Activities of Michail TREMOPOULOS related to 2011/2307(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on our life insurance, our natural capital: an EU biodiversity strategy to 2020
Amendments (4)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that infrastructure building and urbanisation are the most significant drivers of the fragmentation of ecosystems and habitats; asks local and regional governments to consider this threat to ecosystems and habitats in their planning and development projects on both a large and a small scale; supports further reform and use of regional and local development policies to deliver biodiversity benefits and to halt further loss of habitats, also in times of economic and financial crisis;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for better policy coherence and climate and environmental proofing in the EU's funding instruments, particularly the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund, in order to deliver the Biodiversity 2020 and EU 2020 objectives; considers, therefore, appropriate allocation of funding inevitable;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the Commission proposal to invest in the protection and restoration of biodiversity under the Cohesion Fund in the funding period 2014-2020; recommends also considering the potential of Natura 2000 for local economies and labour markets;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Supports strengthening the use of Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs), Sustainability Impact Assessments (SIAs), Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs) and other instruments to take account of biodiversity loss and the effects of climate change in regional and local decision making; points out that all regions will benefit from projects that recognise climate change mitigation and the protection of biodiversity loss, including less developed regions;