8 Amendments of Ivan DAVID related to 2019/2157(INI)
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the need to reconsider ambitious goals of the European Green Deal for 2030 (especially to increase the EU’s GHG emission reduction target to 50-55 %) and thoroughly assess its economic impacts on the competitiveness of forestry sector and foresters in the EU, in the context of current global pandemic of COVID-19;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Acknowledges the crucial climate benefits of forests and the forest-based sector; highlights the need to increase CO2 sequestration in forests, carbon storage in wood-based products and the substitution of fossil-based materials and energyrecalls that efforts should be made to absorb CO2 in forests, but stresses at the same time that such efforts must not come into conflict with measures to promote the adaptation of forests to climate change, such as changing the species composition of forests;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the need to promote carbon sequestration in wood-based products and, in particular, the substitution of fossil-based materials and energy;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the Commission’s 2020 Work Programme and especially the acknowledgment of the new EU Forest Strategy’s contribution to the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change; stresses, in this regard, that in future, forests should not be considered as the only type of CO2 sink as that would give other sectors less of an incentive to minimise their emissions; highlights, in addition, the need to promote adaptation of forest to climate change and the importance of transitioning from a fossil-based society;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that the EU Forest Strategy should act as a bridge between national forest policies and EU objectives relating to forests, recognising both the need to respect national competence and the need to contribute to wider EU objectives; calls to strengthen the role of the Standing Forestry Committee (SFC) in order to ensure the coordination among relevant stakeholders and policies at the EU level.
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recognises the role of biodiversity in ensuring that forest ecosystems remain healthy and resilient; highlights the importance of the Natura 2000 sites; notes, however, that sufficient financial resources are needed to manage such areas; highlights the importance of pragmatic integration of nature conservation into sustainable forest management without enlargement of protected areas and additional administrative and financial burden, supports the establishment of networks created on the basis of Member States driven initiatives to this end.
Amendment 367 #
19. Calls on the Commission to support the negotiations conducted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and supported by the Food and Agriculture Organisation, with a view to reaching a legally binding pan-European agreement on forests without Russian Federation, which withdrew from the negotiating process;
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses the crucial importance of the CAP and forestry measures in implementing the EU Forest Strategy; encourages the continuity of forestry measures under the 2021-2027 CAP; highlights the need for other easily accessible, well-coordinated and relevant EU funding mechanisms; emphasises the need for reduction of administrative burden in the EU forestry measures and in state aid generally, for example by allowing block exemptions in order to react promptly to challenges for forests;