BETA

Activities of Delara BURKHARDT related to 2020/2273(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Bringing nature back into our lives (debate)
2021/06/07
Dossiers: 2020/2273(INI)

Amendments (11)

Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to the European Court of Auditors’ Special Report 13/2020: Biodiversity on farmland: CAP contribution has not halted the decline,
2021/02/22
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 22 October 2020 with recommendations to the Commission on an EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation1a, _________________ 1a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0285
2021/02/22
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that healthy ecosystems are fundamental to human existence and well-being and that the right to food, health and security are human rights that cannot be provided without them; stresses that access to critical ecosystem services such as clean water, food, forest products, flood control, and natural resources can be a cause or exacerbate poverty and that the equal access to the services provided by healthy ecosystems needs to be an important element to eliminate inequalities in Europe;
2021/02/22
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these Union's marine and terrestrial areas, including all primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implementedthrough the implementation of clear conservation plans, proper management, monitoring, controls and legal enforcement of relevant legislation;
2021/02/22
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the upcoming legislative proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan and reiterates its call for a legally- binding restoration target of at least 30 % of the EU’s land and seas, which should be implemented by each Member State consistently throughout their territory; considers that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem- specific targets should be set, with a particular emphasis on ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be allowed;
2021/02/22
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 441 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes with high concern that the number and variety of species on farmland in Europe has declined over many years1a; encourages Member States to consider the reform of the Common Agriculture Policy as a minimum standard and to implement the objectives of the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the Farm to Fork Strategy through their CAP national strategic plans; _________________ 1a https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/SR20_13/SR_Biodiversity_on_far mland_EN.pdf
2021/02/22
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 638 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines that the new EU Forest Strategy must be fully aligned with the Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategy; calls for the inclusion in the Nature Restoration Plan of specific binding targets for the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems, which should also be incorporated into the Forest Strategy; underlines the need to critically reconsider and revise the EU’s rules for the use of forest biomass for energy production in the framework of the Renewable Energy Directive to bring it in line with the objectives of the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030 and the EU’s target to become climate-neutral by 2050 at the latest;
2021/02/22
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 696 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to urgently present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence that ensures sustainable and deforestation-free value chaivalue chains that are free from deforestation, forest degradation, ecosystem conversion and degradation, and human rights violations;
2021/02/22
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 721 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Expresses its concern that the majority of the ranges of terrestrial species will decrease significantly in a 1.5 to 2°C scenario; highlights, therefore, the need to prioritise nature-based solutions in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to increase the protection of natural carbon sinks in the EU; calls on the Commission to present a proposal for a binding EU target for natural carbon sinks;
2021/02/22
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 917 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming and proofing across EU spending and programmes, including the Common Agricultural Policy, on the basis of the EU Taxonomy and the ‘do no significant harm’ principle; calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the EUR 20 billion per year needed for nature could be mobilised, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the need for a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N; considers that efforts should be made to reach 10 % annual spending on biodiversity under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards;
2021/02/22
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 949 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to provide an assessment of all subsidies harmful to the environment with a view to their phasing out by 203025 at the latest; reiterates its calls for the reorientation of taxation systems towards an increased use of environmental taxation;
2021/02/22
Committee: ENVI