2017/2819(RSP) | [ParlTrack]

Citation 4 a (new)

- having regard to the State of the Nature in the EU report of the European Commission,

Amendment 10 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Michel DANTIN, Norbert LINS, Renata BRIANO, Peter LIESE, Herbert DORFMANN, Angélique DELAHAYE

Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Welcomes that the Commission will update and further develop guidance documents in all official languages of the EU in order to promote greater understanding of the legislation on the ground and to help public authorities apply it better and calls on the European Commission in this regard to involve and consult all stakeholders in this process;

Amendment 100 #

Mireille D'ORNANO, Sylvie GODDYN, Jean-François JALKH

Paragraph 25

25. Recalls that Parliament called for a proposal for the development of a Trans-European Network for Green Infrastructure (TEN-G); welcomes the commitment made in the Action Plan to provide guidance to support the development of green infrastructure for better connectivity of Natura 2000 areas; reiterates, however, its call for a genuine proposal for the development of a TEN-G;deleted

Amendment 101 #

Paragraph 25

25. RIn the light of the threats presented by the trans-European transport networks to biodiversity, but also to people, recalls that Parliament called for a proposal for the development of a Trans- European Network for Green Infrastructure (TEN-G); welcomes the commitment made in the Action Plan to provide guidance to support the development of green infrastructure for better connectivity of Natura 2000 areas; reiterates, however, its call for a genuine proposal for the development of a TEN-G;

Amendment 102 #

Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Massimo PAOLUCCI, Renata BRIANO, Elena GENTILE

Paragraph 25

25. Recalls that Parliament called for a proposal for the development of a Trans- European Network for Green Infrastructure (TEN-G); welcomes the commitment made in the Action Plan to provide guidance to support the development of green infrastructure for better connectivity of Natura 2000 areas; reiterates, however, its call for a genuine proposal for the development of a TEN-G, whose objectives and modes of implementation are organic and coordinated with those already established for the network TEN- T;

Amendment 103 #

Mireille D'ORNANO, Sylvie GODDYN, Jean-François JALKH

Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Welcomes the pledge in the action plan to improve the connectivity of Natura 2000 areas by means of guidance and guidelines, particularly in a cross-border context;

Amendment 104 #

Paragraph 26

Amendment 105 #

Paragraph 26

Amendment 106 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Michel DANTIN, Renata BRIANO, Peter LIESE, Herbert DORFMANN

Paragraph 26

26. States that it is important for the competent authorities in the Member States, with the involvement of all relevant stakeholders, to make better use of integrated spatial planning processes, to improve a horizontal understanding of TEN-G with sector- specific knowledge, and to enable the financing of increased connectivity, and green infrastructure in general, through rural development and regional development funds;

Amendment 107 #

Paragraph 26

26. States that it is important for the competent authorities in the Member States to make better use of integrated spatial planning processes, to improve a horizontal understanding of TEN-G with sector- specific knowledge, and to enable the financing of increased connectivity, and green infrastructure in general, through rural development and regional development funds;observes that the concept of green infrastructure also contributes to the establishment of a sustainable economy by maintaining the benefits of ecosystems while mitigating the adverse effects of transport and energy infrastructures and economic growth in general;

Amendment 108 #

Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Renata BRIANO, Elena GENTILE, Massimo PAOLUCCI

Paragraph 26

26. States that it is important for the competent authorities in the Member States to make better use of integrated spatial planning processes, to improve a horizontal understanding of TEN-G with sector- specific knowledge, and to enable the financing of increased connectivity, and green infrastructure in general, through rural development and regional development funds; notes that these criteria should guide the post-2020 MFF for planning infrastructure works;

Amendment 109 #

Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Observes that it is necessary to study the role of green infrastructures in mitigating the effects of natural disasters linked to meteorological and climatic changes, in particular extreme meteorological and climatic conditions that are the cause of some of the most devastating and deadly natural disasters in Europe and the world.

