22 Amendments of Daniel BUDA related to 2022/2016(INI)
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU has set the binding target of reaching climate neutrality by 2050; whereas the EU is committed to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement; whereas forests and forest-based industries will play a major role in achieving these SDGs and Paris Agreement targets;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the process of sustainable forest management in Europe should ensure the right balance is achieved between the three pillars of sustainability - namely environmental protection, social development and economic development;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas sustainable forest management should go hand in hand with promoting the multifunctional role of forests so as to ensure it is completely in tune with the diversity of forests and specific characteristics of each EU Member State;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas about 60 % of the EU’s forests are owned by 16 million private forest owners, of whom a significant share are small-holders; whereas involving and motivating these owners through a comprehensive policy and legislative framework characterised by legal certainty, based on the recognition and protection of their property rights, their experience as managers and specific challenges, will be key to achieving the strategy’s targets, including exploiting the social and economic role of forests and the provision of climate and other ecosystem services;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas there is a need to assess the sets of indicators and thresholds that already exist, for example under Forest Europe, and to work in close cooperation with the Member States to decide whether new proposals are needed in this respect;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas, before the main strands of forest management are established, forest owners and managers should be consulted on their long-term forest management plans, and particularly as regards the appropriateness of these in relation to the characteristics of the forests and environmental objectives;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the new EU forest strategy and its ambition to increase the balanced contribution of multi-functional forests to the targets of the Green Deal and of achieving a circular economy and climate neutrality by 2050; stresses that the EU's new forest strategy should at the same time ensure the right balance between the three pillars of sustainability - namely environmental protection, social development and economic development;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned by the increasing pressure on the EU’s forests and their habitats and stresses the urgent need to increase forest and ecosystem resilience in a proportional manner, taking into account the needs and characteristics of each Member State;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. EmphasisesHighlights the specificity and diversity of the forestry sectors in the Member States and emphasises the fact that the EU’s forests are characterised by diverse natural conditions, ownership patterns, forms of governance, challenges and opportunities, and that they have been formed by centuries of human intervention and management, and that their exploitation must take into account the multiple functions they perform;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises the complexity of assessing the state of forests, as well as the uneventypically variable availability and quality of data, and therefore stresses the need for continuous policy and scientific dialogue at all levels, beginning with consultations with the Member States and especially with forest owners and managers, to improve data quality, collection and harmonisation;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that the strategy must align with the work undertaken in international forums, such as FOREST EUROPE and the Food and Agriculture Organization, and should avoid duplicating work and leading to over-regulation; further believes that, given the EU’s strong commitment to promoting the sustainable use of resources globally, the strategy should be implemented in such a way as to serve as a model of best practices, while taking into account the specific local and regional nature of socio-economic impacts;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that to deliver on its various objectives, the implementation of the strategy must be fit-for-purpose and fine-tuned at the regional and local levels in terms of the socio-economic impacts it can create, including by adapting the implementation to local conditions and experiences, and must be based on the full recognition and protection of property rights and an economically, climatically and socially viable forestry sector, as key contributors to providing forests’ various services, their exploitation based on their functions, and improving resilience;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative on sustainable afforestation and reforestation measures and the target of the additional planting of 3 billion trees in the EU by 2030; points out that increasing the area under forest can contribute effectively to combating climate change and to the natural regeneration of degraded forest systems, leading in the medium and long term to economic and social development and to the creation of new jobs;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Takes note of the Commission’s announcement on developing additional voluntary indicators and threshold values for sustainable forest management; underlines the need to align the Commission’s work with that of FOREST EUROPE and the Food and Agriculture Organization, as well as to engage with the Member States to, including with forest owners and forest managers, to conduct an assessment of the existing sets of indicators and thresholds and ensure that indicators and value ranges are opportunity-based and fit-for-purpose for their application at the local and regional level under specific bio-geographic conditions;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Takes note of the ongoing work on guidance for ‘closer-to-nature’ forestry by the Working Group on Forests and Nature; believes that to ensure added value, guidance on this concept should incorporate results-oriented, scientifically and locally proven sustainable forest management practices to give managgeared to local-level and regional-level needs, to give forest managers and forest owners the tools to yield connections and cooperation on better integrating biodiversity protection with improved management practices in a climate of bureaucratic flexibility;
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Reiterates its call for the protection of primary and old-growth forests and stresses the need to create a definition for what constitutes old-growth forestfinalise the process of defining these two notions; welcomes the ongoing work of the Working Group on Forests and Nature and underlines the need to consider a diverse set of attributes and ensure flexibility to account for specific conditions in bio- geographic regions and forest types;
Amendment 391 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that the European agricultural fund for rural development is the main source of support for forestry measures; further notes that between 2014 and 2020, Member States only spent 49 % of the available funds, and that the Commission has identified administrative burden, insufficient attractiveness of the premiums and a lack of advisory services as reasons for this low usage; calls on the Member States to remove administrative burdens in order to make the use of the European agricultural fund for rural development efficient;
Amendment 393 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Welcomes the Commission’s recommendation to use the European Social Fund Plus to equip forestry professionals with the skills they need for the transition to more sustainable management practices so as to boost entrepreneurship and employment through the creation of new enterprises in the field of the sustainable use of forestry services and products;
Amendment 397 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to set up a new financial program Common Forestry Policy by 2027 in order to consolidate European financial support and to achieve the multifunctional purposes of forests, their protection and management;
Amendment 452 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Commission to consider establishing a dedicated instrument for the financing of sustainable and efficient forest management; highlights in this regard the need to establish support funds, for example in the field of retraining, and especially for local communities that depend on forests as a resource;
Amendment 466 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the importance of accurate, qualitative, integrated and up-to-date data on Europe’s forests and takes note of the initiative for a legislative proposal for a framework on forest observation, reporting and data collection; underlines that the broad availability, high quality and transparency of data are preconditions to meeting the goals of the strategy and believes that to deliver real added value the framework must build on existing mechanisms and processes through a bottom-up approach to best use the expertise and experience present in the Member States;
Amendment 510 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Notes the extensive overlap among policies and legislation that cause legislative fragmentation and impact forests and the forestry sector and stresses the importance of aligning them;