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- Results of vote in Parliament 2017/07/06
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading 2017/07/06
- End of procedure in Parliament 2017/07/06
- Debate in Parliament 2017/07/05
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading 2017/06/27
- Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading 2017/06/22
- Committee opinion 2017/06/19
- Committee opinion 2017/05/31
- Committee opinion 2017/05/15
- Amendments tabled in committee 2017/04/25
- Contribution 2017/04/05
Progress: Procedure completed
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | ENVI | DANCE Seb ( S&D) | FARIA José Inácio ( PPE), WIŚNIEWSKA Jadwiga ( ECR), GERBRANDY Gerben-Jan ( ALDE), ECK Stefan ( GUE/NGL), JÁVOR Benedek ( Verts/ALE), EVI Eleonora ( EFDD), D'ORNANO Mireille ( ENF) |
Committee Opinion | AGRI | MÜLLER Ulrike ( ALDE) | Bas BELDER ( ECR), Miguel VIEGAS ( GUE/NGL) |
Committee Opinion | CULT | Stefano MAULLU ( PPE) | |
Committee Opinion | DEVE | NÍ RIADA Liadh ( GUE/NGL) | Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY ( GUE/NGL), Eleni THEOCHAROUS ( ECR), Paavo VÄYRYNEN ( ALDE) |
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The European Parliament adopted by 446 to 57, with 84 abstentions, a resolution on EU action for sustainability.
Parliament recalled that climate change is not an isolated environmental issue but presents one of the greatest challenges of our time. It also indicated that the European Union and its Member States are all signatories to the Paris Agreement are committed to keeping global warming clearly below 2° C.
Taking note of the Commission's communication on EU action for sustainability, Parliament recalled that the aim of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda for 2030 is to increase the well-being for all and that the three pillars of sustainable development, namely social, environmental and economic development are essential for achieving the SDGs. In this regard, Members called on the Commission to check the compatibility of all new policies and legislation with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
To achieve this, a series of measures are proposed in a range of areas.
European political vision : Parliament considered that any future vision of Europe must integrate the SDGs as a fundamental principle and that Member States must adopt sustainable economic models for this purpose. The role of the Union in achieving sustainable development should therefore be at the heart of the discussions launched by the Commission's White Paper on the future of Europe ( COM (2017)2025 ). According to Members, the achievement of SDGs is fundamental to the legacy left by Europe to future generations .
Governance : the Commission is called upon to ensure that the multi-stakeholder platform announced in its Communication will become a model of best practice for the planning, implementation, monitoring and revision of the programme by 2030.
Agriculture and food : Parliament is aware that the current industrial agriculture model in the Union will make it impossible to meet SDGs on sustainable agriculture at EU level, reduce pollution and improving soil quality and maintain biodiversity.
In line with the 2030 Agenda, it will no longer be possible to consider food, livelihoods and the management of natural resources separately from each other. Special attention will therefore need to be paid to investments in agriculture (plants, livestock, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture) as tools to combat poverty and hunger in the world .
In the agri-environmental field , Parliament further called for:
the end of 2020 incentives for the use of rapeseed, palm oil or soybean biofuels ; putting in place measures to make food supply resilient to climate shocks and reducing the impact of the agricultural sector on land, water and climate; measures to promote agro-ecological transition , minimising the use of hazardous pesticides that are detrimental to health and the environment and developing measures to protect and support organic and biodynamic agriculture within the scope of the CAP.
Parliament also called on the Commission to examine how the CAP and sustainable farming systems can best contribute to the SDGs in order to guarantee stable, safe and nutritious food as well as protecting and enhancing natural resources while tackling climate change.
Innovation : Parliament stated that the EU should be the global forerunner of the transition to a low-carbon economy and a sustainable production-consumption system. For this reason, it invited the Commission to orient its science, technology and innovation policies towards the SDGs and to present a Communication on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development (STI4SD).
It stressed the need to encourage technology transfer in energy efficiency and clean energy, knowing that 1.2 billion people in the world do not have access to electricity , and more than 2.7 billion people do not have access to clean cooking facilities (especially in sub-Saharan Africa).
Energy : Parliament recalled that the Commission proposal for the 2030 climate and energy framework sets three key targets for 2030: a reduction in GHG emissions of at least 40 %, at least 27 % of EU energy demand to be met with renewables and an improvement in energy efficiency of at least 30 %. It recalled the positions taken by Parliament on these targets and underlined the need to keep these targets under review and to prepare a mid-century zero emissions strategy for the EU, providing a cost-efficient pathway, by taking into account the regional and national specificities within the EU, towards reaching the net zero emissions goals of the Paris Agreement.
Circular economy and waste reduction : Members called on the Commission to ensure that the circular economy delivers a significant drop in the use of virgin materials, a reduction in materials waste, longer lasting products, and the use of manufacturing by-products and excess materials previously considered waste streams.
Biodiversity : Parliament recalled that about 60% of animal species and 77% of protected habitats are in less than optimal condition. The Commission and the Member States are therefore invited to intensify their efforts to fully implement the nature directives and recognising the added value of the ecosystems and biodiversity of the European environment by allocating sufficient resources.
In this regard, Parliament urged the Commission and the Member States to bolster the Natura 2000 ecological network , while stepping up efforts to ensure that a sufficient number of special areas of conservation (SACs) are designated as such in accordance with the Habitats Directive. It called on the EU to promote methods that build soil quality, such as rotations including legumes and livestock.
Decontamination : Parliament urged the Commission to address the issue of environmental decontamination as a matter of priority by proposing harmonised standards against the use and degradation of soil and by presenting the action plan against deforestation as soon as possible. It also called on the Commission to step up efforts as a global player in protecting the important ecology and environment of the Arctic and urged the Commission not to allow any policies which incentivise the exploitation of the Arctic for fossil fuels .
