2015/2109(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Alain CADEC, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Francisco José MILLÁN MON, Gabriel MATO, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5

– having regard to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and to the Aichi Biodiversity Targets adopted by the parties to the CBD, in particular Targets 6, 10 and 11,

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas ~~an estimated 64 % of the sea, notably the~~not all high seas and the deep seabed~~, are~~ areas ~~beyond the national jurisdiction of states and~~ are governed by international law;

Amendment 100 #

Alain CADEC, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Francisco José MILLÁN MON, Gabriel MATO, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Urges the Commission to support and promote the establishment of~~Stresses that connected, coherent and representative networks of MPAs as networks are ~~essential~~good tools for ensuring ecological and biological connectivity;

Amendment 101 #

Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Nicola CAPUTO, Renata BRIANO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to support and promote ~~the establish~~, within the context of the new international agreement under UNCLOS, the development of an institutional mechanism for the designation and management of connected, coherent and representative networks of MPAs and reserves, as networks are essential for ensuring ecological and biological connectivity;

Amendment 102 #

Nicola CAPUTO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Commission to process a set of comprehensive data on marine biodiversity in Europe's regional seas; takes the view that it is a necessary challenge to collect that data, given that 80% of species and habitats covered by the Marine Strategy Framework Directive are classified as unknown;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Urges the Commission to promote the inclusion, in the new legally binding instrument, of mechanisms for the creation and effective implementation of networks of MPAs, including through coordination of all relevant stakeholders, and the necessary provisions concerning monitoring and enforcement;

Amendment 104 #

Arne GERICKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls for the EU to take a leading role in combating plastic marine litter and for the relevant research to be funded under the Blue Economy;

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses that this new international agreement should secure a level playing field among all stakeholders; considers that the new international agreement should, moreover, address the specific needs of developing countries, in particular small island states, in terms of capacity-building with a view to achieving the goals of the international community concerning MPAs, amongst other things;

Amendment 106 #

Alain CADEC, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Francisco José MILLÁN MON, Gabriel MATO, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Urges the Commission to promote enhanced cooperation, coordination, transparency and accountability between all ~~secto~~concerned stakeholders, including between the new instruments negotiated, the existing UNFSA and FAO instruments, RFMOs and othe ~~RFMOs;~~ r sectoral bodies such as, inter alia, the International Seabed Authority and the International Maritime Organisation;

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the UN to create additional rules that could indirectly help protect biodiversity on the high seas, such as the establishment of global management tools, i.e. a centralised instrument for vessel registration;deleted

Amendment 108 #

Ian DUNCAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the UN to ~~create additional~~work with member states to implement more effectively existing rules that could indirectly help protect biodiversity on the high seas~~, such as the establishment of global management tools, i.e. a centralised instrument for vessel registration;~~.

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the UN to apply existing legislation or to create additional rules that could indirectly help protect biodiversity on the high seas and improve social, safety and monitoring conditions, such as the establishment of global management tools, i.e. a centralised instrument for vessel registration;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the ocean plays an integral role in many of the Earth's systems including climate and weather and is the place where a wide range of human activities are developed as fishing, energy, transport, trade;

Amendment 110 #

Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Ole CHRISTENSEN, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabelle THOMAS, Renata BRIANO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Stresses that the impacts of fisheries on marine biodiversity in ABNJ will need to be part of the RFMOs mandate;

Amendment 113 #

Miroslav POCHE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Stresses the importance that new activities for the exploitation of marine resources be anticipated in the required environmental impact assessment, ecosystem-based approach with a solid scientific basis and that these activities are accompanied by detailed environmental monitoring taking sustainability into account.

Amendment 114 #

Alain CADEC, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Francisco José MILLÁN MON, Gabriel MATO, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

~~11.~~ Stresses the importance that new activities for the exploitation of marine resources be anticipated in the required environmental and socio-economic impact assessments with a solid scientific basis and that these activities are accompanied by detailed environmental, economic and social monitoring.

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Stresses the importance that new activities for the exploitation of marine resources other than fisheries be anticipated in the required ~~environmental~~ impact assessments with a solid scientific basis and that these activities are accompanied by detailed environmental, social and economical monitoring.

Amendment 116 #

Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Nicola CAPUTO, Renata BRIANO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Stress~~Urges the imCommission and Member States to support anced promote, within the context of thate new ~~activities~~international agreement under UNCLOS, the development of an institutional mechanism for the ~~exploi~~implementation of ~~marine resources be anticipated in the required environmental impact assessment~~prior Environmental Impact Assessment for activities with a potential significant impact on the marine environment, as required under UNCLOS Article 206, including for the exploitation of marine resources, with a solid scientific basis and that these activities are accompanied by detailed environmental monitoring.

Amendment 117 #

Alain CADEC, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Francisco José MILLÁN MON, Gabriel MATO, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on the Commission, in the context of the new international agreement, to push for recognition of environmental damage at sea and identification of the chain of responsibility for such damage.

Amendment 118 #

11a. Urges the Commission to call upon States that have not done so to ratify or accede to the UNCLOS.

