8 Amendments of Ioannis A. TSOUKALAS related to 2010/2106(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s view that forests should be seen as a major contributor to solving the climate crisis; emphasises that sustainable forest management is of pivotal importance for the EU in achieving its climate goals and delivering necessary ecosystem servicefunctions, such as biodiversity;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that European forestry initiatives should be aimed at ‘adapting’ forests to climate change, rather than ‘protectstrengthening’ them, thus bringing the terminology into line with that more commonly used in other resistance and adaptability of forests and dependent industries to climate change policies;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the importance of global cooperation on standard setting, best practices and technology transfers, especially in the context of the REDD system, both at administrative and research level, on standard setting, best practices and transfers of technology and scientific know-how, especially in the context of the REDD system; stresses the importance of the GMES programme in the charting, surveillance and recording of forest areas at European and international level;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the need to respect the principle of subsidiarity and the role of local and national governments in forestry policy; takes the view that, owing toaccount of the diversity of the climate challenges facing different parts of Europe and to the dispariti, the differences in forest ownership and the differences in, ecosystem conditions and objectives within the Union, a common EU policy runs the risk of being too broad to be useful in achieving the necessary climate adaptation; calls on the Commission to present a revised forest action plan containing general guidelines on fundamental questions, such as a commonly accepted operational definition of forest;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the important role played by forests in regional development, especially in rural areas, where the forestry sector makes a major contribution to economic and social growth, jobs and prosperity; ·
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Acknowledges the importance of maintaining orand increasing forest resources, for various purposes, in the EU, particularly in those Member States which are more affected by extreme weather conditions and climate change;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for further action on research, education and information regarding the risks of climate change for forests and the forestry sector, as well as for long-term planning by the forestry industry, the regions and the Member States; stresses the need for better coordination of European and national research programmes in the above fields; calls on the Commission to examine the possibility of setting up a reference website with digital mapping of forest areas and their authorised uses, NATURA areas and rare ecosystems, in order to provide government services, citizens and companies with better information;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the need for enhanced coordination and information efforts within the EU and between the EU and the Member States, and takes the view that this could be achieved in part if the Commission were to bring all of its forestry-related activities together within one single unit, preferably within DG Enterprise or DG Agriculture.;