Budgetary resources to meet the challenge of decarbonisation of the economy : Parliament recommended a full integration of climate action across the EU budget to ensure that measures to reduce gas emissions are included in all investment decisions in Europe.
It stressed that efforts to limit global warming are not an obstacle to economic growth and employment, but that decarbonisation of the economy should be seen as a key source of employment for new and sustainable economic growth and employment .
In particular, it called for the post-2020 multi-annual financial framework to shift the EU budget towards the implementation of 2030 agenda for sustainable development, guaranteeing adequate funding for the practical implementation of the SDGs. It also called for enhanced mainstreaming of sustainable development in all funding mechanisms and budget lines .
Parliament also called for the drafting of a report every five years on the EU’s climate legislation .
Migration : Plenary called on the Commission and the Member States to readjust their approach to migration with a view to adopting a migration policy in line with SDG 10 and against discrimination. It reiterated its fears that new policies and financial instruments to address the underlying causes of irregular migration may be implemented to the detriment of development objectives. It called for a greater role for the European Parliament in this regard.
Education and awareness-raising : Parliament stressed that properly resourced public education and training systems, accessible to all, are essential for equality and social inclusion and for meeting the targets set by SDG 4. Parliament noted that persons with disabilities are at very high risk of living in poverty, with inadequate access to basic rights such as education, health and employment.
Parliament called on the Commission and the Member States to develop programmes to increase public awareness of the consequences of consumption levels for human health, the environment, food safety and climate change.
Health : Parliament urged the Commission to continue stepping up action on effective measures to tackle poor air quality , which is responsible for over 430 000 premature deaths in the EU every year and to ensure that new and existing legislation is enforced.
Culture : lastly, Parliament stressed the importance of culture and cultural participation to delivering on the SDG agenda , as well as the role played by culture in external relations and development policy.
The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety adopted the own-initiative report by Seb DANCE (S&D, UK) on EU action for sustainability.
Members recalled that climate change is not an isolated environmental issue but presents one of the greatest challenges of our time. They also indicated that the European Union and its Member States are all signatories to the Paris Agreement are committed to keeping global warming clearly below 2 ° C.
Taking note of the Commission's communication on EU action for sustainability, Members recalled that the aim of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda for 2030 is to increase the well-being for all and that the three pillars of sustainable development, namely social, environmental and economic development are essential for achieving the SDGs. In this regard, they called on the Commission to check the compatibility of all new policies and legislation with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
To achieve this, a series of measures are proposed in a range of areas.
European political vision : Members considered that any future vision of Europe must integrate the SDGs as a fundamental principle and that Member States must adopt sustainable economic models for this purpose. The role of the Union in achieving sustainable development should therefore be at the heart of the discussions launched by the Commission's White Paper on the future of Europe ( COM (2017)2025 ). According to Members, the achievement of SDGs is fundamental to the legacy left by Europe to future generations .
Governance : the Commission is called upon to ensure that the multi-stakeholder platform announced in its Communication will become a model of best practice for the planning, implementation, monitoring and revision of the programme by 2030.
Agriculture and food : Members are aware that the current industrial agriculture model in the Union will make it impossible to meet SDGs on sustainable agriculture at EU level, reduce pollution and improving soil quality and maintain biodiversity.
In line with the 2030 Agenda, it will no longer be possible to consider food, livelihoods and the management of natural resources separately from each other. Special attention will therefore need to be paid to investments in agriculture (plants, livestock, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture) as tools to combat poverty and hunger in the world .
In the agri-environmental field , Members further called for:
the end of 2020 incentives for the use of rapeseed, palm oil or soybean biofuels ; putting in place measures to make food supply resilient to climate shocks and reducing the impact of the agricultural sector on land, water and climate; reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to shift from the current area-based payments towards a results-based system that supports farmers in the transition to a sustainable farming system; measures to promote agro-ecological transition , minimising the use of hazardous pesticides.
As regards meat consumption , Members pointed out that consumption of red meat and saturated fatty acids in the EU continues to exceed safe nutritional values and that reduced consumption of animal products generates less greenhouse gas and nitrogen emissions. A reduction in the production and consumption of meat in the Union would thus contribute to reaching the SDGs.
Innovation : Members stated that the EU should be the global forerunner of the transition to a low-carbon economy and a sustainable production-consumption system. For this reason, they invited the Commission to orient its science, technology and innovation policies towards the SDGs and to present a Communication on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development (STI4SD).
They stressed the need to encourage technology transfer in energy efficiency and clean energy, knowing that 1.2 billion people in the world do not have access to electricity , and more than 2.7 billion people do not have access to clean cooking facilities (especially in sub-Saharan Africa).
Circular economy and waste reduction : Members called on the Commission to ensure that the circular economy delivers a significant drop in the use of virgin materials, a reduction in materials waste, longer lasting products, and the use of manufacturing by-products and excess materials previously considered waste streams.
Biodiversity : Members recalled that about 60% of animal species and 77% of protected habitats are in less than optimal condition. The Commission and the Member States are therefore invited to intensify their efforts to fully implement the nature directives.
Decontamination : Members urged the Commission to address the issue of environmental decontamination as a matter of priority by proposing harmonised standards against the use and degradation of soil and by presenting the action plan against deforestation as soon as possible.
Budgetary resources to meet the challenge of decarbonisation of the economy : Members recommended a full integration of climate action across the EU budget to ensure that measures to reduce gas emissions are included in all investment decisions in Europe.
They stressed that efforts to limit global warming are not an obstacle to economic growth and employment, but that decarbonisation of the economy should be seen as a key source of employment for new and sustainable economic growth and employment .
In particular, they called for the post-2020 multi-annual financial framework to shift the EU budget towards the implementation of 2030 agenda for sustainable development, guaranteeing adequate funding for the practical implementation of the SDGs. They also called for enhanced mainstreaming of sustainable development in all funding mechanisms and budget lines .
