3 Amendments of Bas EICKHOUT related to 2009/2108(INI)
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Welcomes the previous attempts to integrate environmental considerations into the common agricultural policy (CAP), such as the introduction of agri- environment measures and good agriculture and environmental conditions, and calls on the Commission to use the reform of the CAP as an opportunity to further enhance this trendconcludes however that this has not gone far enough and many of today's agricultural practices continue to be a driver for biodiversity loss, therefore calls on the Commission to use the reform of the CAP as an opportunity to change the CAP into a policy that rewards the delivery of well defined public goods and to make sure that only sustainable ways of farming are funded in the future, for example through the introduction of compensation for eco-services or the provision of public goods, including sustainable farming in ecologically sewhereby the benefits for nature must constitive areas, such as Natura 2000 sites; ute the guiding principle;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the reform of the common fisheries policy currently being prepared and calls on the Commission to mainstream biodiversity criteria in its future legislative proposals; furthermore,insists that aquaculture activities need to be developed without impacting other species and in compliance with targets set under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Water Framework Directive, and Birds and Habitats Directives; furthermore calls for the Commission to require that fisheries management plans ensure prompt recovery and maintenance of marine biodiversity and insists that, as a possible alternative to fishing, sustainable aquaculture models shouldand future aquaculture legislative framework be developed along the lines proposed by the Commission in its Communication (COM(2009)162) and taking into account the European Parliament's position (*);
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23 b. In this context expresses its deep concern over the Commission’s decision not to propose legally binding criteria for the sustainable use of bioenergy as this is likely to pose a direct threat to forest biodiversity as well as efforts to tackle climate change, urges the Commission to review this decision and to propose legally binding criteria and measures;