11 Amendments of Hilde VAUTMANS related to 2020/2006(INL)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for binding Union law to be adopted that ensures that allthe supply chains of products imported into the Union and also of those products and services supplied within the Union do not involvedo not lead to deforestation and, ecosystem degradation or conversion, or, human rights violations, and that protects or the violation of rights of indigenous peoples and local communities;
Amendment 29 #
2. Notes that voluntary measures alone will not stop deforestatthe Union contribution to global deforestation caused by demand for imports of deforestation-risk goods into the Union;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Supports the setting up of “green alliances” with third countries in order to help them put in place sustainable forest value chains and bio-economy activities prioritising the support to small producers, as well as sound policies aiming at avoiding deforestation, such as integrated land planning, land tenure transparency, and prevention of illegal conversion of forest areas into agricultural land;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Supports regular information exchanges with third countries to promote the consumption and trade of wood and wood derived products coming from forest managed in a sustainable way;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 g (new)
Paragraph 2 g (new)
2g. Considers it essential to put in place a deforestation-free certification system that would increase the supply chain transparency in the Union and allow the promotion of products not issued from deforestation;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that improving traceability and transparency can help to ensure that onlyincrease the consumption of sustainably sourced goods are consumed; calls for due diligence obligations to be part of public procurement rules;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for binding and enforceable environmental and social provisions to be included in free trade agreements (FTAs) so as to protect forests, natural ecosystems and human rights, particularly community tenure rights; calls for the reopening of FTAs which do not contain such provisions, for example EU-Mercosur FTA;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Asks the Commission to integrate deforestation in the assessment of the environmental impact of trade agreements, and to take into consideration the results of ex ante evaluations in trade negotiations;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the Union to cutreduce its dependency on imports of forest and ecosystem-risk commodities by implementing the Union protein plan, and for Union livestock production to match available Union land resources;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes the unsustainable level of consumption in the EU, and that, for example, the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) coStresses that the sustainability of raw material use in the Union could be considerably improved by implementains insufficient sustainability criteria, which both causes and intensifies land-use changeg measures to boost the circular bio- economy, consequently reducing the dependency on deforestation-risk imports;
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Asks the Commission to monitor and take action on the causes of wildfires, forest damage and ecosystem conversion and related human rights and tenure violations, by creating early alert mechanisms.and to assist in tackling these issues by intensifying dialogue and data sharing with respective third countries;