Education and training : Members stressed the crucial role of education and training on setting society on the path to sustainable development. They therefore encouraged Member States to step up their efforts to implement education for sustainable development at all levels and in all forms of education and training . Similarly, they called for sustainability and ecological citizenship education to be mainstreamed across disciplines, in particular entrepreneurship education.
Culture : Members stressed the need to make culture an integral part of the Commission's work on sustainability . To this end, they called on the Commission to recognise that culture is one of the main drivers influencing behaviour change and the creation of environmentally-friendly attitudes, consumption patterns and sustainability-driven values.
PURPOSE: to present a strategic approach to achieving sustainable development in Europe and the world.
BACKGROUND: world leaders adopted at the 70th UN General Assembly on 25 September 2015 a new global sustainable development framework: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development having at its core the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In the same year, the Paris Climate Agreement (COP21), the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, as an integral part of the 2030 Agenda, and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction were also adopted.
The global 2030 Agenda has now become the world's blueprint for global sustainable development . It represents a commitment to eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development by 2030 worldwide. Its aim is to eradicate poverty, strengthen peace and security.
The 17 SDGs are global in nature, universally applicable and interlinked. All countries, developed and developing alike, have a shared responsibility to achieve the SDGs. The 17 SDGs provide qualitative and quantitative objectives for the next 15 years.
The EU is fully committed to be a frontrunner in implementing the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs, together with its Member States, in line with the principle of subsidiarity. The 2030 Agenda will further catalyse a joined-up approach between the EU's external action and its other policies and coherence across EU financing instruments.
CONTENT: the EU's answer to the 2030 Agenda will include two work streams. The first work stream, presented in this Communication, is to fully integrate the SDGs in the European policy framework and current Commission priorities, assessing where we stand and identifying the most relevant sustainability concerns.
The communication sets out the most relevant synergies between the SDGs and the ten priorities :
the number one priority since the start of this Commission has been to boost jobs, growth and investment : investments in quality education and training and among young people are essential to ensure sustainable and inclusive growth. The investment plan for Europe aims to mobilise EUR 500 billion of additional investment in the real economy through the European Strategic Investment Fund (EFSI) by 2020. The circular economy encourages sustainable consumption and production patterns. The common agricultural policy can play an important role as it is intrinsically linked to issues such as jobs, food, air, climate change, water, soil and biodiversity; the Energy Union's objective is to ensure affordable, secure and sustainable energy for businesses and households. As a follow-up to the 2015 Paris Agreement, the EU will take measures to reduce emissions, strengthen climate change adaptation and disaster risk management, but also on enabling factors that accelerate public and private investment; an innovative approach, which is linked to several SDGs, is adopted to ensure sustainable financing . The Capital Markets Union sets out concrete initiatives for example on green bonds, promotion of long-term investments or the prudential aspects linked to the regulation of banks; the issue of inclusive and sustainable growth, employment and decent work is more topical than ever for Europe. The European Pillar of Social Rights aims at putting social fairness at the heart of EU policies. Furthermore, EU action on social and corporate responsibility encourages the private sector to contribute to the achievement of social and environmental objectives; the EU is making continuous efforts in the area of justice and fundamental rights based on mutual trust which includes continued policy efforts on justice and gender equality ; in the context of the refugee crisis , work towards a new policy on migration is needed. A new comprehensive migration policy is needed, promoting regular channels and tackling irregular migration flows, thereby saving lives, preserving human dignity. The European agenda on migration and its follow-up actions, including the new partnership framework with third countries, provide such a comprehensive approach grounded in the respect of fundamental rights, trust, solidarity and mutual accountability; the vision of the 2030 Agenda is fully consistent with the objectives of EU external action : the global strategy on foreign and security policy for the European Union stresses the need for an integrated EU approach to increase the EU’s impact in responding to and preventing violent conflicts and crises as well as of improving coherence between the EU and its Member States. The EU advocates a rights-based approach to development cooperation , whose implementation is critical in delivering on the SDGs. Lastly, the EU's humanitarian assistance plays an important role in the provision of lifesaving assistance.
The Commission is fully committed to the delivery of the 2030 Agenda through the following key actions and governance elements:
ensure that existing and new policies should take into account the three pillars of sustainable development , i.e. social, environmental and economic concerns through the use of its better regulation tools; take implementation of the 2030 Agenda forward with the Council and the European Parliament as the co-legislators and budgetary authority of the EU; launch a multi - stakeholder Platform with a role in the follow-up and exchange of best practices on SDG implementation across sectors; provide regular reporting of the EU's progress towards the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2017)619
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0315/2017
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A8-0239/2017
- Committee opinion: PE602.902
- Committee opinion: PE600.908
- Committee opinion: PE601.004
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE603.114
- Contribution: COM(2016)0739
- Contribution: COM(2016)0739
- Committee draft report: PE601.046
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2016)0739
- Non-legislative basic document published: EUR-Lex
- Committee draft report: PE601.046
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE603.114
- Committee opinion: PE601.004
- Committee opinion: PE600.908
- Committee opinion: PE602.902
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2017)619
- Contribution: COM(2016)0739
- Contribution: COM(2016)0739
Activities
- José Inácio FARIA
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- Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ
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- Nicola CAPUTO
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- David COBURN
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- Stefan ECK
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- Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET
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- Andrzej GRZYB
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- Benedek JÁVOR
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- Karin KADENBACH
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- Arne LIETZ
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- Linda McAVAN
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- Notis MARIAS
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- Gesine MEISSNER
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- Liadh NÍ RIADA
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Amendments | Dossier |
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2017/2009(INI)
2017/03/29
AGRI
153 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 (new) –1. Whereas the EU and its Member States are all signatories to the Paris agreement. As such, they are committed to limiting global warming to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels.
