17 Amendments of Anne SANDER related to 2020/2273(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that agricultural productivity and resilience depend on biodiversity to, which is vital for guaranteeing the long-term sustainability of our food systems; underlines, furthermore, that much of the biodiversity across Europe has been created by farming and its survival is dependent on the continued active management of farmland by our producers;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the high level of ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that this level of ambition encourages policy action at all levels and promotes the development of research and innovative and practical solutions tso tackle biodiversity loss; stresses that the continuous decline in farmland biodiversity is a reality and that bold action is needed to counteract this trendhat diverse farming systems can help to tackle biodiversity loss;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the need for the involvement of all relevant actors at the European, national, regional and local level so that concrete actions can be taken to implement the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and to tackle the shortcomings in the implementation of the Birds and Habitats Directives;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Without jeopardising the conservation objectives and requirements set within the Nature Directives, recognises that the flexibility of implementation approaches that take into account specific national circumstances contributes to the reduction and progressive resolution of conflicts and problems between nature protection and socioeconomic activities;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Recalls that the coexistence of people and large carnivores, particularly wolves, can have negative impacts in certain regions on the sustainable development of ecosystems and inhabited rural areas, including certain types of farming, which are beneficial for biodiversity;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Stresses that extensively managed farmland (e.g. alpine regions) offers precious habitats for numerous protected species, which only find all prerequisites for their continued existence on this extensively managed farmland; highlights that a growing population of protected large carnivore species can endanger traditional forms of extensive land management, which can lead to a threat to other protected species thriving in these unique extensively managed habitats;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Highlights that some natural habitats develop better than others under changing climatic conditions and that these habitats are also in natural competition with each other (e.g. certain grassland and forest habitats); stresses that certain species ongoing population development will lead to a change in opportunity for other species population development in the future (e.g. large carnivores and their prey); recalls that in certain areas biodiversity should be managed in order to allow for a balanced development of all protected species present in a habitat;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take concrete measures to address these issues, so as not to endanger the sustainable development of rural areas, while recognising the available flexibility within Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 g (new)
Paragraph 2 g (new)
2g. Underlines that correct implementation of nature legislation not only falls in the responsibility of Member States, but also with the European Commission including the need for an assessment procedure to adopt the protection status of species in particular regions to be amended as soon as the desired conservation status is reached, in accordance with Article 19 of Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system; callspoints out that the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to ensure our food security and self-sufficiency; calls, therefore, on the Commission to establish an evidence-based evaluation of the potential implementation of the strategy’s measures and targets proposed in the strategy, in particular of the individual and cumulative long-term impacts on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture in the EU, European food security and price, land availability and prices of agricultural and food products for processors and European consumers, and the potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural production with imports;
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasises, in this respect, the importance of preserving access to land, particularly for young farmers, so that future generations can continue to achieve the crucial ambitions defined in this new strategy;
Amendment 126 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Emphasises that farmers must receive appropriate financial support to help them adopt and implement practices that can be a source of socioeconomic information, biodiversity and further environmental benefits;
Amendment 135 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the key role of the common agricultural policy (CAP) in protecting and promoting farmland biodiversity; underlines the potential of the green architecture components of the CAP in promoting and providing incentives for the transition to more sustainable agricultural systems for producing food and maintaining high nature value farmland, such as pasture systems that preserve grassland and its surrounding hedges and that are sources of biodiversity; considers that Member States must ensure the timely development and uptake of actions which contribute to enhancing the delivery and potential of biodiversity benefits in line with the required level of ambition;
Amendment 163 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biological control of pests; calls on the Member States to develop the necessary measures under their CAP Strategic Plans to promote non-productive areas and features with the aim of achieving an area of at least 10% of high diversity areas beneficial for biodiversity at national level, promoting interconnectivity between habitats and thereby maximising the potential for biodiversity; highlights the need to assess the effects of increasing non-productive areas, particularly when combined with fewer chemical inputs and the strengthening of protected areas;
Amendment 201 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the recognition of organic farming, family livestock production and pasturing as a strong component on the EU’s path towards more sustainable food systems; underlines that the development of organic food production must be accompanied by research, innovation and scientific transfer, market and supply chain development, and measures stimulating demand for organic food, ensuring both the stability of the organic products market and the fair remuneration of farmers;
Amendment 237 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses, further, that certain current and previous negotiations on trade agreements, such as the EU- Mercosur Trade Agreement, are contrary to the objectives of the Biodiversity Strategy; calls, therefore, for EU trade policy to fall into line by not facilitating the import of agricultural products that result in mass deforestation in certain regions of the world and that thus seriously harm biodiversity; highlights the need, therefore, to ensure that trade agreements contain trade and sustainable development chapters that aim to promote biodiversity and alignment with European sustainability standards;
Amendment 276 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the importance of plant protection products and tools for the stability of agricultural production and the sustainability of farmers’ incomes; considers that, although progress has been made, a substantial reduction in the use and risks of chemicalhazardous pesticides is needed, but emphasizes the need to assess the impact of this measure; stresses the key role of integrated pest management in reducing pesticide dependency, and urges the Member States to ensure it is applied including the availability of new bio- pesticides and its implementation is assessed systematically; stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox of crop protection solutions and methods, as well as bolstered training and advisory systems;