12 Amendments of Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES related to 2010/2100(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that the European Union should ensure maximum consistency between its cooperation and development policies and its trade policies, taking account of the needs and concerns both of the Member States and of the developing countries;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls that following the 2008 financial crisis, international donors have cut their financial transfers to developing countries by some 30%, and that the local governments obstinately continue not to allocate the scanty financial resources at their disposal to supporting local agriculture;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that the European Union should take steps to restore world food stocks, which after reaching record lows in 2007, have contributed to speculation which has been affecting the prices of agricultural products at world level, with alarming effects on developing countries;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that a substantial part of EU financial aid, under regional and trade agreements or other cooperation instruments, should be devoted to agriculture, so as to encourage the development of local agriculture and vocational training for small farmers, and to guarantee access to production resources (know-how, loans, infrastructures);
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that in the context of the UN Climate Change Fund negotiations the EU should push to ensure that a substantial part of the monies allocated to developing countries is effectively used to reinforce local agricultural policies, with due regard for social sustainability and environmental concerns;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Urges the Commission to formalise sustainability criteria for all non-food products, such as bio-fuels, in the European directives on this issue scheduled for 2012, so as to prevent social and environmental dumping in the developing countries;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Believes that carbon-capture projects related to biomass (agriculture and forestry) should be financed by means of environmental funds managed by international organisations such as the UNFCCC, and not by the conventional carbon market, where purely commercial interests prevail, given the risk of not being able to guarantee protection of local forests and of good agricultural practice, which could genuinely secure food sovereignty for local communities;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Calls on the Commission to coordinate its 2020 energy strategy – specifically the goal of a 10% biofuel content in all fuels – and the food and environmental sovereignty concerns of the developing countries, which are potential producers and exporters of raw materials for the European biofuel market;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that the land should be accessible to all and that it is necessary to protect the land rights of small farmers in order to avoid a new agricultural colonialism in the form ofand the access of local communities to natural resources, and to avoid land takeovers, as iswhich are now happening to an alarming extent in certain regions of the world, especially Africa;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Believes that the Commission should design its development and cooperation policies in such a way as to guarantee protection for farmers in developing countries vis-à-vis negative externalities stemming from intellectual property rights, which sometimes make it impossible for local farmers freely to use, exchange and preserve local seed;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Believes that the Commission should support protein crops in the European Union so as to give the Union greater autonomy, thus contributing to the diversification of agriculture in the developing countries, which often have agricultural policies operating purely on the basis of exports and access to external markets, to the detriment of the wellbeing and needs of local communities;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that it is crucial to involve local agricultural organisations in the different stages of implementing an agricultural policy in the developing countries, and that the European Union should therefore strive to strengthen local associations, so as to ensure that the interests of local communities are protected;