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Activities of François ALFONSI related to 2019/2156(INI)

Shadow opinions (1)

OPINION on the EU’s role in protecting and restoring the world’s forests
2020/06/03
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2019/2156(INI)
Documents: PDF(126 KB) DOC(49 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Mauri PEKKARINEN', 'mepid': 197563}]

Amendments (9)

Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights that the EU and its Member States need to take action immediately in order to fulfil their commitments under: - the UN Sustainable Development Goals, in particular goal 15 and its target 2, which refers to sustainably managing all types of forests, halting deforestation, restoring degraded forests and substantially increasing afforestation and reforestation by 2020 and; - the existing global agreements, commitments and frameworks contributing to the reduction of deforestation and forest degradation and the restoration of forests such as the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the global Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and its Aichi Biodiversity Targets, and the UN Strategic Plan for Forests and its Global Forest Goals;
2020/03/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. EndorsesTakes note of the priorities for action set out in the communication and expresses its commitment to engage actively in implementingdeveloping further the actions described to make them effective and complementary, and subsequently calls for their reinforcement and proper implementation;
2020/03/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. DIs deeply regrets thatconcerned because, despite the efforts of the EU and its Member States, the EU’s objective of reducing gross tropical deforestation by 50 % by 2020commitment to halting deforestation by 2020 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals is unlikely to be met, and therefore strongly supports the Commission in its proposal to step up action in protecting and restoring the world’s forests;
2020/03/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Requests the provision of new incentives to reduce the impact of the food system in the EU on nature and people within the EU and beyond;
2020/03/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Reminds that EU action on afforestation and reforestation should be secondary to forest restoration efforts to create biodiverse forests that are more resilient towards climate change;
2020/03/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of inclusive partnership with third countries in order to strengthen sustainable forestland management, the wood-based circular economy and agriculture, as well as land tenure and good governance and the strong relationship between them in combating deforestation; requests that a partnership approach needs to support better governance, respect the rights of indigenous peoples, smallholders and local communities and enable multi- stakeholder processes in producer countries;
2020/03/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to initiate dialogue with other consuming countries including China and India about deforestation-free supply chains;
2020/03/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Union to develop more detailed land imaging satellites in order to monitor deforestation accurately and in real time; notes that the information provided would be a valuable tool in the fight against deforestation globally;
2020/03/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for raising consumer awareness about the need to reduce our consumption footprint Reiterates its 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 land insteand encourages people to consume products from supply chains that are ‘deforestation- free’ing imports that do not create deforestation abroad; insists that such legislation is accompanied by a robust enforcement mechanism and includes effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties for non-compliance.
2020/03/30
Committee: ITRE