Amendment 11 #

Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Stresses that substantial progress in cutting greenhouse gas emissions, air and other pollutants, and improving energy and material efficiency, needs to be complemented by more actions by EU Member States to fully apply agreed-to policies to better protect biodiversity, natural resources, and public health;

Amendment 110 #

Lynn BOYLAN

Paragraph 26 a (new)

26 a. Free Trade Agreements Underlines how free trade agreements can often be incompatible with the protection of nature, people and the economy;reminds the Commission to include in the framework of the multilateral trade negotiations the inclusion of ambitious and responsible social and environmental standards.

Amendment 12 #

Paragraph 2

2. However, notes with concern that the targets of the EU's 2020 Biodiversity Strategy and the Convention on Biological Diversity will not be met without immediate, substantial and additional efforts;observes that in Europe, almost one-quarter of wildlife species are now threatened with extinction and most ecosystems have deteriorated to such an extent that they are no longer able to fulfil their valuable functions;notes that this is resulting in enormous social and economic losses for the EU, since the key factors behind biodiversity loss, that is to say the deterioration of habitats, the over- exploitation of natural resources, the introduction and propagation of invasive alien species and climate change, are on the increase, cancelling out the positive effects of initiatives intended to prevent this;

Amendment 13 #

Mireille D'ORNANO, Jean-François JALKH, Sylvie GODDYN

Paragraph 2

2. However, notes with concern that the targets of the EU's 2020 Biodiversity Strategy and the Convention on Biological Diversity will not be met without immediate, substantial and additional efforts;observes that future actions require more integrated policies, accompanied by systematic and rigorous assessment and monitoring;

Amendment 14 #

Paragraph 2

Amendment 15 #

Paragraph 2

Amendment 16 #

Paragraph 2

2. However, notes with concern that the targets of the EU's 2020 Biodiversity Strategy and the Convention on Biological Diversity will not be met without immediate~~, substantial and~~ additional efforts;

Amendment 17 #

Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Stresses the need to ensure full and strict implementation of the Union nature legislation;

Amendment 18 #

Mireille D'ORNANO, Jean-François JALKH, Sylvie GODDYN

Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the Action Plan aims to “accelerate progress toward the EU 2020 goal of halting and reversing the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services”~~; however considers it regrettable that no other links are made to the achievement of the 2020 Biodiversity Strategy or to the conclusions of its mid-term review~~, and points out that some Member States are already setting important priorities with their environmental programmes;

Amendment 19 #

Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the Action Plan aims to “accelerate progress toward the EU 2020 goal of halting and reversing the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services”; however considers it regrettable that no other links are made to the achievement of the 2020 Biodiversity Strategyor, to the conclusions of its mid-term review or to the disastrous impact of the Common Agricultural Policy;

Amendment 2 #

Citation 5 a (new)

- having regard to the Report from the Commission entitled “Reporting under the EU Habitats and Birds Directives 2007-2012, The State of Nature in the EU”,

Amendment 20 #

Younous OMARJEE

Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Deplores the fact that the action plan does not mention the outermost regions and overseas countries and territories, despite the fact that they represent nearly 80% of Europe's diversity and are among the 34 biodiversity hotspots worldwide and that no proposal has been made for improving the preservation of biodiversity in those regions;calls once again for a specific biodiversity protection mechanism to be implemented as a matter of urgency in those regions and for the establishment of a long-term mechanism to fund projects to preserve biodiversity, promote ecosystem services and adapt to climate change in European overseas countries and territories;

Amendment 21 #

Mireille D'ORNANO, Jean-François JALKH, Sylvie GODDYN

Paragraph 4

4. Reiterates the need for additional, ~~substantial and~~ continuous efforts to achieve the 2020 targets, and calls on the Commission and Member States to give this a higher political priority;

