9 Amendments of Ilda FIGUEIREDO related to 2008/2074(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Considers it extremely negative that, as part of the current review of the CAP, no account is being taken of the need to reverse the trend of successive previous reforms, which encouraged absenteeism and led many small and medium-sized farmers to give up farming, thus favouring large landowners and the concentration of intensive production only in certain regions and in the hands of agro-industry, on which many farmers who are still in business now depend; takes the view that these factors are responsible for the abandonment of many rural areas, leading to the depopulation of vast areas of territory with the result that no work is carried out to maintain and clear forests or implement agricultural hydraulic projects, and having a clear adverse effect on water quality, supply and access for both farmers and public supply systems;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Takes the view that the production of one litre of agro-fuel consumes around 4 560 litres of water on average and that its contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions is zero or virtually zero; supports the ending of Community incentives for agro-fuels and considers that internal agricultural production for this purpose must not be replaced by imports after processing or of raw materials;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Takes the view that the environmental value of forests and agricultural production must be reassessed in a context of climate changes where it is absolutely vital to balance the increase in greenhouse gas emissions with an increase in forest cover, whose contribution as a carbon sink must be taken into account in all policies on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges the Commission and Council to take account of the need to create aid mechanisms for farmers affected by cyclical droughts, fires and water scarcity aimed at preventing fresh large-scale disasters resulting from climate changes and minimising their consequences;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to support the Member States in reforesting areas which have been affected by cyclical drought and fires on the basis of respect for their bio-climate and ecological characteristics, and hopes that rehabilitation of the rural and urban landscape will be treated as a matter of particular importance, having due regard to specific local features;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Urges the Commission and Council to create a public system of agricultural insurance, financed by the EU, with a view to guaranteeing a minimum income for farmers in the event of natural disasters such as drought, fire and floods, and to protect them from risks and crises such as those that recently occurred in the countries of southern Europe;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Stresses the need to develop policies for the effective prevention of forest fires, reaffirming that the Commission must support the Member States in monitoring and preventing fires, funding, in particular, appropriate forest fire prevention measures such as fire breaks, forest tracks, access points, water points and forest management programmes;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Takes the view that water scarcity and cyclical droughts have accentuated the scourge of fires and their gravity, increasing the fragility and risk of destruction of many species that are characteristic of forests in southern European countries, for which forests often represent the main natural resource;