equivalent to 0.4% of the Union's GDP) is spent on agriculture and rural development. Considers that transparency and accountability as regards the use of public funds are essential for a modern Agricultural Policy;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)
Paragraph 13 d (new)
13d. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that financial resources under the CAP are redirected away from wasteful or environmentally harmful subsidies towards financing for the natural capital that underpins much economic activity;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop and implement an EU Action Plan on Deforestation and Forest Degradation which applies at global level;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Considers that such a framework must comprise a bundle of complementary measures that address the root causes of biodiversity loss and improves the integration of biodiversity in sectoral policies including agriculture, forestry, fisheries, energy and transport;