Activities of Sara SKYTTEDAL related to 2019/2156(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the EU’s role in protecting and restoring the world’s forests
Amendments (14)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas forests and the forest- based value chain are fundamental to further development of circular bio- economy by providing jobs and economic welfare in rural and urban areas, delivering climate change mitigation, offering health-related benefits especially in developing nations;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WStresses that global deforestation and forest degradation are serious problems; welcomes the Commission’s communication of 23 July 2019 entitled ‘Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests’ (COM(2019)0352); points out that policy initiatives should be developed in line with these suggestions;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises that initiatives should be developed to tackle issues outside Europe, with focus on the tropics and the drivers outside the forest sector that are impacting on unsustainable practices in the forest, leading to deforestation and forest degradation; notes that European forest industries only use legally sourced wood from sustainably managed forests;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses the need of fostering the implementation of EU Timber Regulation in order to prevent the entry of illegally sourced wood to the European single market;
Amendment 16 #
2a. Emphasises the need for a holistic approach; stresses the need for actions to be based on the three pillars of sustainability, environmental, economic and social sustainability;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses the importance of evidence-based decision-making when it comes to policies related to forests, the forest-based sector and its value-chains;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Acknowledges that sustainable and active forest management is the most effective way to prevent forest damages, deforestation and to preserve biodiversity;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Emphasises that sustainable forest management provides three main climate benefits: CO2 sequestration and carbon storage in resilient, growing forests; carbon storage of harvested wood products; and a renewable and climate- friendly raw material that replaces energy-intensive materials and fossil fuels;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Notes that sustainable forest management enables the value in forestry to be exploited over time, therefore, the economic incentive in sustainable forest management enables the forest assets to double as harvesting takes place at a lower rate than growth, therefore forest volume continues to increase;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses the need to strengthened standards and certification systems that already exist today instead of incorporating new standards and certificates, and that furthermore, the standards and certification systems must not restrict trade but must comply with WTO rules.
Amendment 52 #
6c. Underlines that deforestation is primarily an agricultural problem, therefore standards and certification systems must concern agricultural products, not wood based materials, pulp and paper production, biomass-derived fibres, and biofuel feedstock.
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Stresses the importance to limit the level of complexity and administrative burden, as it largely damages small and medium-sized farms and collective farming in developing nations.
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Stresses the need for further evaluation of additional WTO compliant regulatory and non-regulatory measures on the demand side to ensure a common understanding of deforestation-free supply chains; emphasizes the need to increase supply chain transparency and minimize the risk of deforestation and deforestation associated with commodity imports into the EU.