1 Amendments of Giancarlo SCOTTÀ related to 2011/0402(CNS)
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Part III – point 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.2
Annex I – Part III – point 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.2
Agriculture and forestry are unique systems delivering commercial products but also wider societal public goods (including cultural and recreational value) and important ecological services such as functional and in-situ biodiversity, pollination, water regulation, landscape preservation, erosion reduction and carbon sequestration / GHG mitigation. Research activities will support the provisions of these public goods and services, through the delivery of management solutions, decision-support tools and the assessment of their non- market value. Specific issues to be dealt with include the identification of farming/forest/cultivation systems and landscape patterns likely to achieve these goals. Shifts inDeveloping the countryside through the active management of agricultural systems - including the use of technologies and change of practices - will increase GHG mitigation and the adaptive capacity of the agriculture sector to the adverse effects of climate change.