10 Amendments of Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER related to 2020/2006(INL)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for binding Union law to be adopted that ensures that all supply chains of products imported into the Union and also of those products and services supplied within the Union do not involve illegal deforestation and ecosystem degradation or conversion, or human rights violations, and that protects indigenous peoples and local communities;
Amendment 15 #
1a. Notes that economic recovery, global sustainable development and a more competitive Union forest sector require the Union to take a strong international role in promoting sustainable forest use and bio-based production;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls for mutual support in the event of adverse events through research and exchanges in order to find measures adapted to the geographical conditions that can protect against large-scale fires or prevent pest infestations;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Reminds that forests and woodlands cover over 40 % of the Union´s territory and that, despite the global situation, the area covered by forests in Europe is growing;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that voluntary measures alone will not stop deforestation outside Europe;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls therefore for a due diligence obligation to be placed on operators, including financiers, that place forest and ecosystem- risk fossil commodities or derivatives on the Union market;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for our knowledge of sustainable forest management in multifunctional forests to be improved and for our experiences to be shared and, to this end, for cooperation to be strengthened worldwide;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls for the development of concepts for a sustainable future for forests worldwide that reconcile both economic and environmental interests, given that forests are an important resource for many countries and that the latter are not willing to forego this resource voluntarily;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes the unsustainable level of consumption of fossil raw materials in the EUnion, and that, for example, the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) contains insufficient sustainability criteria as these criteria do not take fossil raw materials into account, which both causes and intensifies land-use change;