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the 2030 Agenda and its sustainability goals, which are not only environmental but also social and economic in nature; stresses that, although the EU farming industry is already making a valuable contribution to sustainability, through the Common Agricultural Policy and stringent environmental requirements, it still needs to adapt better to the many challenges facing it;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that, by using agricultural waste and manure e.g. in biogas plants, bio refineries and the production of fertilisers, the bioeconomy can help to reduce the environmental impact of farming, in the form of emissions of greenhouse gases and pollutants into the air, soil and bodies of water, and can also contribute to the more
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that, by using agricultural waste, the bioeconomy
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that, by using agricultural waste, the bioeconomy can help to reduce the environmental impact
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6а. Highlights the role of traditional knowledge and foodstuffs, especially in outermost, mountain and disadvantaged areas of the EU; stresses in this connection the role of European quality schemes (PDO/PGI/TSG) in offering and maintaining livelihoods in those areas, which is in line with SDG 12; recognises that these schemes are more widely- known only in some Member States; calls for awareness to be raised across the Union on the advantages of these schemes and markings;
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Underlines the importance of by- products of the biofuel production as a regional source of protein animal feed, of which in 2012-2013 around 70 % had to be imported from outside of the EU1a ; __________________ 1ahttps://polcms.secure.europarl.europa.e u/cmsdata/103924/Schaefer_BCEPHeari ng.pdf
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Notes that a way to improve the added value and income of agricultural holdings is to exploit by-products and waste; highlights, in this regard, the key role of bioindustries which, by recovering waste from livestock farms and agro- industrial activities, provide new sources of income and create jobs in the agricultural sector;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Notes that women working in farming in developing countries could increase farm yields by 20-30% if they had the same access to resources as men; stresses that this level of yield could reduce the number of people who go hungry around the world by 12-17%;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Notes that the large amount of agricultural waste produced each year in the EU is a real problem for farmers, who have to be able to dispose of it; points out, in this regard, that converting agricultural waste into biogas is one of the most effective ways of treating agricultural waste; calls on the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to invest in this technology;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Observes that genetically modified crops present risks to the environment, increase concentration within the seed market and, because of the extension of patent protection, render farmers dependent; stresses that essential properties of resistant crops are found primarily in traditional varieties; notes that genetically modified seed is therefore not compatible with sustainable farming;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Calls on the Commission to take steps to develop objectively measurable economic, ecological and social criteria for European farming, on the basis of current model projects such as the Response-Inducing Sustainability Evaluation (RISE) method;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses the crucial contribution of the European agriculture sector to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture (SDG 2) by ensuring the daily production of safe and nutritious food and by sharing knowledge and key solutions for development;
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses the contribution that the livestock sector makes to
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses the contribution that the livestock sector makes to
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses the contribution that the livestock sector makes to the EU economy
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses the contribution that the livestock sector will be able to make
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses the contribution that the livestock sector makes to the EU economy, and notes
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses the contribution that the livestock sector makes to the EU economy, and notes its potential to contribute to a better functioning agricultural ecosystem and a
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Takes the view that, in future, the CAP should give greater support to agroecology and the forms of sustainable and quality agriculture related thereto, such as organic agriculture, integrated agriculture, conservation agriculture, agroforestry, etc.; considers that with reinvestment in sustainable technologies and the eco-agronomy, these forms of agriculture will make it possible to produce a large amount and better, based on an optimal enhancement of natural cycles and ecosystems, on fewer chemical inputs and more economical production systems;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Draws attention to the potential of active nutrient cycle management in the livestock sector to reduce the environmental impact of CO2, ammonia and nitrate emissions;
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7а. Stresses the role played in support of bio-diversity by local varieties and breeds, which are key determiners for the preservation of a healthy environment and maintaining soil health;
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses the need to prevent measures that would have the effect of obstructing access to adequate nutrition and food, in particular measures that prevent people's access to and use of local resources and inputs that guarantee their survival;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Whereas, according to estimates, enough food is already being produced worldwide to feed up to ten billion people, which is the anticipated size of the global population in 2050, and that hunger in the world is primarily due to poverty and inequality, particularly because of inadequate access to land and resources, and less due to a shortage of agricultural products;
Amendment 120 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Notes also the resource waste involved in feeding grain to animals and the trophic losses and inevitable energy inefficiencies involved in rearing animals for food; notes in this context the relative resource-efficiency of reducing meat consumption from current historically high levels and replacing meat with more pulses, whole grains, seeds for more optimal human nutrition with less environmental impact.
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Notes that by maintaining genuinely permanent grassland, pasture- based livestock farming can play its role in mitigating climate change and biodiversity loss;
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Notes that growing leguminous crops in arable rotation can provide a win-win-win situation for farmers, animals, biodiversity and climate needs; and calls on the EU Commission to come forward with a protein plan that includes leguminous crops in rotation;
Amendment 123 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Regards further progress in precision farming, digitalisation, plant and animal breeding and integrated pest management as essential, because increased efficiency will help to reduce the impact of farming on the environment; takes the view, likewise, that successfully implementing Agenda 2030 and achieving its sustainability goals entail a reorientation of the CAP, readjusting supply regulation instruments and safeguarding production rights, together with a substantial shift in the EU’s trade policy in relation to third countries.
Amendment 125 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Regards further progress in precision farming, digitalisation, plant and animal breeding and integrated pest management as essential, because increased efficiency will help to reduce the
Amendment 126 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Regards further progress
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Regards further progress in precision farming, digitalisation, plant and animal breeding and integrated pest management as essential, because increased efficiency will help to reduce the impact of farming on the environment and free up marginal land from food, forestry and bioenergy crop production for environmental uses.
