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19 Amendments of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2019/2157(INI)

Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas more than 3 million people in the EU are employed by the EU forest sector and these jobs are dependent on resilient forest ecosystems in the long- term;
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the global demand of authentic wild nature is growing, and public support for strict protection of forest ecosystems has increased significantly;
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas only 26 % of forest species and 15 % of the forest habitats were found to be in favourable conservation status1a; _________________ 1a https://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/bett er-information-needed-on-europes-forests
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas Europe’s forests are of immense value in terms of climate mitigation, since they absorb and store 10 % of EU carbon emissions; whereas they store about 2.5 times more C in soils than in tree biomass 1a , highlights therefore the importance of complex forest ecosystems for the terrestrial carbon cycling in Europe; _________________ 1aBrunoDe Vos et al., Benchmark values for forest soil carbon stocks in Europe: Results from a large scale forest soil survey, Geoderma, Volumes 251–252, August 2015,Pages 33-46
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas intact ecosystems have greater capability to overcome environmental stressors, including changes to climate, than degraded ones as they have inherent properties that enable them to maximize their adaptive capacity, whereas they sustain large-scale ecological processes, such as natural disturbance regimes, which maintain disturbance adapted species and evolutionary lineages that are uniquely adapted to survive major seasonal temperature changes and landscape-level disturbances over time, such as large fires and insect infestations2a; _________________ 2aJames E. Watson et al, 2018: The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems. In Nature Ecology& Evolution
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas the provisions of the LULUCF Regulation3a recognize that a carbon pool of deadwood in the forest is analogous to the long-lived harvested wood products as its carbon does not undergo instantaneous oxidisation, whereas deadwood constitutes crucial microhabitats on which number of species, including protected species, are dependent; _________________ 3aRegulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas in order to preserve the full scale of forest biodiversity and functionality, together with the need for mitigation of and adaptation to climate change, a proportion of forest areas to be set aside any form of active human intervention is crucially needed;
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses that according to research4a old-growth forests and forest grew old continue to accumulate carbon, contrary to the view that they are carbon neutral or even sources of CO2; _________________ 4a S.Luyssaert et al., 2008: Old-growth forests as global carbon sinks. In Nature
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 131 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Reiterates the fact that conservation of high-carbon ecosystems, including forests, represents a response option with immediate impact on climate change, unlike afforestation, reforestation and restoration which take more time to deliver8a, calls for policy actions in the EU to be guided by this principle; _________________ 8aIPCC, 2019: Climate Change and Land Report-Summary for Policymakers
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 158 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls the letter of more than 700 scientists calling for a scientifically-sound revision of the Renewable Energy Directive, in particular excluding certain types of woody biomass from counting towards the target and from the eligibility to receive support;
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 162 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Highlights the need of effective conservation of especially primary and old-growth forests which as complex systems have more above-and belowground carbon stored, more faunal complexity, major carbon sequestration, regulating local and regional weather regime, generation of rain and reduced risks of drought, ensuring hydrological services, consistently higher number of forest-dependent species, sustain important large-scale ecological processes, higher functional diversity, higher intra-specific genetic diversity, higher chance for dispersal or retreating refugia, provision of key pollination and dispersal processes, human health benefits than simplified systems 9a; _________________ 9aJames E.M. Watson at el., 2018: The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems. In Nature Ecology& Evolution
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 168 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Stresses that no substitution effect of forest-based products can compensate for the loss of old-growth and primary forests, which are recognised as irreplaceable 10a and should be protected through legal and incentivising instruments targeting their complexity, connectivity and representativeness 11a ; _________________ 10aEuropean Commission, 2019: Communication Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests’ (COM(2019)0352 11aEuropean Parliament resolution of 16 January 2020 on the 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (2019/2824(RSP)), the exact reading of par.52
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 171 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Stresses particular importance of the Carpathian region and notes that EU accession to Carpathian convention would be of relevance to provide support to the region which holds irreplaceable natural values in continental Europe;
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 172 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Notes with concern that at EU level, reported data 11a indicate that energy accounts for 48% of total use of woody biomass; reiterates that next to natural carbon sequestration and biodiversity protection in situ, to be coherent with our biodiversity and climate goals, use of harvested wood should be leaning towards material use; _________________ 11aJoint Research Centre of the European Commission, 2018:Biomass production, supply, uses and flows in the European Union
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 202 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Reiterates that woody biomass should be used in accordance with cascading use principle, giving priority to material use, re-use and recycling, in line with circular economy principles, over other uses;
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 222 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls the Commission to restart the negotiations for an international legally binding forest convention, that would contribute to the management, conservation and sustainable development of forests and to provide for their multiple and complementary functions and uses, including action towards reforestation, afforestation and forest conservation, while taking into account social, economic, ecological, cultural and spiritual needs of present and future generations, and recognizing the vital role of all types of forests in maintaining the ecological processes and balance, and supporting the identity, culture and the rights of indigenous people, their communities and other communities and forest dwellers;
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 232 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for strict protection of EU's primary and old-growth forests as part of the EU Forest Strategy;
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 241 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Reiterates the call of the European Parliament1a for an EU-wide legally binding target to restore degraded habitats by 2030, including natural forests; _________________ 1aEuropean Parliament resolution of 16 January 2020 on the 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (2019/2824(RSP))
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 248 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Reiterates the call of the European Parliament1a for consistent forest-related policies, which combat biodiversity loss and climate-change impacts, and which lead to an increase of the EU’s natural sinks while protecting, conserving and enhancing biodiversity; _________________ 1aEuropean Parliament resolution of 16 January 2020 on the 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (2019/2824(RSP))
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI