20 Amendments of Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN related to 2019/2156(INI)
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas stepping up action to protect and restore existing forests and actively and sustainably create new forest coveragecreate new forest and agroforestry coverage where appropriate, taking account of high-nature value reference vegetation, e.g. wetlands, peatlands and grasslands, hasve to play a crucial role in the EU’s sustainability policies;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas human intervention in largely undisturbed areas affects biodiversity and natural processes in these areas, including natural circulation of viruses and can eventually lead to transfer to human population; whereas an intermediary host of the coronavirus is suspected to be the pangolin, one of the most illegally traded species in the world;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas mangrove forests fulfil crucial ecosystem services, given that they store large amounts of carbon, they are an important spawn location for many species of coral reef fish, and they protect coral reefs from nutrient loads and sediments, and coastal areas from flooding; whereas until recently mangrove forests covered over ¾ of tropical coasts and more than half has been lost due to coastal development, aquaculture, pollution, and unsustainable use;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Agrees with and highlights the reference to old-growth and primary forests in the Communication as being irreplaceable; regrets that some of the EU domestic policies in force are directly contradicting this understanding;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the EU has the powers, responsibility and funds available to protect European forests as part of the world’s forests; reiterates that success in our external action and response of our partners to protect their forests depends on how effective and ambitious we are in relation to our own natural heritage; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that measures aimed at proteconsistency between its external actiong and restoring the world’s forests are consistently applied to Europeanthe task to protect and restore EU forests;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recommends that the Commission pay particular attention to the possibilities of regulating access to the Union market in order to promote non-deforestation products, including the possibility ofexplore WTO compliant possibilities to prevent access of products responsible for deforestation to the EU market, including by introducingtion of due diligence regulation for forest-risk commodities;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Recalls the letter of more than 700 scientists calling for a scientifically-sound revision of the Renewable Energy Directive, in particular excluding certain types of woody biomass from counting towards the target and from the eligibility to receive support;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Notes that COP23 witnessed the ambition of a number of countries, rich in primary and highly-biodiverse forests and representing half of the world population, to increase the use of wood and other plant matter to generate energy1a; reiterates that the EU should not set the wrong example and it must ensure that rules guiding the renewable energy policy do not lead to decimated and degraded ecosystems; _________________ 1a Doyle, A. & Roche, A. Nineteen nations say they’ll use more bioenergy to slow climate change. Reuters. Available at: http://www.reuters.com/article/us- climatechange-accord-biofuels/nineteen- nations-say-theyll-use-more-bioenergy-to- slow-climate-change-idUSKBN1DG2DO (2017)
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to propose specific measures to strengthen the political and regulatory framework for supporting sustainable forest management and land use planningthe protection and restoration of forests, and to provide guidance and specific measures on land use planning and no -regret adaptation options, in particular nature- based solutions;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the EU to consider providing support to third countries with the potentialredirect support to Member States and third countries to switch to truly renewable and low-carbon energy sources, thereby reducing the pressure onf deforestation caused by the use of wood as fuel; highlights that the more decentralised energy systems of third countries would allow for a straightforward transition to solar and wind energy sources;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the Commission's plan to strengthen cooperation on policies and measures to protect the world’s forests in key international forums, and calls on the Commission to endeavour to cooperate with these forums with a view, inter alia, to harmonising the terminology and concepts in use (e.g. sustainable forest management orintact and old-growth forests, plantation, sustainable forest management, close-to-nature management, deforestation-free supply chains) and to ensuring the coherence of the policies and measures adopted;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses the importance of agroforestry systems, characterised by higher effectivity of land use than other agricultural systems, for agricultural production, diversification, climate change mitigation and adaptation and prevention of desertification; stresses that at EU level, present and past rules of CAP reforms have been co-responsible for their systematic destruction and prevention of rejuvenation; calls for a change in order to systematically incentivise existing high- nature value agroforestry systems, facilitate their restoration and provide capacity building to streamline this method of production;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Highlights that there is a significant difference in delivery of ecosystem services by different types of forest stands; reiterates that according to FAO definition, all types fall under the same category of forests; considers this problematic and calls for a process of developing separate categories;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Regrets that the Communication lacks any mention of mangrove forests, the world-scale degradation of which is a major problem both from a climate and biodiversity point of view, as well as for the livelihood of respective local communities;
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to ensure that all newly adopted trade agreements, both comprehensive and relevant sub- agreements, contain binding and enforceable provisions relating to forests and safeguards to prevent them from being implemented in a manner that could lead toprevention of deforestation and forest degradation;
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recommends that the Commission assess the possibility of including binding and enforceable forest protection provisions in existing trade agreements which do not yet contain such provisions;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to include binding targets for the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems, including nativeural, intact and old-growth European forests, as part of the EU's future forest strategy;
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers it necessary to redirect financial flows, both private and public, in the relevant industrial sectors towards activities that promote sustainable and multi-purpose forest management and, thus, do not cause deforestation;
Amendment 393 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that the Just Transition Fund be adopted and implemented in line with the ''do no harm'' principle of the European Green Deal and that it does not increase pressure on the world’s, including European, forests;
Amendment 406 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take specific steps to harmonise data and improve the availability of information and data obtained through existing and new monitoring and assessment tools relating to forests, and to ensure that thise information is disseminated in a form that is accessible, user-friendly and comprehensible to the public, consumers and the private sector and ready to use by policy makers;