Amendment 22 #

Paragraph 4

4. Reiterates the need for additional, substantial and continuous efforts to achieve the 2020 targets, and calls on the Commission and Member States to give this a higher political priority by means of better management of funds for dealing with climate change and preserving biodiversity;

Amendment 23 #

Mireille D'ORNANO, Jean-François JALKH, Sylvie GODDYN

Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Highlights the need to further integrate policies and knowledge to achieve the aim of living well within the limits of our planet, which is the long- term vision of the 7th Environment Action Programme;

Amendment 24 #

Paragraph 5

5. Regrets the ~~limited timeframe of the Action Plan and calls on the Commission to commence work on the next Biodiversity Strategy without dela~~fact that the word 'biodiversity' does not appear a single time in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union or in the protocols and annexes to it, and considers that that fact may explain the difficulties encountered in taking practical and effective action to preserve biodiversity;

Amendment 25 #

Mireille D'ORNANO, Jean-François JALKH, Sylvie GODDYN

Paragraph 5

5. Regrets th~~e limited timeframe of the A~~at it is necessary to adopt an action Pplan ~~and calls on the Commission to commence work on the next Biodiversity Strategy without delay~~to promote biodiversity, when that ought to be a prime objective of any action at European level which has an impact on the environment;

Amendment 26 #

Paragraph 5

5. Regrets the limited timeframe of the Action Plan and calls on the Commission to commence work on the next Biodiversity Strategy after 2020 without delay;

Amendment 27 #

Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Observes that healthy and resilient ecosystems are better able to mitigate and adapt to climate change and hence limit global warming;notes that they are more resistant to extreme weather events and recover from them more easily, providing a wide range of benefits on which people depend;

Amendment 28 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Michel DANTIN, Renata BRIANO, Peter LIESE, Herbert DORFMANN, Angélique DELAHAYE

Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the four identified priority areas of the Action Plan and ~~considers that the~~emphasises the necessity of active involvement of all relevant actors infor all the priority ameasureas ~~is needed~~to effectively tackle the deficiencies encountered in the implementation of the Birds and Habitats Directives;

Amendment 29 #

Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the four priority areas of the Action Plan and considers that the active involvement of all relevant actors at national, regional and local level in all the priority areas is needed;

Amendment 3 #

Mireille D'ORNANO, Jean-François JALKH, Sylvie GODDYN

Citation 5 b (new)

- having regard to EUROSTAT biodiversity statistics, November 2016,

Amendment 30 #

Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the four priority areas of the Action Plan and considers that the active involvement of all relevant actors, particularly regional governments, in all the priority areas is needed;

Amendment 31 #

Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the four priority areas of the Action Plan and considers that the active involvement of all relevant actors, starting with States, in all the priority areas is needed;

Amendment 32 #

Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Recalls that European Court of Auditors in their Special Report No 1/2017 found that coordination between responsible authorities and other stakeholders in the Member States was not sufficiently developed;

Amendment 33 #

Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Calls on the Commission to provide effective support to national and regional actors in the implementation of the nature legislation and the improvement of environmental inspections, including through competence and capacity building and better allocation of resources;

Amendment 34 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Peter LIESE, Herbert DORFMANN

Paragraph 7

~~7. Emphasises the role of civil society in ensuring better implementation of the Union nature legislation, and the importance of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention in this regard;~~deleted

Amendment 35 #

Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises the role of civil society in ensuring better implementation of the Union nature legislation~~, and the importance of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention in this regard~~;

Amendment 36 #

Mireille D'ORNANO, Jean-François JALKH, Sylvie GODDYN

Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises the role of civil society in ~~ensuring better~~suggesting any form of implrovement~~ation~~ of the Union nature legislation, and the importance of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention in this regard;

Amendment 37 #

Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission to come forward with a new legislative proposal on minimum standards for access to judicial review and notes that, in accordance with the legal basis and the case law of the European Court of Justice, landowners have the right to issue an opinion prior to the designation process; calls, therefore, on the Commission to grant landowners the option, in the event of site designation, of a reasonableness check on the technical basis; to that end, also calls for a guarantee of verifiable and transparent monitoring by independent experts;