Amendment 128 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Regards further progress in precision farming, digitalisation, plant and animal breeding and integrated pest management as essential
Amendment 129 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Regards further progress in
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Takes the view that, in line with UN SDG 2 (end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture), the main function of agriculture is food production, and the dismantling of production systems that is directly affecting those Member States with weaker production systems has significantly increased their food dependency and jeopardised their food sovereignty;
Amendment 130 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Regards further progress in precision farming, digitalisation, plant
Amendment 131 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Considers it essential to promote research, innovation, extension and training, in order to further gear the development of agriculture and forestry towards sustainability and the resulting technological changes and simultaneously to improve the economic, ecological and social performances of these two sectors;
Amendment 132 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Stresses that innovative and specialised plant protection products, including biological low-risk pesticides, that allow a more pointed application and thus a reduced impact on non-target species contribute to the preservation of biodiversity; therefore calls for continued research and development in that area;
Amendment 133 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8а. Stresses the role of rural areas in opportunities for boosting employment, through the introduction of approaches such as vocational training and dual education in scientific establishments in rural areas aimed at developing young peoples’ practical skills and abilities in the field of agriculture and the environment, which is particularly important for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 134 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Stresses that, in future, agricultural production in the European Union should be geared to forms of production which accord with the sustainability objectives of Agenda 2030, with particular reference to reducing pollution and the use of water, improving soil quality and halting biodiversity loss and deforestation;
Amendment 135 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Considers that, in order to further encourage farming excellence and quality in Europe, it is necessary to continue to focus on innovation and its application in the field in order to optimise production processes, improve the quality of our products, reduce environmental impacts and optimise resources used;
Amendment 136 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Points out that public facilities for the withdrawal of products – such as silos, collective milking barns, slaughterhouses, refrigerated storage, and dryers – have played an important part in guaranteeing small farmers’ incomes and calls for their reactivation;
Amendment 137 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Is convinced that innovation can help to achieve sustainable agriculture in the EU and believes that precision farming technologies are particularly important in order to promote the development of the sector;
Amendment 138 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Highlights the importance of ongoing professional development in new technologies in order to drive efficiency and environmental sustainability; stresses the importance of Member States investing in agricultural advisory services;
Amendment 139 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Notes that farmers are increasingly in debt and need low cost, low tech but equally effective solutions that don't leave them penniless and input dependent.
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Emphasises the unique and complementary relationship between agriculture, the environment and food security, in that regard highlights the role that locally led agri environmental schemes play across the Member States in fostering and enhancing this relationship;
Amendment 140 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Takes the view that the ability of farmers to generate income from their labour is a prerequisite for the sustainability of European agriculture and a guarantee of farmers’ welfare;
Amendment 141 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Is of the opinion that combating food waste is an important aspect of sustainable development to which agriculture has to contribute;
Amendment 142 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Believes it necessary to promote broadband availability and improve transport services in rural areas, so as to contribute to not only the achievement of environmental sustainability objectives but also the promotion of growth in rural areas that is fully sustainable in environmental, economic and social terms.
Amendment 143 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Is convinced that economic development and sustainable production are not mutually exclusive and that innovation can help to achieve both objectives; urges the Commission to ensure that, during the forthcoming reviews and reforms of the relevant legislation, explicit account is taken of innovation;
Amendment 144 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Notes further that low tech applications does not necessarily mean low research or innovation, as many systems especially biological control options require investment in science to discover and make applicable natural plant defence solutions.
Amendment 145 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Calls on the Commission, in view of the numerous challenges facing the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), to conduct a review of the CAP’s sustainability in order to verify the compatibility of European farming with Agenda 2030;
Amendment 146 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 c (new) 8c. Stresses that agriculture still needs to significantly increase its contribution to the EU’s biodiversity strategy for 2020 if, as measured against the EU reference scenario of 2010, a measurable improvement in the conservation status of species and habitats which are dependent on farming or affected by it, and in the ecosystem services provided, is to be achieved, in order to promote more sustainable farming;
Amendment 147 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 c (new) 8c. Calls on the Commission to come forward with an action plan and to set up an expert group in order to work towards a more sustainable integrated plant protection management system; highlights the need for a pest management system that improves the interaction between plant breeding efforts, natural combat systems and pesticide use;
Amendment 148 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 c (new) 8c. Recalls in this context the importance of publically-funded independent, peer-reviewed science that is free from vested interest in pushing certain input dependency models.
Amendment 149 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 d (new) 8d. Recalls that soil is not a sterile substrate, notes further that living systems like soil do not operate as a "black box" - there are synergies, inhibitions and buffering occurring. So precision farming adding precise amounts of N or P may be appropriate on a sterile, dead soil and with a massive capital investment and years of debt to follow, but for the vast majority of farmers, they can get better results for far less money or debt by simply bringing soil back to life via composting, kick-starting nutrient cycling, building topsoil and including leguminous crops in rotation, with equal if not better results in terms of productivity. Notes further that in a living soil all the essential nutrients are liberated, not only N/P/K, resulting in more robust and healthy plant growth which benefits from protection and nutrition from beneficial species.
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Recalls that although it is difficult to consider the EU farming sector in isolation, entwined as it is with global supply chains of inputs, e.g. agricultural commodities that drive deforestation like soya and palm oil, and outputs with global effect such as GHG emissions and toxic pollutants, it is a useful starting point to assess where the EU's impacts can be minimised.
Amendment 150 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 d (new) 8d. Recognises the long-term challenges associated with sustainable agriculture and calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop a long- term investment plan, with continuity of funding, for basic and applied research; calls on the Commission and Member States, furthermore, to invest in training for specialists in sustainable agriculture and to provide the opportunity to consult experts.
Amendment 151 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 e (new) 8e. Calls therefore for a Do No Harm agricultural policy and for policy coherence with development and environmental policy, to ensure that at least natural and social capital is not degraded further.
Amendment 152 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 f (new) 8f. Calls for the SDGs to guide the CAP reform process and the policy direction beyond 2020, and calls for the next MFF to be SDG-compliant.
