2008/2210(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. Whereas the target to halt the loss of biodiversity by 2010 will not be achieved and the negative social and economic impact of biodiversity loss and declining ecosystem services are already being felt,

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to develop an EU wilderness strategy complementary to other existing instruments;

Amendment 11 #

Marios MATSAKIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop wilderness areas; stresses the need to provide special funding for reducing fragmentation, careful management of re-wilding areas, development of compensation mechanisms and programmes, raising awareness, building understanding~~, tourism packages, measuring and improv~~ and introducing wilderness-related concepts such as the role of free natural processes and structural elements resulting from such processes into the monitoring man~~agement effectivenes~~d measurement of favourable conservation status;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop wilderness areas; stresses the need to provide special funding for reducing fragmentation, careful management of re-wilding areas, development of compensation mechanisms and programmes, raising awareness, building understanding, tourism packages, measuring and improving management effectiveness; considers that the work should be carried out in cooperation with the local population and other stakeholders;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission and Member States to co-operate with local non- governmental organisations, stakeholders and the local population to promote the value of wilderness;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Member States to launch and support information campaigns to raise awareness among the general public about wilderness and its significance and to cultivate perception that biodiversity protection can be compatible with economic growth and jobs;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Calls on the Member States to launch and support information campaigns to raise awareness among the general public about wilderness and its significance and the potential for large scale restoration;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Member States to exchange their experiences of best practice about wilderness areas; by bringing together key European experts to examine the concept of wilderness in the European Union and place wilderness on the European agenda;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Member States to exchange their experiences, best practices and lessons learned about wilderness areas;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

~~9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support and promote sustainable tourism in wilderness areas;~~deleted

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission to define ~~wilderness;~~untouched areas; (the amendment applies to the entire report)

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

~~9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support and promote sustainable tourism in wilderness areas;~~deleted

Amendment 21 #

Marios MATSAKIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

~~9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support and promote sustainable tourism in wilderness areas;~~deleted

Amendment 22 #

Gyula HEGYI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support and promote sustainable tourism in wilderness areas and ensure that tourism, even if focusing on introducing visitors to the habitats and wildlife of a wilderness area, is handled with extreme care, making full use of experience gained inside and outside Europe on how to minimise its impact;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support and promote sustainable ~~tourism in~~nature-based tourism opportunities of relevance to the development agenda of the local communities and landholders in the wilderness areagions;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support and promote sustainable tourism in ~~wilderness areas~~and sustainable use of wilderness areas in accordance with the Convention on Biological Diversity;

Amendment 25 #

Marios MATSAKIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. In view of the well-documented damage which tourism has inflicted, and continues to inflict, on many of Europe’s most precious natural heritages, calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that tourism, even if focusing on introducing visitors to the habitats and wildlife of a wilderness area, is handled with extreme care, making full use of experience gained inside and outside Europe on how to minimise its impact, and with reference, where appropriate, to Article 6 Habitats Directive. Models where wilderness areas are for the most part closed to access (outside of permitted scientific research), but where a limited part is opened to sustainable high-quality tourism based on the wilderness experience and economically benefiting local communities, should be considered;

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls on the Commission to detect immediate threats linked to wilderness areas;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Calls on the Commission to develop appropriate recommendations that provide guidance to the Member States of the EU on the best approaches for ensuring the protection of natural habitats;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission and Member States to better protect wilderness areas by implementing the Birds and Habitats Directives ~~and the Water~~, the Water Framework Directive and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive in a more effective and more consistent way, with better financing, to avoid the destruction of these areas by harmful developments;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ~~better~~ protect wilderness areas by implementing the Birds and Habitats Directives and the Water Framework Directive in a more effective and more consistent way, with better financing, to avoid the destruction of these areas by harmful, non-sustainable developments;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission to define wilderness; the definition should address aspects such as ecosystem services, conservation value, climate change, sustainable use;

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Welcomes a review of the Birds and Habitats Directives with a view, where necessary, to adjusting them to provide better protection for threatened species and biotopes;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on the Commission to accept the Wild Europe Initiative, a partnership of several nature conservation organisations including IUCN, IUCN- WCPA, WWF, Birdlife International and PAN Parks, with a strong interest in wild lands or nearly wild areas;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Commission to develop guidelines on how to protect, manage, monitor and finance wilderness areas under the Natura 2000 network, especially with regard to upcoming challenges such as climate change, illegal logging and increasing demand for goods;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with stakeholders, to develop guidelines on how to protect, manage, use sustainably, monitor and finance wilderness areas under the Natura 2000 network;.

Amendment 34 #

Marie Anne ISLER BÉGUIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Expresses deep concerns for European biodiversity policy due to lack of funding for management of the Natura 2000 network; in this context, calls on the Commission to prepare, as foreseen in the Habitats Directive, Community co- funding for the management of sites in Member States;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to give a special role ~~and stricter protection~~ for wilderness zones in the Natura 2000 network;

Amendment 36 #

Marie Anne ISLER BÉGUIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Considers that rural development policy and the integration of environmental protection into the EU agricultural sector must be reinforced; judges, however, the Rural Development Fund insufficient to finance biodiversity and wilderness conservation in terms of resources and its programming and expertise;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the Natura 2000 network will be strengthened further to become a coherent and functioning ecological network in which wilderness areas have a central place; stresses the need for coherent policies in sectors such as common agricultural policy, transport, energy, budget in order not to undermine the conservation objectives of Natura 2000;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

Wilderness and climate change 15a. Calls on the Commission to monitor and assess the impact of climate change on wilderness;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to set wilderness conservation as a priority in their strategy to address climate change;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission to mandate the EEA and other relevant European bodies to map Europe's last wilderness areas, in order to ascertain the current distribution ~~and cover of still-untouched areas~~, level of biodiversity of different areas and cover of still-untouched areas as well as areas where human activities are minimal (divided into major habitats types: forest, freshwater and marine wilderness areas);

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)

15c. Calls on the Commission, in the context of climate change, to undertake research and provide guidance as to when and how human intervention can manage wilderness in order to preserve it;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission to undertake a study on the value and benefits of wilderness protection; the study should particularly address the issues of ecosystem services and the level of biodiversity of wilderness areas;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission to undertake a study on the value and benefits of wilderness protection; for example biodiversity opportunities, climate change adaptation, facilitation of ecosystem services and sustainable nature tourism;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

Coordination of existing tools and legislation 3a. Calls for a better coordination of existing tools and practical implementation of legislation to safeguard biodiversity through the protection and conservation of wild European fauna and flora;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to develop an EU wilderness strategy, coherent with the Birds and Habitats Directives, using an ecosystem approach, identifying threatened species and biotopes, and setting priorities;

Amendment 9 #