17 Amendments of Mick WALLACE related to 2020/2006(INL)
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas forests and the biodiversity have an intrinsic value beyond their use value to humans, including as carbon stocks, which cannot be monetised or quantified;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. Whereas Union consumption directly contributes to 10% of global deforestation;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that unlike other commodities, the production of meat particularly contributes to deforestation, given the related necessity for additional land use for the production of feed;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes business’ growing awareness of the problem of global deforestation, the need for corporate action and corresponding commitments; emphasises, however,Emphasises that companies’ voluntary anti-deforestation commitments often only cover parts of their supply chains and were, as of yet,are not sufficient to halt global deforestation;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that third-party certification schemes have played an important role in bringing together business and civil society to develop a common understanding of the problem of deforestation; observes, however,Observes that voluntary third-party certification schemes alone, to date, are not effective in halting and reversing global deforestation; notes that voluntary third- party certification can be an auxiliary tool to assess and mitigate deforestation risks when designed and implemented well with regard to the sustainability criteria it is based on, the robustness of the certification and accreditation process, independent monitoring, possibilities to monitor the supply chain, requirements to protect primary forests and promote sustainable forest management;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Criticises that third-party certification and labels alone unduly shift the responsibility to decide whether to purchase deforestation-free products to the consumers; therefore emphasises that third- party certification can only be complementary to, but cannot replace, thorough due diligence processes of companies; stresses that consumer-choice environmentalism is incapable of halting deforestation or contributing to sustainable practices, and indeed demonises the working-class; believes that due diligence is a necessary regulatory measure to ensure that only sustainable products enter the market in the first place, and to not make sustainability an expensive and inaccessible consumer- choice;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Draws attention to how the production of GMOs is a key driver of deforestation, particularly in Brazil and Argentina, and believes that the importation of GMOs into the EU should be ended; reminds that meat consumption, even within the EU, contributes to deforestation outside the EU by way of increasing demand for cheap, GMO animal feed, particularly imports of GM soybean;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that local communities, indigenous peoples, land and environmental defenders often are on the frontline of the fights to preserve ecosystems; is concerned that the degradation and destruction of forests and other valuable ecosystems frequently goes along with human rights violations or follows from it; urges, therefore, to include the protection of human rights, in particular land tenure, land and labour rights, with a special view to the rights of indigenous peoples, within the future EU legal framework; stresses that the IPCC Special Report on Land as well as the IPBES Global Assessment report state that strengthening indigenous people's rights to land can contribute to climate mitigation, adaptation and ecosystem conservation, and calls for more international support for indigenous people's rights;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Welcomes the Commission’s statement in the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030 that “The use of whole trees and food and feed crops for energy production – whether produced in the EU or imported – should be minimised”; calls on the Commission to amend the Renewable Energy Directive to reflect the fact that biomass is not a carbon neutral source of energy.1a _________________ 1aDirective (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and Directive (EU) 2015/1513 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015 amending Directive 98/70/EC relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy.
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that such a legal framework needs to, and candoes not need to be, designed in a way so as to be in line with World Trade Organization requirements;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that the impact of the Union’s consumption of forest and ecosystem-risk commodities needs to be adequately addressed in any follow-up, regulatory or non-regulatory, actions and measures to the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and Farm to Fork Strategy; calls on the Commission to adequately address the impact of free trade agreements on biodiversity and not merely assess the impacts;
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 3
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 3
Economic operators should takbe obliged to take the appropriate measures to ensure that these standards are respected throughout their entire value chain.
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 4
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 4
The proposal should cover all commodities that are most frequently associated with deforestation, natural forest degradation, and natural ecosystem conversion and degradation. These commodities should be listed in an annex to the proposal and comprise at least palm oil, soy, meat, leather, cocoa, coffee, rubber, and maize and all GMOs, and all intermediate or final products that are derived from these commodities, and products that contain these commodities. In the event that the derived products contain input from more than one commodity covered by the proposal, due diligence should be performed with respect to each of these commodities. Commodities covered by Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council2 (‘the EU Timber Regulation’) should be integrated into the scope of the proposal within three years from the date of entry into force of the proposal. _________________ 2Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market Text with EEA relevance (OJ L 295, 12.11.2010, p. 23).
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 5
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 5
The Commission should adopt delegated acts in a timely fashion to amend the list of commodities and their derived products that are covered by the proposal if there is evidence emerges concerning the detrimental impact of their harvesting, extraction or production on natural forests, natural ecosystems or human rights.
Amendment 417 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Deforestation means the loss of natural forest as a result of (i) conversion to agriculture or other non-forest land use; (ii) conversion to plantation forest; (iii) severe and sustained degradation, (iv) mining, or any other human activity.
Amendment 522 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
Annex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
fa. Meaningful consultations with local communities, including through grievance redress mechanisms; Economic operators should ensure that local and indigenous communities have avenues for communicating risks and concerns and also sharing indigenous and local knowledge (ILK). There should also be established avenues for local communities to make grievances, and have this incorporated in the due diligence process;
Amendment 535 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 4 – point 4.2 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Annex I – point 4 – point 4.2 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
da) establish grievance redress mechanisms to ensure that local communities and indigenous people always have avenues to communicate grievances and alert risks.