6 Amendments of Marie Anne ISLER BÉGUIN related to 2008/2219(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Whereas soil is the basis for the production of human foodstuffs, fodder, textiles and fuels, and whereas it plays an important role in CO2 capture; whereas, however, soil is more than ever at risk of irreversible damage caused by wind and laminar erosion, pollution, salinisation, sealing, depletion of organic substances and the loss of soil biodiversity;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers it necessary to improve the training of young farmers, for example in the matter of the effects of climate change and the role of agricultural production in climate;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points to the importance of set-aside areas for the recovery of agricultural land and for water retention; calls on the Member States concerned to encourage agricultural systems that are adapted to the land in Mediterranean ecosystems and measures aimed at the efficient use of water;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission and Council to explore strategies for the recovery of damaged soil on the basis of incentive measures to limit soil deterioration;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls the existence of the United Nations convention to combat desertification in countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification, particularly in Africa, whose objective is to combat the deterioration of arable land and drought, and recalls Parliament's support for this convention;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls, in the framework of a global CO2 market, for the promotion of the preservation and regeneration of forests and reafforestation using mixed species, primarily in Member States which have lost their natural forest heritage, and underlines the need to launch an integrated, sustainable forest management system in the European Union.