13 Amendments of Janina OCHOJSKA related to 2020/2274(INI)
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Points out that nearly half of the human population is directly dependent on natural resources for its livelihood, and many of the most vulnerable and poorest people depend directly on biodiversity to fulfil their daily subsistence needs;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the conservation, sustainable use and restoration of biodiversity is vital to achieve many other policy objectives, including human health, climate change mitigation and adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and water as well as nutritional and food security;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. UHighlights the fact that biodiversity is at the centre of many economic activities, particularly those related to crop and livestock agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and many forms of tourism directly based on nature and healthy ecosystems; urges the EU to mainstream biodiversity into all policy areas, notably agriculture, fisheries, forestry, energy, mining, trade, tourism and climate change;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls for the EU and its Member States to ensure that biodiversity and ecosystem services are mainstreamed in development and poverty reduction policies and actions;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that agricultural production both depends and has an impact on biodiversity; highlights the fact that agricultural expansion accounts for 70% of the projected loss of global biodiversity and the demand for fertile land is projected to increase substantially by 2050 due to increasing population and urbanization;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recalls that seed diversityenhancing seed and crops diversity by switching to drought or flood resistant varieties is vital in building the resilience of farming to climate change;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. CPoints out that unsustainable practices in agriculture and forestry, such as excessive water withdrawal and pollution by hazardous chemicals cause substantial environmental degradation and biodiversity loss; calls for the EU to put an end to the double standards towards pesticides whereby hazardous substances banned in the EU can be exported from the Union;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Calls for the EU to promote more sustainable agricultural practices to restore limited water resources;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Highlights the fact that small-scale fishers directly dependent on coastal and marine biodiversity for their livelihoods; however, the world’s oceans and coasts are highly threatened by unsustainable fishing practices, rapid climate change, land-based pollution and eutrophication; Is of the opinion that significant reductions in fishing pressure and changes in fishing techniques in most marine fisheries would lead to rebuilding of fisheries over the next decades;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Points out that approximately a third of harvested food is lost either in the food transport and transformation chain; urges the EU and its Member States to promote food waste reduction practices;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Notes that diverse diets combined with global convergence to moderate levels of calorie and meat consumption would improve health and food security in many areas and also substantially reduce impacts on biodiversity;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Recalls that the majority of drugs used for healthcare and the prevention of diseases are derived from biodiversity; it is estimated that over 28,000 species of plants around the world are used medicinally;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34 a. Stresses that the loss of biodiversity-dependent ecosystem services is likely to emphasise inequality and marginalization of the most vulnerable people, by decreasing their access to a healthy life and by reducing their freedom of choice and actions;