Amendment 153 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 g (new) Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Notes the constant trend of increased loss of biodiversity driven inter alia by habitat loss, climate change, direct and indirect intoxication, use of genetically uniform seeds and animal breeds; Recalls however that a sufficient level of functional biodiversity is needed in order for agro-ecosystems to function normally to cycle nutrients and water, and ensure pollination and optimal fruiting, balanced predator-pest population dynamics that prevent pest booms, as well as buffering against external shocks such as droughts and floods; Recalls further that decreasing biodiversity levels ultimately makes human survival much more difficult ;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Rejects the idea that more production and growth whatever the cost could be compatible with sustainable development or could serve the purpose of combating the problem of hunger and malnutrition in the world;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Whereas halving food waste at producer level, per capita and at retail and consumer level is a sustainable development goal for 2030 and whereas losses of food along the production and supply chain must be reduced; whereas the EU and its Member States have undertaken to attain these goals;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Whereas intensive agriculture, over-reliant on fossil fuels, irrigation and excessive use of chemicals, is responsible for about 25-30% of all greenhouse gas emissions and results in dangerous dependence of farmers on technologies and products for intensive agriculture; whereas this agricultural model is not conducive to the attainment of sustainability objectives;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the 2030 Agenda and its sustainability goals; stresses that
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Recalls that agro-ecological systems are made up of living elements, that can be harnessed for sustainable and resilient production; notes the detrimental effect of the pesticide and fertiliser industry's business model that locks farmers in to using products that remove functional biodiversity and make the systems more and more input dependent;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Urges the Commission to avoid defining the nutritional dimension of food production in simplistic terms, disregarding the fact that food and nutrition security means (continuing) access to a varied and wholesome diet, in terms of quality, quantity, and variety and must not be reduced purely to calorie intake;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1d. Recalls the role and importance of agriculture in guaranteeing access to varied and healthy diets, in keeping with cultural values; urges that emphasis be placed on growing food with a high nutritional content instead of on crops produced in abundance which have a high calorie content, as opposed to nutritional content (maize, sugar), since this strategy could cause dietary nutrient deficiencies;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1d. Calls for a non-toxic future that achieves sustainable food production by using free ecosystem services and natural processes, ensured by high biodiversity and species abundance in agro- ecosystems that are self-enforcing and self-enriching, so as to achieve autonomous long term fertility and productivity;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1d. Whereas meat consumption, which is rising worldwide, is associated with substantial burdens on the environment and whereas a healthier and more sustainable diet thanks to changing patterns of demand would reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the environmental damage caused by farming;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 e (new) 1e. Considers that in order to fulfil the EU's climate goals in the agriculture sector, actions with beneficial synergies between biodiversity, environmental, and climate goals should be prioritised. Considers that climate change adaptation and mitigation actions should include: management of hedges, buffer strips and trees on agricultural land; agroforestry and mixed use woodland plantings; prevention of tree removal and deforestation; use of cover/catch crops and crop residues on land; carbon and topsoil auditing; improved nitrogen efficiency and biological N fixation1a in rotations and in grass mixes; restoration and preservation of carbon sinks like wetland, peatland, and damaged agricultural lands. Where mitigation actions have potentially harmful environmental trade-offs, for example decreasing functional biodiversity, these should either be safeguarded against or avoided. __________________ 1a Effective mitigation actions are listed in line with table70 of the report "Effective performance of tools for climate action policy". Biological N fixation is included because of its high mitigation potential as well as other benefits, such as reduction of feed import dependency. Low or no tillage are omitted because of their low potential and high risk of increased use of herbicides and fungicides.
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 e (new) 1e. Stresses that, on developing countries’ markets, it is necessary to respect their food sovereignty, defined as ‘the right of people to produce, distribute and consume healthy food in and near their territory in an ecologically sustainable manner’;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 e (new) 1e. Notes that food security should be defined as a guarantee that families have regular and permanent physical and economic access to a basic set of foodstuffs in sufficient quantity and quality to meet their nutritional needs;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 f (new) 1f. Notes that healthy food is defined as a food pattern that meets the biological and social needs of individuals in keeping with the various stages in their lives; notes that this concept considers food practices to have a cultural reference point and attaches value to the consumption of healthy regional food, while always taking into account behavioural and emotional aspects linked to food practices, which are incompatible with the practices of agro- industry, intensive farming and monoculture;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 f (new) 1f. Is of the opinion that small-scale farming and organic, high nature value (HNV) or tree-based agriculture should be promoted as models particularly effective in delivering sustainability in global food production;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the 2030 Agenda and its
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 f (new) 1f. Calls for binding EU pesticide reduction targets and pesticide risk assessment to be based solely on public, peer-reviewed studies or studies commissioned by competent public authorities and funded by applicants.
