7 Amendments of Benoît LUTGEN related to 2020/2273(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
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1. Recalls that agricultural productivity and resilience depend on biodiversity to guarantee the long-term sustainability of our food systems; underlines, furthermore, that much of the biodiversity across Europe has been created by farmingits diverse farming models and its survival is dependent on the continued active management of farmland and effective generational renewal;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
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2. Welcomes the high level of ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that this level of ambition encourages policy action at all levels and promotes the development of accessible research and innovative solutions for the farmers which contribute to tackle biodiversity loss; stresses that the continuous decline in farmland biodiversity is a reality and that bold action is needed to counteract this trend; highlights that policy actions which take in consideration all three levels of sustainability of farming, i.e. environmental, economic and social, will potentially contribute the most to the EU biodiversity strategy;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
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3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system; calls on the Commission to establish an evidence-based evaluation of the implementation of the strategy’s measures and targets, in particular of the individual and cumulative impacts on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture in the EU, food security and prices, the availability of farmland and its prices and the potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural production with imports;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion
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4. Considers that biodiversity conservation is a key societal goal, requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and the effective participation of everyone in society, in particular those more affected by the measures, such as the farming community, while at the same benefiting from their knowledge and experience, and creating a sense of ownership, vital for the successful implementation of the strategy; stresses the need to prioritise positive incentives and a bottom-up participatory process to increase the acceptance, motivation and commitment to biodiversity protection;
Amendment 143 #
Draft opinion
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5. Stresses the key role of the common agricultural policy (CAP) in protecting and promoting farmland biodiversity; underlines the potential of the green architecture components of the CAP in promoting and providing incentives for active farmers for the transition to more sustainable agricultural systems for producing food and maintaining high nature value farmland; considers that Member States must ensure the timely development and uptake of actions which contribute to enhancing the delivery and potential of biodiversity benefits in line with the required level of ambition;
Amendment 169 #
Draft opinion
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Amendment 265 #
9. Stresses the importance of plant protection products and tools for food security, for the stability of agricultural production and the sustainability of farmers’ incomes; considers that, although progress has been made, a substantial reduction in the use and risks of chemical pesticides is needed while developing safe, effective and affordable alternatives ; stresses the key role of integrated pest management in reducing pesticide dependency, and urges the Member States to ensure it is applied and its implementation is assessed systematically; stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox of crop protection solutions and methods which allows pesticide resistance management, as well as bolstered training and advisory systems; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take into account the harmful consequences of the use pesticides on the health of farmers by developing, at European or national level, a compensation fund for farmers suffering from diseases linked to the use of these products, such a fund will be financed from contributions from producers of these products;