Activities of María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS related to 2019/2156(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the EU’s role in protecting and restoring the world’s forests
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the EU’s role in protecting and restoring the world’s forests
Amendments (44)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11
Citation 11
— having regard to the draft feasibility study on options to step up EU action against deforestation, commissioned by the Commission’s Directorate General for Environment (2017),
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy for 2020 - 2024, the EU External Policy on Indigenous Peoples (2016), and the European Council Conclusions on Indigenous Peoples (2017),
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)
Citation 11 b (new)
- having regard to the UN resolution of 20 March 2019 on recognizing the contribution of environmental human rights defenders to the enjoyment of human rights, environmental protection and sustainable development,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 c (new)
Citation 12 c (new)
- having regard to the 2019 report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation 2019 entitled "The State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture", and its report on State of the World's Forests 2016,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard to the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services report of 31 May 2019,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)
Citation 12 b (new)
- having regard to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special reports on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems and its Fifth Assessment Report on Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability,
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas there is a need for far- reaching, ambitious, and concerted action, underpinned by political and societal will, to protect and restore the world's forest;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas stepping up action to protect existing forests and actively and sustainably create new forest coverage has to play a crucial role in the EU’s sustainability policies; whereas the EU should continue to mainstream biodiversity objectives into forestry and other policies as stated under the European Green Deal;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are integrated and indivisible; whereas progress towards sustainable agriculture, food security and sustainable forest management, core elements of the SDGs, should be made simultaneously;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas forests contribute to climate change mitigation, adaptation and disaster risk reduction measures through nature-based solutions; whereas scaling up investments in nature-based solutions is one of the most cost-effective remedies to tackle emissions, protect vital ecosystems, while improving livelihoods, resilience and food security;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas there are successful examples of increased agricultural productivity and food security while halting or even reversing deforestation; whereas according to FAO, integrated land-use planning is key to balancing land uses, underpinned by the right policy instruments to promote both sustainable forests and agriculture;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
Be. whereas according to the FAO, agriculture remains one of the most significant drivers of global deforestation, and there is an urgent need to work closely with the EU’s partner countries and different stakeholders to find innovative and positive interactions between food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU is also indirectly involved in the deforestation and degradation of world forests, including through the consumption of products related to deforestation; whereas the EU's consumption represents 10% of the global share of deforestation;
Amendment 82 #
Ca. whereas indigenous peoples, local communities and environmental defenders are increasingly under threat and intimidation, whilst facing human rights violations in their efforts to protect their forests, land, and environment; whereas land tenure rights engages indigenous peoples and local communities to commit themselves to participatory forest conservation;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas action at all levels, as well as substantial public and private investment, will be needed to protect the world's forests more effectively;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas increased protection of forests provides opportunities for economic and social development, particularly at the level of local communities;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the amount of EU funding provided to support forests and sustainable forest management in partner countries is insufficient given the scale of the problem; whereas the protection and sustainable management of natural ecosystems, as well as their co-benefits and human rights aspects, need to be better integrated into EU funding mechanisms;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Agrees with the priorities for stepping up EU action presented in COM(2019)352; notes, however, that the EU should be more ambitious; furthermore acknowledges that sustainable land-use globally is one of the most successful ways to halt deforestation and forest degradation;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the EU has the powers, responsibility and funds available to protect European forests as part of the world’s forests; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that measures aimed at protecting and restoring the world’s forests are consistently applied to European forests in line with the European Green Deal;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the decision made by the United Nations General Assembly to proclaim 2021-2030 as the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration; underlines that the UN Decade positions the restoration of ecosystems as a major nature-based solution towards meeting a wide range of SGDs;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the crucial role, rights, and need for support of indigenous peoples and, local communities and forest owners, including women, in the protection of the world’s forests and; furthermore recognises the threats and human rights violations they are facing; therefore calls on the Commission to take this role into account in the adoption,ir proposals, and also in the implementation and enforcement of forest protection measures, both at EU level and in key international forumin dialogue with third countries;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that 80% of terrestrial biodiversity can be found in forests and that mangroves forests are an important part of marine biodiversity; insists that protecting forests, is therefore a priority to halt biodiversity loss and a matter of strategic international and European interest; calls on the Commission and the Member States to further establish, support, and consolidate networks