Amendment 119 #

Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Nicola CAPUTO, Renata BRIANO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Instructs its President to forward Parliament's position to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and to the preparatory committee responsible for drafting the text of the future international agreement.

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas less than 1 % of areas beyond national jurisdiction is protected through the establishment of marine protected areas, whereas in the vast majority of ocean regions there is no management framework in place with the legal mandate to establish marine protected areas.

Amendment 13 #

Alain CADEC, Francisco José MILLÁN MON, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Gabriel MATO, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the preservation of marine biological diversity should be ~~considered as being part of the common natural heritage of mankind, and its preservation and conservation a common concern of all humankind and should be treated as such;~~a common objective of all humankind in order to guarantee the marine environmental balance and avoid new risks for food security

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas ~~marine biological diversity should be considered as being part of the common natural heritage of mankind, and its preservation and conservation~~the preservation and conservation of marine biological diversity is a common concern of all humankind and should be treated as such;

Amendment 15 #

Nicola CAPUTO

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the maintenance of healthy marine habitats and sustainable fish stocks is essential for the long-term sustainability of fisheries;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas protected ecosystems covered, in 2014, 15.2 % cent of land and only 8.4 % of marine areas worldwide;

Amendment 17 #

Nicola CAPUTO

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas climate change and acidification are exacerbating the negative impact of over-exploitation, pollution, marine litter and the destruction of marine habitats and ecosystems;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas a prerequisite for maritime development and its potential for blue growth is development of the knowledge of marine species and the marine environment, its bathymetry and the mapping of vulnerable marine ecosystems;

Amendment 19 #

Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabelle THOMAS, Renata BRIANO

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas conservation of marine biodiversity and its sustainable use are directly connected to long-term sustainable development and therefore have a social, economic and environmental relevance for all countries and territories;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

– having regard to the CBD process for the description of EBSAs, which has already led to the description of 204 areas that meet the criteria, many of which are located in ABNJ,

Amendment 20 #

Alain CADEC, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Francisco José MILLÁN MON, Gabriel MATO, Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the seas and oceans have a potential that is still largely untapped, in particular with regard to renewable energy and pharmaceutical products;

Amendment 21 #

E. whereas the existing legal framework, developed more than 30 years ago, based on the doctrine of the freedom of the high seas, is no longer up to date as far as the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond jurisdiction is concerned;deleted

Amendment 22 #

Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Nicola CAPUTO, Renata BRIANO

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the existing relevant legal framework for areas beyond national jurisdiction, developed more than 30 years ago, based on the doctrine of the freedom of the high seas, is no longer up to date as far as the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond jurisdiction is concerned;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the existing legal framework, developed more than 30 years ago, based on the doctrine of the freedom of the high seas, ~~is no longer up to date as far as~~requires further elaboration in order to successfully promote the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond jurisdiction ~~is concerned~~;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the number of activities developed in the marine environment has increased in the last decades; whereas we acknowledge the dynamics between the different activities that take place in the high seas and how they affect the marine biodiversity;

Amendment 25 #

Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Nicola CAPUTO, Renata BRIANO

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

Eb. whereas we acknowledge the interactions and cumulative effects of different activities that take place in the high seas and they have impact in marine biodiversity;

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas, in 2011, the Working Group ~~submitted a recommendation package to the UNGA regarding~~recommended that a process be initiated that would identify gaps and ways forward, including the possible development of a multilateral agreement under UNCLOS, and that the process should address, together and as a whole, marine genetic resources, in ~~areas beyond national jurisdiction,~~cluding questions on the sharing of benefits, measures such as area-based management tools, including marine protected areas, environmental impact assessment processes, capacity-building and the transfer of marine technology;

Amendment 27 #

Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabelle THOMAS, Renata BRIANO

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the ~~Working Group’s recommendation package~~Co-chairs summary of the 2011 Working Group’s acknowledged the gap between the scientific process for describing ecologically and biologically significant areas and the actual identification/designation of such areas since no global forum had a formal mandate at present, and existing regional and sectoral forums were facing issues of legitimacy to do so;

Amendment 28 #

Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabelle THOMAS, Renata BRIANO

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas in the ~~2011 recommendation package~~Co-Chairs summary of 2011 Working Group noted there was a general recognition of the limitations and shortcomings of the status quo;

Amendment 29 #

Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabelle THOMAS, Renata BRIANO

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas, in the outcome document from Rio+20, heads of state and government committed to address, on an urgent basis, building on the work of the Working Group, and before the end of the 69th session of the General Assembly, the issue of the conversation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction, including by taking a decision on the development of an international instrument under the Convention on the Law of the Sea;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)

– having regard that EBSAs have been described in the Southern Indian Ocean, Eastern Tropical and Temperate Pacific, North Pacific, South-Eastern Atlantic, Arctic, North-West Atlantic, Mediterranean, Western South Pacific, Wider Caribbean and Western Mid Atlantic, other regions are not yet covered,

Amendment 30 #

Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabelle THOMAS, Renata BRIANO

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas hHeads of sState and gGovernments at Rio+20 in June 2012 committed to address, on an urgent basis, building on the work of the Working Group, the issue of the conversation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction;

Amendment 31 #