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5 Amendments of Sandra PEREIRA related to 2019/2156(INI)

Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the Commission’s communication of 23 July 2019 entitled ‘Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests’ (COM(2019)0352);
2020/03/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Endorses the priorities for action 2. set out in the communication and expresses its commitment to engage actively in implementing the actions describedExpresses its commitment to engage actively in the pursuit of policies to enhance the biological, social and cultural diversity of forests so as to protect ecosystems and habitats and encourage the social and economic development of local communities; rejects the purely mercantile view of raw materials and goods from forests that guide the Free Trade Agreements;
2020/03/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Deeply regrets that, despite the efforts of the EU and its Member States, the EU’sNotes that the objective of reducing gross tropical deforestation by 50 % by 2020 is unlikely to be met, and therefore strongly supports the Commission in its proposal to step up action in protecting and restoring the world’s foproving to be a failure owing to EU insistence on promoting policies that tend to benefit private interests at the expense of public interests;
2020/03/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the fact that Horizon 2020 has already financed significant research and innovation in the transition towards more sustainable land-use practices and supply chains in order to halt deforestation and forest degradation; calls for increased funding to enable Horizon Europe to continue providing support in these areas;
2020/03/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of partnership with third countriesestablishing and stepping up cross-border cooperation in order to strengthen sustainable forest management, the wood- based circular economy and the strong relationship between them in combating deforestation;
2020/03/30
Committee: ITRE