of protected areas including forests, such as NaturAfrica 2030; recognises that this will strengthen the EU's position at the next Convention on Biological Diversity;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the role of civil society in environmental protection and sustainable consumption and calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure transparency and public participation in forest-related measures in order to promote forest protection; calls on the Commission to encourage communication and awareness raising campaigns to the general public about the multiple benefits and services from nature-based solutions, sustainably managed forests, forestry and forest-based products;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that a single definition of the concept of non- deforestation supply chain is central to addressing the problem of commodities contributing to deforestation, and calls on the Commission to propose such a definition; highlights in this context the strong connection between forest-based value chains and the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls that forests are indispensable to our planet and biodiversity; welcomes the intention of the Commission to tackle global deforestation and asks it to step up its actions; calls on the Commission to present, without delay, a proposal for a European legal framework based on due diligence to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free supply chains for products placed on the EU market, with a particular focus on tackling the main drivers of imported deforestation, and which would encourage imports that do not create deforestation abroad;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights the role of forests in increasing resilience towards adverse impacts from climate change; points out the need for concrete and effective actions in climate adaptation strategies and plans, incorporating the synergies between mitigation and adaptation;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Underlines that due to climate change and loss of biodiversity, natural disturbances such as droughts, floods, storms, pest infestations, erosion and fires will occur more frequently and intensely, causing increasing damage to the world's forests, according to the IPCC;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Underlines that specific attention should be paid to forests in coastal areas, which are particularly impacted by climate change and represent a great opportunity for preservation, adaptation and mitigation policies;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the private sector to be moreactively involved in the fight against deforestation; calls, at the same time, on the Commission to step up cooperation with the private sector and to develop appropriate instruments to incentivise volunteers based on the principle of shared responsibility;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Invites the Commission, together with Member States, to redirect existing support under the upcoming Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) to establish an EU technical and financial mechanism which would catalyse funding to support partners' efforts to sustainably use, protect and restore forests;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Commission to assess, together with the private sector and other development actors, new disaster risk finance and insurance solutions against catastrophic events affecting a large number of hectares of forest;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Insists that the European Green Deal's external dimension should be further strengthened through alliances and partnerships aimed at addressing global challenges like climate change and biodiversity while enabling socio- economic development of partner countries;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Recognises the multi-functionality of forests; therefore calls on the Commission and its Member States to design partnerships which improve forest sustainable management and tackle deforestation and forest degradation in an integrated and comprehensive approach along the forest value chain as well as in inter-linked sectors such as agriculture, energy or mining infrastructure;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 f (new)
Paragraph 8 f (new)
8f. Calls on the EU to consider providing support to third countries through forest partnerships to improve sustainable deforestation-free agriculture production and, when deemed necessary, implement actions that will help partner countries comply with any measures the EU may set up to reduce imported deforestation;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the Commission's plan to strengthen cooperation on policies and measures to protect the world’s forests in key international forums, and calls on the Commission to endeavour to cooperate with these forums with a view, inter alia, to harmonising the terminology and, concepts and statistics in use (e.g. sustainable forest management or deforestation-free supply chains) and to ensuring the coherence of the policies and measures adopted;
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to ensure that all newly adoptedinclude in all future trade agreements, both comprehensive and relevant sub- agreements, contabinding provisions relating to forests and safeguards to prevent them from being implemented in a manner that could lead tohat ensure their implementation and the fight against deforestation and forest degradation;
Amendment 390 #
20. Considers it necessary to redirect financial flows, both private and public, in the relevant industrial sectors towards activities that do not cause deforestation; stresses the importance of promoting a sustainable bioeconomy;
Amendment 398 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission and Member States to integrate forest and human rights-related elements systematically into development policies and all investment and support programmes aimed at producer countries, and to consider making investments and support conditional on compliance with these elements;
Amendment 403 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Recalls that the risk of wildfires is expected to increase due to climate change; therefore underlines the need to considerably strengthen prevention and preparedness efforts by collaborating internationally on early warning tools, disaster resilience and risk mitigation measures;
Amendment 405 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Welcomes the monitoring work of the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS); calls on the Commission to use its expertise and expand the use of the Copernicus REDD+ satellite system to support global forest risk monitoring and deforestation in collaboration with third countries;
Amendment 410 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Commission to strengthen cooperation with third countries through technical assistance, exchange of information and good practices in preservation, conservation and sustainable use of forests, giving special recognition to sustainability initiatives carried out by the private sector;