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10 Amendments of Sandrine BÉLIER related to 2011/2051(INI)

Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the post-2013 CAP to pursue food security objectives which encourage new forms of sustainable agricultural production which save energy, reduce the use of chemicals and exploituse the potential of ecosystems more effectively; points out that it must be capable of responding to environmental challenges, such as climate change, depletion of resources, such as water pollution and, soil erosion, loss of biodiversity etc.;
2011/03/22
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the CAP encompasses farmers and the public in general - who are both taxpayers and consumers - as the lattereveryone benefits from safe food, a healthy environment, good health and prospects of jobs;
2011/03/22
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for CAP funding to be based on a model which includes payments linked to natural handicaps and green-point payments or payments for vulnerable regionfor specific farming systems such as organic, High Nature Value farming, for extensively managed pasture and meadows, and for farmers with specific management requirements in Natura 2000 areas;
2011/03/22
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a reinforcement of the concept of funding for both pillars subject to the fulfilment of a number of environmental and biodiversity criteria, so that high- quality food can beis produced using sustainable practices; points out that sufficient funding is the only guarantee of the success of targeted agri-environmental measures;
2011/03/22
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that, in the face of climate change and increased extinctions, ecosystems need to be healthy, biologically diverse and resilient in order to continue providing functions essential for our well-being, including buffering extreme weather events, water and nutrient cycling and carbon sinking; Stresses that in order to mitigate local and regional extinction events, a matrix of sustainable, nature friendly land use is needed across the whole landscape, facilitating adaptation of species' ranges and migration, through support for farmers to protect Natura 2000 sites and effective agri-environmental schemes; and therefore supports an agro-ecosystem approach and measures compulsory at farm level aimed to increase ecological infrastructure, and an emphasis on preserving and rehabilitating high nature value farmland or woodlands, agricultural wetlands and permanently unploughed pastures in order to sequester carbon, optimise water regulation and increase biodiversity;
2011/03/22
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that meeting the environmental challenges and providing full legitimacy for public support to farmers requires a comprehensive approach to the rewarding of public goods; calls for a coherent system of environmental incentives including: - a solid cross compliance baseline, based on the polluter pays principle; - a farm level mandatory greening component within pillar 1 which consists of a simple package of meaningful good agronomic practices such as crop rotation, farm level green infrastructures (resource care areas), soil cover and nutrient balance; - specific pillar 1 top ups for farmers in Natura 2000 sites, for maintenance of organic farming and extensively managed pasture and meadows; - a well targeted and well resourced Pillar 2, which should include effective, voluntary, multi-annual schemes to support farmers going beyond basic good practices and contributing to the achievement of EU objectives on climate change, biodiversity and water;
2011/03/22
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that under the revised CAP consideration should be given to new ‘carbon credit’ instruments, because agriculture offers enormous potential for combating climate change, because of differences in accounting precision and large natural variations, agriculture should not be included in existing carbon trading schemes or in the targets under the Effort Sharing Decision, but calls for separate targets for the LULUCF sector;
2011/03/22
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Considers that a simple and specific support scheme for small farms should replace the current regime in order to enhance their competitiveness and to acknowledge their contribution to the vitality of rural areas, and to environmental protection;
2011/03/22
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Believes that the current very intensive methods of animal production often have negative impacts on animal health and welfare which may also negatively impact public health and food safety; consequently calls for the CAP to promote livestock farming methods which respect the environment, as well as animal health and welfare;
2011/03/22
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Wishes to highlight the special role played by organic farming, which, according to studies, makes a significant contribution to climate protection relative to conventional farming methods, and calls for organic farming to occupy a central place in the CAP in 2020;
2011/03/22
Committee: ENVI