Activities of Nirj DEVA related to 2018/2003(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on transparent and accountable management of natural resources in developing countries: the case of forests PDF (530 KB) DOC (104 KB)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas agriculture accounts for 80 % of tropical deforestation worldwide;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas subsistence farming accounts for 42% of this tropical deforestation and commercial farming for 32%;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas urbanization, forest artificialization, mining and wood exploitation, misgovernance and conflicts are also human impacts on forests;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas deforestation accounts for nearly 20 % of human greenhouse gas emissions and for 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the Agenda 2030 recognises that the good and sustainable management of forests play a critical role in sustainable development;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission to immediately launch a thorough impact assessment, and a genuine stakeholder consultation, with the purpose of establishing a meaningful EU Action Plan on deforestation and forest degradation that includes concrete regulatory measures to ensure thain cooperation with countries subject nto supply chains or financial transactions linked to the EU cause deforestation, forest degradation, or human rights violmassive deforestation and assist them to improve good management and to strengthen their legislation and international obligations; calls for this Action Plan to promote enhanced financial and technical assistance to producer countries with the specific aim of protecting, maintaining and restoring forests and critical ecosystems, and enhancing the livelihoods of forest- dependent communities;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that better data, mapping, independent monitoring and, auditing tools and sharing information are essential to improving governance, international cooperation and facilitating compliance with zero- deforestation commitments;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the need to ensure thatdevelop global supply chains and financial flows that support sustainable and deforestation-free production and do not result in human rights violations;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for the EU to introduce mandatory requirement support new initiatives for the financial industry to undertake robust due diligence when assessing financial and non-financial environmental, social and governance risks;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point a
Paragraph 14 – point a
(a) establish mandatory criteriafurther develop and support good practices for sustainable and deforestation- free products;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point b
Paragraph 14 – point b
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the need to improve the reliability of voluntary certification schemes with a view to guaranteeing that only palm oil free from deforestation, forest degradation, illegitimate appropriation of land and other human rights violations enters the EU market, and that schemes such as the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) include all end-uses of palm oil;