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 g (new) 1g. Calls on the Commission to encourage more efficient agronomic practices – such as agroecological and diversification approaches – and improved, sustainable, agricultural resource management in the European Union and third countries, in order to reduce the input costs of agricultural production and nutrient wastage, enhance knowledge and innovation transfer, foster resource efficiency, and increase the diversity of crops and sustainability in farming systems;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 h (new) 1h. Stresses that small-scale farming in third countries must be helped to increase yields more, in a sustainable manner; notes that this can only be done by reducing inequality, bringing about gender equality and improving the livelihoods of the poorest people;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 g (new) 1g. Recognises that the proper biological use of food, a process involving the digestion-absorption-metabolism- excretion chain that is necessary for full health and well-being, can be guaranteed only through access to basic public services (health, water and sanitation, housing and social security, among others);
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 h (new) 1h. Draws attention to the fact that guaranteeing and complying with the right to food and nutrition and combating hunger are incompatible with the goal of maximising profits, the abuse of market power and pricing dominance, the occupation of land, poor working conditions and pesticide use;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 i (new) 1i. Stresses that European agriculture wastes large quantities of water and that in many places the resource is under pressure; calls on the Commission, in this context, to draw up a European action plan against water wastage in European farming;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 i (new) 1i. Condemns the imposition by rich countries of agricultural models designed to further the interests of large agro- industry multinationals, as has been occurring with free-trade agreements;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 j (new) 1j. Observes that the strong demand for protein-rich feed in Europe increases land pressure in third countries and results in much deforestation and in concentration of ownership; calls on the Commission, in this connection, to devise sustainability criteria for imports of protein-rich feed;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 k (new) 1k. Observes that European farming is one of the main causes of water pollution due to the run-off and use of plant protection products and fertilisers; calls for the future reform of the Common Agricultural Policy to result in greater support for production methods which are conducive to the availability and sustainable management of water;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 l (new) 1l. Stresses that the future reform of the Common Agricultural Policy must halt the on-going degradation of farmland by diversifying crops and by means of sustainable cultivation methods;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the 2030 Agenda and its sustainability goals; stresses that
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 m (new) 1m. Bearing in mind that, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, 60% more food needs to be produced, observes that this amount should wherever possible be produced in the countries where additional food is needed;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 n (new) 1n. Notes that promoting seed research and the further development of traditional, location-based seed types and promoting diversity of species and varieties directly in the hands of producers, as a public asset, are guarantors of a sustainable agriculture which adapts to climate change;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Points out that the
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Points out that the EU farming
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Points
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Points out that the EU farming industry
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Points out that the EU farming industry provides jobs for millions of people in rural areas, in spite of the major reduction in farmer numbers over the past few years, guarantees food supplies and attracts people to rural areas as a place in which to live
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Points out that the EU rural agro- ecological farming industry provides jobs for millions of people in rural areas, guarantees food supplies and attracts people to rural areas as a place in which to live, work and relax;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Points out that the EU farming industry should provide
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses the need for better implementation of existing CAP instruments to ensure a decent income for the farming community; in this regard, calls on Member States to make full use of the possibility to cap direct payments above 150.000€; to redistribute 30% of direct payments in favour of small farms; to reallocate 15% of first pillar payments to the second pillar; and calls on the European Commission to make these redistributive instruments mandatory;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the 2030 Agenda and its sustainability goals; stresses that
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Welcomes the Commission's commitment to take forward work on simplification of the Common Agricultural Policy and asks the Commission to take duly into account any adequate proposals for further simplification and a goal-oriented approach;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Believes that adequate levels of public investment must be ensured so as to guarantee lasting, sustainable and inclusive solutions;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Takes the view that every farmer should receive a decent income resulting primarily from the sale of his product;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Stresses the need to enter into commitments enabling workers to enjoy social protection and a decent income from their output, guaranteeing a minimum income sufficient to cope with hunger and pay for proper food;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 d (new) 2d. Stresses, in particular, women’s fundamental role as members of family farms, which constitute the main socioeconomic cell of rural areas, in caring for food production, preservation of traditional knowledge and skills, cultural identity and protection of the environment, bearing in mind that women in rural areas are also affected by wage and pension gaps;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 e (new) 2e. Recalls that it is important to guarantee proper public services, notably care for children and the elderly, given that such services are particularly important for women, since they have traditionally played a major role in looking after young and elderly members of the family;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls for
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls for farming to be developed
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls for farming to be developed by focusing on small and medium sized family holdings and exploiting the advantages of local and regional value chains, with more emphasis on peri-urban links and direct sales that has been a successful model in many parts of the EU;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls for farming to be developed by focusing on family holdings
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the 2030 Agenda and its sustainability goals; stresses that
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls for farming to be developed by focusing on family holdings, guaranteeing a fair income for farmers through public supply regulation mechanisms and exploiting the advantages of regional value chains;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls for farming to be developed by
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Points out that various support schemes designed to better take into account farming sustainability were introduced in the first and second pillars of the CAP under the last reforms; notes that these schemes will, in future, have to be continued, simplified and adapted to the reality on the ground by relying more on innovative practices implemented by farmers themselves, sometimes in partnerships, in order to support changes in agricultural development, thus leading to a gradual change in production models;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Points out the important economic contribution that EU schemes such as Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) bring to local areas; recalls Parliament's unanimous support for extending such protection to a wider range of regionally produced goods;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Notes in this regard the significant environmental efforts made in the farming sector over the last few years through the measures envisaged under both the first and the second pillar of the CAP;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Notes that the EU's sustainability agenda is limited by the policy competences currently allocated to it; stresses that a truly coherent and integrated policy framework achieving a locally appropriate balance between the often competing social, environmental and financial aspects of food production, rural development and land use management can only be achieved at Member State level
