5 Amendments of Margrete AUKEN related to 2011/2307(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that our natural heritage is a major ecological asset which contributes to human wellbeing; takes the view that all EU Member States should cooperate and coordinate their efforts to ensure a more effective use of natural resoursustainable use of natural resources and halt damage to biodiversity; Notes that biodiversity is needed for long term agricultural production as services provided by it include soil formation, pollination, regulation of water and nutrient cycles, predation of pest species, etc; Notes that the best insurances and limit damage to the biodiversity; gainst climatic volatility are diverse, healthy and robust agro-ecosystems to ensure food security long into the future; Notes that reliance on pest-generating monocultures propped up by biocidal applications is not feasible for long term food security and wise use of limited natural resources;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that current threats to biodiversity are principally fragmentation of ranges and habitats and toxicological effects on populations, leading to local and regional extinction, as well as abandonment of High Nature Value grazed pastoralist systems; Notes further that the environmental fluctuations inherent in climate change mean that species need to be able to move to adapt their ranges if large-scale local extinctions are to be avoided, therefore habitat connectivity is crucial; Considers that biodiversity should not and can not be limited to reserves, and a matrix of nature-friendly land use is needed, incorporating Natura 2000 sites, agri- environmental measures, permanent grasslands, ecological focus areas, within a diverse agricultural system that does not erode biodiversity but adds to it, e.g. via crop rotation which reduces the need to apply costly pesticides;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the new EU biodiversity strategy and the Commission recommendations for CAP reform that provides for a greening of the CAP, including clearly formulated measures under both the first and second pillars seeking to conserve and improve biodiversity; welcomes therefore the allocation of 30% of Pillar I payments to simple agronomic practices that are beneficial for the climate and the environment - these should include crop rotation, permanent pasture and ecological focus areas made up of existing landscape elements and buffers which would improve soil formation, pollination and the cycling of water and nutrients;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with concern that domesticated biodiversity of crop varieties and animal breeds is decreasing and that, because of the nature of susceptibility to pests and resistance against widely used biocides, long term food security is therefore threatened by reliance on a narrowing range of genotypes; Stresses the need for more effective co-operation and measures at European level regardingto maintain and increase the diversity of animal and plant genetic resources in order to ensure their conservation ansitu; notes that this would improve their ability of agro- ecosystems to adapt to climate change; due to the increased resilience of high biodiversity systems;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers it necessary to strike a balance between European biodiversity strategy and rural development projectrecalls that over half of the EU's territory is managed by farmers and stresses that farmers have a crucial role in maintaining and increasing biodiversity; Considers that the market currently fails to integrate the economic value of ecosystem services and reward those who properly manage the land to provide them; Considers within the Member States so as to ensure the conservation necessary, therefore, to pay for public goods provided by the agricultural sector so as to ensure the maintenance and improvement of biodiversity;