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4 Amendments of Julie GIRLING related to 2014/2223(INI)

Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that it is appropriate to make forest conservation and management incentives part of the strategy, and welcomes the Commission communication on a new European forest strategy, bearing in mind that – with due regard to the subsidiarity principle – there is a need for a comprehensive and consistent joint strategy to prevent and manage forest disasters;deleted
2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on Member States to consider including environmental services payments for ecosystem services as forest management incentives; points out that sustainable forest management has a positive impact on fire prevention, biodiversity and conservation, and is crucial for economic development, especially in rural areas and remote regions;
2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that, particularly in the Mediterranean region, forest fires occur on a regular basis, and are both a cause and a consequence of climate change; points out that storms, and forest fires and pests, are natural disasters that can be mitigated using forestry techniques and that, alongside improved forest management, there is a need to promote specific action such as the introduction of grazing or the establishment of agro-forestry areas – policies that ought to be recognised in both the first and second pillars (grazing areas and rural development respectively) ofthrough, for example, grazing and agro-forestry practices under the common agricultural policy;
2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that is important that forest management plans do not become an additional bureaucratic burden which impedes the sustainable use of Europe’s forests; with that in mind, calls on Member States to review the implementation of the forest management plans, taking into account the proportionality and ‘think small first’ principles and providing for the use by managers of the responsibility declaration form.deleted
2015/02/02
Committee: ENVI