Activities of Julie GIRLING related to 2011/2307(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Our life insurance, our natural capital: an EU biodiversity strategy to 2020 (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on our life insurance, our natural capital: an EU biodiversity strategy to 2020 PDF (336 KB) DOC (253 KB)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on our life insurance, our natural capital: an EU biodiversity strategy to 2020
Amendments (23)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the new EU biodiversity strategy andhowever notes with concern the Commission recommendations for CAP reform, including clearly formulated measures under both the first and second pillars seeking to and stresses that greening measures will be most effective when tailored to local ecosystems and environments; Calls therefore for the strengthening of biodiversity measures within the rural development pillar of the CAP which are far more likely to effectively conserve and improve biodiversity;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes and supports the EU biodiversity strategy to 2020, including its targets and actions; considers, nevertheless, that some actions should be strengthenedwill not be achieved without further review and development underpinned by a common implementation framework;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the urgent need for action, and the need to give higher political priority to biodiversity in order to meet the EU's 2020 headline target for biodiversity and global biodiversity commitments; emphasises that, with adequate resources and political will, the tools exist to halt the loss of biodiversity;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to support initiatives by European citizens to protect biodiversity and encourage their participation through the introduction of a civilian biodiversity and environmental volunteering scheme to identify basis procedures and good practices which could be subsequently applied at European levelin its preservation;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers it necessary to raise public awareness of the challenge for biodiversity towards 2020, particularly the part played by the Agricultural Sector in protecting their ecosystems.
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises the need to halt the deterioration in the status of all species and habitats covered by EU nature conservation legislation and achieve a significant and measurablen improvement in their status; stresses that this should take the form of an improvement in at least one of the parameters for conservation status defined in Article 1 of the Habitats Directive, without any deterioration in the other parameters;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges Member States to ensure that the process of designating Natura 2000 sites is finalisedlargely complete by 2012; deplores greatly the delay in designating marine sites;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure adequate funding for the Natura 2000 sites; in particular, calls on Member States to develop binding national instruments through which they define priority conservation measures and the related planned source of financing (both from EU funds and Member States' own budgets);
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes the requirement under the CBD to restore 15 % of degraded ecosystems by 2020; considers, however, that this is a minimum and that the EU should have its own, more ambitious target and long-term vision; calls, therefore, on the EU to set the restoration of 30 % of degraded ecosystems as its target for 2020, and urges the Commission to define clearly what is meant by ‘degraded ecosystems’ and to set a baseline against which progress can be measured;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges the Commission to develop as a matter of high priority the ‘No Net Loss’ initiative, drawing also onn effective regulatory framework based upon the ‘No Net Loss’ initiative, that takes into account the existing experience of Member States; whilst utilising the standards which form part of the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalling that over half of Europe's territory is managed by farmers and that funding for the common agricultural policy (CAP) represents the largest single part of the EU budget, stresses that the CAP iplays an absolutely crucial tool for biodiversity; calls, therefore, for a strong reorientation of the CAP towards the delivery of public goodintegral part in delivering biodiversity objectives;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for a strengthening of Pillar II in all Member States and for drasticfurther improvements to the environmental focus of that pillar and the effectiveness of its agro-environmental measures, including through minimum mandatory spending on environmental measures;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Urges the Commission to come forward in 2012 with a legislative proposal which takes a holistic approach to the problem of invasive alien specieplant and animal species recognising the significant risk of import trade and ownership of alien species both domestically and in zoos;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Commission to note existing national strategies and action plans, and ensure that island habitats receive proportionate consideration in the upcoming Invasive Alien Species Regulation;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Emphasises the importance of mobilising both EU and national financial support from all possible sources and developing innovative financial mechanisms to ensure an adequate level of support for biodiversityparticularly habitat banking in conjunction with offsetting;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses the imperative need to ensure that the next Multiannual Financial Framework (2014-2020) supports the achievement of the six targets set out in the Biodiversity Strategy; emphasises the necessity to focus on corporate social responsibility projects towards biodiversity;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. With a view to ensuring adequate financing of the Natura 2000 network, calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that at least €5.8 billion per year is provided through EU and Member State funding; calls, further, on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that adequate funding is made available through the CAP funds, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, the cohesion funds and the LIFE+ fund; stresses the need for involvement of the European Investment Bank (EIB) in developing innovative financial instruments;