6 Amendments of Gabriel MATO related to 2020/0157M(NLE)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas Honduras is a lower middle-income country where poverty, inequality, corruption, violence, in particular against human rights and environmental defenders, and impunity remain persistent concerns;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the success of the FLEGT also depends on tackling fraud and corruption throughout the timber supply chain; urges the Government of Honduras to work to stop widespread corruptionprovide incentives in the various stages of the forest value chain so as to increase transparency and reduce the exclusion of the most vulnerable operators (young people and women from indigenous communities, people of African descent and small farmers); also urges the Government of Honduras to work to stop widespread corruption, by implementing more effective transparency and accountability policies, and address other factors fuelling illegal logging and forest degradation, with particular regard to customs and other authorities that will play a pivotal role in the implementation and enforcement of the VPA; stresses the need to end impunity in the forest sector by ensuring that infractions are prosecuted;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is aware of the fact that the crucial land tenure rights in Honduras need future clarification and that concrete safeguards for local and indigenous communities on land tenure are needed; calls on the Government of Honduras to allocate more resources and to strengthen the coordination of the public institutions involved in order to make more significant progress in the forest land regularisation process;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Underlines that VPAs provide an important legal framework for both the EU and its partner countries, made possible with the good cooperation and engagement by the countries concerned; stresses therefore that new VPAs with additional partners should be promoted;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16 b. Recognises that the VPA with Honduras as well as those with other countries prove that trade agreements can work without threatening the imposition of sanctions, by including different means of control and cooperation;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16 c. Stresses the importance of forest jobs and rural employment in the economy of Honduras that should be taken into account in the implementation of the agreement; in this respect considers that the Commission and the Honduran authorities should conduct an exhaustive assessment on the impact of the VPA on the workers and small producers of the sector who could be affected by the increased logging controls; asks the Commission to promote and support programmes for the reconversion of those workers and producers into other activities;