15 Amendments of Elisabeth JEGGLE related to 2011/2307(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
Citation 4
– having particular regard to the outcome of the 10th Conference of the Parties (COP 10) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in particular the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the Aichi targets, the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of the benefits arising from their utilisation, and the strategy to mobilise resources for global biodiversity,
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the new EU biodiversity strategy and notes the Commission recommendations for CAP reform, including clearly formulated measures under both the first and second pillars seeking to conserve and improve biodiversity; stresses in this connection the particular role played by farming, which has already made a great contribution to preserving the diversity of species and biotopes and will also make a crucial contribution to the success of the European biodiversity strategy;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Is convinced that the so-called 'greening' of the CAP should be implemented efficiently and unbureaucratically, without leading to discrimination against existing agri- environmental measures; calls, with regard to the necessary reduction in the administrative burden, for, inter alia, all CAP payments to continue to be underpinned by robust cross-compliance rules after 2014, which should be both transparent and as easy as possible to implement and monitor;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses that only functioning, sustainable, broad-based and productive agriculture is in a position to provide the additional services demanded by society in the form of public assets; is therefore in favour of an approach that balances and integrates the introduction of additional environmental protection measures and the key role of the CAP in safeguarding efficient production;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes and supports the EU biodiversity strategy to 2020, including its targets and actions; considers, nevertheless, that some actions should be strengthened;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Recalls the key role played by the CAP in guaranteeing a secure supply of high- quality and affordable food for consumers; points out in this connection that the Commission proposal for the mandatory across-the-board designation of 7% of farmland as environmental focus areas is considered to be inappropriate and impracticable, particularly where these areas would no longer be available to produce food in productive regions;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that the diversity of species and biotopes now seen as meriting protection can be attributed to the way in which land has been used for farming and forestry in Europe in the past, which should therefore be continued as part of a sustainable land-use strategy; points out in this connection that differing conditions such as climate, soil and the availability of water are found mainly at a local and regional level, and that regional conditions should therefore be taken into account and correspondingly differentiated possibilities for use should be found;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes the requirement under the CBD to restore 15 % of degraded ecosystems by 2020; considers, however, that this is a minimum and that the EU should have its own, more ambitious target and long-term vision; calls, therefore, on the EU to set the restoration of 30 % of degraded ecosystems as its target for 2020, and urges on the Commission to define clearly what is meant by ‘degraded ecosystems’, to present a proposal for an improvement and to set a baseline against which progress can be measured accordingly;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Commission to adopt a specific Green Infrastructure Strategy by 2012 at the latest, with biodiversity protection as a primary objective; in this context, rejects the further loss of productive agricultural land;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalling that over half of Europe’s territory is managed by farmers and that funding for the common agricultural policy (CAP) represents thea largest single part of the EU budget, stresses thatregards the CAP is an absolutely crucial tool for biodiversity; calls, therefore, for a strong reorientation of the CAP towards the delivery of public gexpects future agricultural policy also to face up to the new challenges, such as climate change and changes in the energy situation, and to ensure the security of high-quality foods;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls forUrges that the greening of Pillar Ithe CAP in order to make income support for farmers legitimate by ensuring the conservation of biodiversity in the wider farmed landscape, improving connectivity and adapting to the effects of climatprotect natural resources should be a significant element in sustainable agriculture and therefore calls for the introduction of an EU-wide incentive schange; welcomes the Commission’s CAP reform proposal that provides foreme with the help of a ‘greening’ of the CAP through the allocation of 30 % of Pillar I payments to a package of worthwhile, basic good practices applied at farm level, which should include crop rotation and diversification, permanent pasture and a minimum ‘ecological focus area’; takes the view, however, that the minimum ‘ecological focus area’ should be 10 % of farmland, and not the 7 % proposed by the Commission component the aims of which are to ensure the sustainability of businesses and long-term food security through the effective management of scarce resources (water, energy, land);
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for all CAP payments, including those made after 2014, to be underpinned by robust cross-compliance rules,; covering the Water Framework Directive, pesticides legislation and the Birds and Habitats Directivesalls for simple and transparent rules for those affected;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for a strengthening of Pillar II in all EU Member States and for drastic improvements to the environmental focus of that pillar and the effectiveness of its agro-environmental measures, including through minimum mandatory spending on environmental measures; calls for the introduction of genuine incentive components with the aim of rewarding services to the ecosystem in agriculture;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that measures taken to prevent both the entry of new invasive alien species into the EU and the spread of currently established invasive alien species to new areas are recorded and documented to enable risk assessments to be carried out and recommendations to be made;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission and Member States to identify all existing environmentally harmful subsidies according to objective criteria, and calls on the Commission to publish by the end of 2012 an action plan to phase such subsidies out by 2020, in line with the Nagoya commitments;