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Believes that a sustainable future entails ending the subordination of agriculture and food production to the market and competitiveness;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Cautions against further export orientation of EU agriculture and asks for funds for export promotion schemes to be reduced. Notes that exports make EU farmers dependent on instable external markets and puts additional pressure on producers' prices; they also have negative effects on food production in developing countries and on the well-being of live animals transported for long hours without adequate welfare conditions;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Calls for effective implementation of SDG 2.5 on genetic resources, and points out that the most effective way to maintain genetic diversity in agriculture is by using it in situ; notes that adaptation to climate change is dependent upon high genetic variation; notes the increasingly concentrated seed markets and decreased variation per variety; calls on public support for breeding landraces and heterogeneous materials, especially for leguminous crops and certain vegetable and animal species where there is a lack of genetically diverse seeds and materials adapted to the needs of agro-ecological farming; points out further that especially in the global South the fastest and most resource-effective way of breeding seeds to adapt to climate change and make crops more resilient is by allowing farmers to breed their own seeds through participative selection, also maintaining landraces and heterogeneous materials; therefore encourages the role played by farm seed systems and exchanges to empower farmers, and recognises participative breeding as a long tradition of innovation in rural communities;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Considers it necessary to put an end to the extreme bias that currently exists (introduced with a model geared to intensive agriculture based on the trade in farm inputs and seeds), which increases the discrimination suffered by local seed exchange schemes that are a key source and ensure access to these goods for rural communities, particularly for poor farmers;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the 2030 Agenda and its sustainability goals;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Rejects attempts of any kind to patent life, plants and animals, genetic material, or essential biological processes, especially where native strains and species are concerned;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 d (new) 3d. Stresses that a sustainable future for farming and the environment means safeguarding and promoting access to seeds and agricultural inputs for smallholder farmers and marginalised groups, and promoting and safeguarding the exchange of seeds and their public ownership, and sustainable traditional techniques that guarantee the human right to proper food and nutrition;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 e (new) 3e. Underlines the need to counter intensive export models, giving priority to regional and local production and consumption, promoting a different energy-related and environmental rationality, and giving preference to the ownership of land by local communities as an effective way of guaranteeing food quality and security;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 f (new) 3f. Urges that action be taken to promote the effective use of traditional agricultural varieties specific to certain regions, combating the export-led standardisation of agricultural production and intensive models of agriculture that result from current agricultural and trade policies, of which the CAP is an example, and to encourage sustainable small and medium-scale production linked to local and regional markets and consumption;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses the significance of sustainable forest management in Europe, which secures jobs, generates added value and makes a crucial contribution to the
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses the significance of sustainable forest management in Europe, which secures jobs, generates added value and makes a crucial contribution to the achievement of biodiversity, climate and environmental protection targets; stresses the need to integrate the multiple uses of wood, so that the entire resource is developed;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses the significance of sustainable forest management in Europe, which complements family holdings without replacing them and without occupying farmland, secures jobs, generates added value and makes a crucial contribution to the achievement of biodiversity, climate and environmental protection targets;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses the significance of sustainable forest management in Europe based on collective solutions, particularly in countries which have predominantly small-scale ownership, which secures jobs, generates added value and makes a crucial contribution to the achievement of biodiversity, climate and environmental protection targets;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses the significance of sustainable forest management in Europe, which secures jobs, generates added value and makes a crucial contribution to the achievement of biodiversity, climate and environmental protection targets, whilst noting that the EU does not have competency over forests;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses the significance and potential of sustainable forest management in Europe, including the management of their non-wood resources, which secures jobs, generates added value and makes a crucial contribution to the achievement of biodiversity, climate and environmental protection targets;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the 2030 Agenda and its sustainability goals; stresses that, although the EU farming industry is already making a valuable contribution to sustainability, through the Common Agricultural Policy and stringent environmental requirements, it still needs to adapt better to the m
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses the contribution of biodiversity to the objectives of sustainability and conservation in both the Mediterranean forest the dehesa agro-forestry system, inseparably linking the continued existence of extensive holdings with farming and forestry activities, requiring CAP recognition and support;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls for land degradation neutrality, i.e. zero degradation of soil and land, via effective implementation of the SDG 15.3, to protect the soils we have left and to rehabilitate degraded lands to full health and productivity; Notes that this SDG is key to reach the other goals on food and water security, to end poverty and ensure climate action.
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses the important role of the sustainable production and use of timber and other forest-based materials such as cork and wood derivatives including textile fibres for the development of sustainable economic models and the creation of green jobs;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses the importance of having a shared vision and a framework for action for all the Member States, placing particular emphasis on the key drivers for developing sustainable agriculture, such as sustainable resources and climate policies;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Recognises the need for improved transportation and logistics for forest management and extraction of timber; calls on the Member States, therefore, to develop sustainable logistical and logging systems which have a reduced impact on the climate;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Supports the Commission’s intention to develop, together with the Member States and stakeholders, a set of ambitious, objective and demonstrable criteria and indicators for the sustainable management of forests, pointing out that these criteria should meet the requirements drawn up under ‘Forest Europe’ (the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe), which form a pan-European basis for uniform reporting on sustainable forest management and a basis for sustainability certification;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the importance for farms of bioenergy based exclusively on waste and residues, which can help
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the importance
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the importance
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the importance for farms of bioenergy, which helps to secure farmers’ incomes, by offering them an additional product to sell, and creates jobs in rural areas, whilst noting that financial subsidies and targets for bioenergy create perverse incentives that undermine food security and the promotion of sustainable agriculture practices;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the 2030 Agenda and its sustainability goals; stresses that, although the EU farming industry is already making a valuable contribution to sustainability,
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the importance for farms of bioenergy and installations for the generation, storage and distribution of renewable energy, which helps to secure farmers’ incomes, by offering them an additional product to sell, and creates jobs in rural areas;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the importance for farms of bioenergy, based on second-generation biofuels, which helps to secure farmers’ incomes, by offering them an additional product to sell, and creates jobs in rural areas;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Points out, nevertheless, that while the development of bioenergy can encourage rural development, it must be done sustainably and must not hamper the production of food and feed;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses the importance of SGD6 on sustainable water use in agriculture; notes that increased water efficiency can increase losses from water catchments; requests that investments in so-called "climate change action" focus on management and security of water resources; acknowledges that the usage of water incorporated into food, particularly when transported away from water- stressed regions, is a major concern not currently addressed in food pricing or water policy;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5а. Points with concern to the fact that there are still villages in the EU without a water supply and/or sanitation, which is contrary to SDG 6; calls on the Member States affected to take concrete steps in a short timeframe to ensure that their citizens in these areas and localities have access to water;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Considers that legislation should adapt policy-making to meet the objectives of the SDGs, and stop the incentivising practises that have pushed the EU away from meeting the SDGs, such as incentives for food-based biofuels, e.g. palm oil.
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that, by using agricultural waste, the bioeconomy can help to reduce the environmental impact of farming
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that, by using agricultural waste, the
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that, by using agricultural waste, the bioeconomy can help to reduce the environmental impact of farming, in the form of emissions of greenhouse gases and pollutants into the air, soil and bodies of water, and can also contribute to the more efficient use of resources; highlights the importance of support under the second pillar for the introduction of technology making it possible to use agricultural waste with a view to an efficient agricultural sector as part of the circular economy;
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