3 Amendments of Tomas TOBÉ related to 2019/2157(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the initiative from the Commission to put forward a new European Forest Strategy for the post 2020-period; emphasises, however, that a new strategy must fully respect the principle of subsidiarity and, accordingly, adopt a bottom-up approach and build on national and industrial expertise, as well as local procedural knowledge;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights the essential role of sustainable active forest management in achieving climate neutrality by 2050 and in the EU´s circular bio-economy; in particular, notes the great capacity of managed forests to capture carbon dioxide, as well as the potential of forest- based products to substitute fossil fuels; in this context, believes that the strategy should support innovation in the entire value chain, including by means of facilitating sharing of best practice and by providing a competitive regulatory environment;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that between 1990-2015, forest coverage in the EU increased by an area the size of Greece, as a result of both natural growth and afforestation; further notes that the forest industry employs more than 3 million people and that approximately half of the renewable energy consumed in the Union comes from wood; in this context, recognises the positive economic, societal and environmental contributions of the forest industry and believes that the forest strategy should stimulate further investments in innovation and technological advancement;