3 Amendments of Nuno TEIXEIRA related to 2011/2307(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that infrastructure building and urban, urbanisation and mass industrialisation are the most significant drivers of the fragmentation of ecosystems and habitats; asks local, regional and regnational 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;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises the need to promote green infrastructure and eco-innovation, eco-innovation and the adoption of innovative technologies in order to create a greener economy; urges the Commission, the Member States, and local, regional and regnational authorities to take the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) study recommendations into account, as this study is intended as a useful advisory tool for local and regional policymakers, administrators and managers; underlines the need to train beneficiaries of the Structural and Cohesion Funds and local, regional and regnational governments in dealing with the complex European and national legislation that seeks to protect nature and increase awareness of the importance of biodiversity loss;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Supports 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, whereby particular strategic importance should be attached to the outermost regions, given that they host more native species than the entire mainland of Europe;