Activities of Paul BRANNEN related to 2016/2222(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Palm oil and deforestation of rainforests (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on palm oil and deforestation of rainforests PDF (438 KB) DOC (109 KB)
Amendments (28)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission's Communication "Addressing the challenges of deforestation and forest degradation to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss",1a _________________ 1a COM(2008) 645 final, 17.10.2008
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Union plans tohas ratifyied the Paris Agreement and will play a crucial role in achieving the objectives laid down in the area of environmental protection and sustainable development;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas companies trading in palm oil are generally unablestill rarely use effective tools to prove with certainty that the palm oil in their supply chain is not linked to deforestation;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas 30-50% of fires in Indonesia in 2015, which are typically result of clearing of land for palm oil plantations and other agricultural use, occurred in coal-rich peatlands, turning Indonesia into one of the greatest contributors to global warming on Earth;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas in 2014, 456% of all palm oil imported into Europe was used as fuel for transport (an six-fold increase of 34% since 2010);
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas multiple investigations reveal widepsread abuse of basic human rights at a time of establishment and running of palm oil plantations in many countries, including forced evictions, armed violence, child labour, debt bondage or discrimination of indigenous communities;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is fully aware of how complex the issue of palm oil is and notes the need to operate on the basis of the collective responsibility of many actors, be they the EU and international organisations, Member States, countries in which palm oil is cultivated and indigenous people, private businesses, consumers organisations or NGOs; all of these actors must play a part in resolving this problem;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that palm oil can be cultivated responsibly and can make a real contribution to the economic development of a country, offering viable economic oportunities to farmers, provided that no deforestation occurs, that no plantations are established on peatlands, and that the rights of indigenous communitiethat 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;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Observes that other plant-based oils produced from soybeans, rapeseed and other crops, have much higher environmental footprint and require much more extensive land use than palm oil; notes that other oil crops typically entail more intensive use of pesticides and fertiliser;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Notes that latest research proves that agroforestry polycropping applied to palm oil plantations can offer combined benefits in terms of biodiveristy, productivity and positive social outcomes;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for companies that cultivate palm oil to use the High Carbon Stock (HCS) approachadhere to the Bangkok Agreement on Unified Approach to Implementing No Deforestation Commitments when developing their plantations; draws attention to the need to create a comprehensive land-use plans that will take into account the land used by local communities for the cultivation of food, peatlands and high conservation value (HCV) land, and will respect the right of communities to use the land on the basis of ‘free prior and informed consent’ (FPIC);
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Reminds the Commission of its Communication "Addressing the challenges of deforestation and forest degradation to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss"1a emphasising a holistic approach to tropical deforestation, taking into account of all deforestation drivers, including palm oil production; reminds the Commission of its objective 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% by 2020 compared to current levels; _________________ 1a COM(2008) 645 final, 17.10.2008
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls on the Commission to put forward an EU action plan on deforestation and forest degradation which would include concrete regulatory measures to guarantee that all supply chains and financial transactions linked to the EU do not inflict deforestation and forest degradation;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the EU to comaintainue to initiate v commitment to FLEGT Voluntary pPartnership aAgreements, such as FLEGT; notes that a similar approach could also be taken with regard to palm oil, and that it could lead to improved controls on the palm industry in countries of destination and ensure they cover conversion timber from oil palm development; suggests that EU policies for the palm oil sector build upon FLEGT principles of multi-stakeholder dialogue and tackling deep-seated governance issues in producer countries, as well as supportive EU import policies;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the EU to create, as a supplementary element of voluntary partnership agreements, follow-up legislation on such agreements with regard to palm oil along the lines of the EU Timber Regulation and consider introducing minimum sustainability criteria for palm oil and products containing palm oil imported to the EU;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the non-profit sector, to launch information campaigns and to provide consumers with comprehensive information on the consequences of the reckless cultivation of palm oil; calls on the Commission to ensure that information confirming that a product is not linked to deforestation is provided to consumers by means of a special indication on the product, whether food, cosmetics, oleochemicals or fuels;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – introductory part
Paragraph 8 – introductory part
8. Observes with regret that RSPO, ISPO, MPOCC and all other recognisedwhereas RSPO certification schemes do not currently prohibit theirs its members from converting rainforests orinto palm plantations, other certification schemes fall behind this standard and none of the schemes guarantees complete protection against converting peatlands into palm plantations, and that theythus failing to limit greenhouse gas emissions during the establishment and operation of the plantations, and as a consequence of this they have been unablefailing to prevent massive forest and peat fires; calls on the Commission to encourage the RSPO to modify its certification criteria and to implement these criteria strictly; calls on the Commission to supportnotes that strong standards for responsible palm oil production, including those development of multilateral certification schemes that will guarantee that the palm oil certified by themed by the Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG) already exist but have yet to be widely adopted by companies and certification systems; calls on the Commission to promote measures to support wider adotion of such standards in order to ensure that certified palm oil:
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – indent 2
Paragraph 8 – indent 2
- has not given rise to social problems or conflicts, including in particular child labour, forced labour, land grabbing or eviction of indigenous communities,
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Observes that weak land registry regimes in palm oil producing countries constitute a major obstacle to controlling the expansion of palm oil plantations, while hindering the smallholders' opportunities to access credit necessary to improve the sustainability record of their plantations; calls on the Commission to provide technical and financial assistance to palm oil producing countries in order to strengthen their land registry regimes and improve the environmental sustainability of palm oil plantations;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to strengthen environmental measures ininclude binding commitments in sustainable development chapters of its trade agreements with a view to preventing palm oil-related deforestation and to provide strong and enforceable measures to tackle unsustainable forestry practices in palm oil producing countries;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls on the Commission to work closely with other significant consumers of palm oil, such as China, India and palm oil producing countries to raise their awareness and to explore common solutions to the problem of tropical deforestation and forest degradation;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls on the Commission to lower import duties on palm oil that has been grown using agreed agroecological techniques such as agroforestry polycropping since these techniques significantly reduce the environmental burden associated with monocropping;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls on the Commission to work with the plam oil producing countries to enhance biodiversity in the plantation areas, notably through measures such as establishment of wildlife corridors;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to continue to develop research to gather information on the impact of European consumption on the process of deforestation and to support research efforts to continously improve the economic, environmental and social performance of agroecologically managed palm oil plantations;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls on the Member States to introduce obligatory requirements favouring sustainable palm oil in all national public procurement procedures;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to support activities aimed at creating aensure coherence and create synergyies between the CAP and policiesenvironmental policies, including those whose objective is to reduce deforestation (REDD+, Band prevent biodiversity Strategy)loss; calls on the Commission to assess the potential consequences of reforming the CAP for countries outside the EU27, as this has the potential to lead to further massive, in view of its works on the future CAP, to ensure that this policy supports the goal of ending global deforestation;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to push for the use of vegetable oils including palm oil as a component of biodiesel to be phased out by 2020 at the latest;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Calls on the Commission to require all palm oil imports arriving in the EU to be certified according to the established sustainability criteria;