Activities of Emmanuel MAUREL related to 2019/2156(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the EU’s role in protecting and restoring the world’s forests
Amendments (3)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses, in the wake of this wretched pandemic, that the majority of human pathogens originate in animals and that the destruction of forest ecosystems is making the outbreak of new pandemics more likely; calls, in this connection and in view of the lessons to be learnt from this unprecedented crisis, for a re-evaluation of our goals with regard to combating deforestation, monocultures and intensive forestry;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the EU to more closely cooperate with like-minded importing countries in the fight against deforestation and climate change while safeguarding avenues for legal trade; calls for additional efforts in the coordination of choices regarding which species to replant in order to safeguard forests' resilience, based, in particular, on the diversity of the replanted species;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of measures ensuring that demand is in line with the stated goals, as the EU is a major importer of commodities associated with deforestation; calls for stiffer penalties to be introduced in order to reduce the import and marketing of illegal timber into the European Union;