16 Amendments of Cristina GUTIÉRREZ-CORTINES related to 2011/2307(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
– having regard to the Environment Council conclusions of 21 June 2011 and of 19 December 2011 on the ‘EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020’
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to undertake to adopt integrated strategies in order to learn about each geographical area’s natural values and the features of its cultural heritage, as well as the conditions necessary for maintaining them. In order to conserve biodiversity and all species, account should be taken of the specific ecosystems, which include agriculture, water and the other minimum conditions required;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the urgent need for action, and the need to give higher political priority to biodiversity in order to meet the EU’s 2020 headline target for biodiversity and global biodiversity commitments; emphasises that, with adequate resources and political will, the tools exist to halt the loss of biodiversity; emphasises that the preservation of biodiversity is a collective challenge that should be addressed with the commitment and participation of numerous interested parties, mainly landowners and members of the private sector;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3a (new)
Paragraph 3a (new)
3a. Considers that the difficulties encountered in meeting the target set for 2010 demand an in-depth review of the methods applied to date; strategic studies including all of the components that could influence protected areas must be carried out; these studies should be incorporated into urban planning and be accompanied by educational and informational campaigns about the importance of local natural resources and their conservation;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to set 2015 as the deadline for the development ofdevelop management plans or equivalent instruments for all Natura 2000 sites within the time frames established by the legislation in force;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Considers that it is necessary to have digitised, accessible maps with accurate information about the principal natural resources, protected areas, land uses, water bodies and areas at risk to facilitate compliance by regional and local authorities with environmental legislation, especially that relating to biodiversity;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure good conservation of the Nature 2000 Network through adequate funding for the Natura 2000 sites; in particular, calls on Member States to develop binding national instruments through which they define priority conservation measures and the related planned source of financing (both from EU funds and Member States’ own budgets);
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Underscores the need to assess the condition of ecosystems and their services; urges the Commission and the Member States to determine the economic value of those services in order to incorporate them into accounting systems and thus contribute to more effective responses through decisions that incorporate the consideration of biodiversity’s real value;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges the Commission to develop as a matter of high priority the ‘No Net Loss’ initiative, drawing also on the standards which form part of the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme;
Amendment 130 #
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 the largest single part of the EU budget, stresses that the CAP is an absolutely crucial tool for biodiversity; calls, therefore, for a strong reorientationunderscores the growing role of the CAP towardsin the delivery of public goods;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for the greening of Pillar I in order to make income support for farmers legitimate by ensuringCAP to provide greater support for the conservation of biodiversity in the wider farmed landscape, improving connectivity and adaptingation to the effects of climate changes; welcomestakes note of the Commission’s CAP reform proposal that provides for 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 focuPillar I of the CAP, but underscores that that measure must be adapted to the agricultural and environmental reality of each member State and not involve an unbearable cost to farmers; defends the fact that Pillar II of the CAP includes a grea’ should be 10 % of farmland, not the 7 % proposed by the Commissionter variety of instruments to promote biodiversity;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Considers that the inspection of agricultural practices should be strengthened in order to prevent the loss of biodiversity; in particular, considers that discharges of slurry should be controlled and even prohibited in the most sensitive areas in order to preserve ecosystems;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. RequesLaments the Commission and Member States to take advantage of the phenomenon of land abandonment in various parts of Europe to rewild large parts of the landscape as major wilderness areas, providing newincreasing abandonment of farmland in the European Union, since this is intensifying the problem of land desertification and affecting the conservation of biodiversity, as well as the socio-economic opportunities for rural development whilst preserving Europe’s biodiversitybalance of many rural areas; in this regard, calls attention to the important role that European farmers play as ‘guardians’ of the landscape;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Urges the Commission to propose legislationut forward the necessary proposal, if applicable, to implement the Nagoya Protocol so that the Union can ratify the Protocol as soon as possible;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Emphasises the importance of mobilising both EU and national financial support from all possible sources, including the creation of a specific instrument to finance biodiversity, and developing innovative financial mechanisms to ensure an adequate level of support forreach the targets set in the area of biodiversity;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. With a view to ensuring adequate financing of the Natura 2000 network, calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that at least €5.8 billion per year is provided through EU and Member State funding; calls, further, on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that adequate funding is made available through the CAP funds, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, the cohesion funds and the strengthening of the LIFE+ fund;