Amendment 38 #

Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission to come forward with a new legislative proposal on minimum standards for access to judicial review, and a revision of the Aarhus Regulation implementing the Convention to Union action to take account of the recent Aarhus Committee Compliance Committee Recommendation;

Amendment 39 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Michel DANTIN, Renata BRIANO, Peter LIESE, Herbert DORFMANN, Angélique DELAHAYE

Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Welcomes the recognition by the Council on 19 June 2017, that, without jeopardising the conservation objectives and requirements set within the Nature Directives, the flexibility of implementation approaches that take into account specific national circumstances contributes to the reduction and progressive elimination of unnecessary conflicts and problems which have arisen between nature protection and socioeconomic activities, as well as to addressing the practical challenges resulting from the application of the annexes to the Directives;

Amendment 4 #

Citation 6 a (new)

- having regard to the Council conclusions of 19 June 2017 on the EU Action Plan for nature, people and the economy1a; _________________ 1ahttp://www.consilium.europa.eu/press- releases-pdf/2017/6/47244661427_en.pdf

Amendment 40 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Michel DANTIN, Herbert DORFMANN, Peter LIESE, Angélique DELAHAYE

Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Highlights the fact that Member States have different conditions with regard to conservation status of natural habitats and protection status of species;therefore calls on member states to implement the Union nature legislation in dialogue with local communities and people most closely affected by the legislation;

Amendment 41 #

Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Calls on the Commission to clarify the role of the Committee of the Regions to raise awareness and promote local involvement and exchanges of knowledge;

Amendment 42 #

Paragraph 8 b (new)

8 b. Calls on the Commission to assist Member States, national, regional and local authorities in applying the mentioned flexibility correctly through un update of the guidance documents, thereby preventing future and solving current conflicts between socioeconomic activities and nature protection within and around Natura 2000 sites;

Amendment 43 #

Paragraph 8 b (new)

8 b. Reiterates that Member States are responsible for the implementation of the Union nature legislation and calls for that reason on the Commission to ensure flexibility for Member States when implementing the legislation, especially with regard to conflict species;

Amendment 44 #

Paragraph 9

9. Underlines that Member States must ensure no deterioration of Natura 2000 areas and take conservation measures in order to maintain or restore protected species and habitats to a favourable conservation status, focusing more closely on the protection and management of species and habitats in the context of key policies for the protection of soil and water;

Amendment 45 #

Paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Highlights that the Annexes of the Union nature legislation are static and not updated in accordance with scientific progress on population status of protected species;regrets that the legislation does not ensure the appropriate level of protection and that some species with a favourable population status are overly protected while some species with declining population status are not even protected by the legislation;

Amendment 46 #

Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Reiterates the requirement in Article 19 of Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora to ensure that species enjoy the appropriate level of protection and underlines that the Commission does not fulfil its obligations when not amending Annexes II, IV, and V in accordance with scientific progress on population status for animal and species;

Amendment 47 #

Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Stresses that, before a protection area is designated, the impact on landowners must be known and specified;regrets that compensation directives often fail to compensate for restrictions on use;

Amendment 48 #

Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. calls for the full implementation of the Nature Directives to ensure that conservation actions are taken in accordance with the latest technical and scientific progress;

Amendment 49 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Michel DANTIN, Renata BRIANO, Peter LIESE, Herbert DORFMANN, Angélique DELAHAYE

Paragraph 9 b (new)

9 b. Notes that the management plans may as a matter of principle only be implemented with the assistance of agricultural and forestry experts and that greater attention should also be paid to economic considerations;stresses that the wording of the management plans must be as concrete as possible and sufficiently precise, so that any restrictions on use are made clear from the outset;

Amendment 5 #

Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas the Nature Directives have an important role in achieving the targets of the CBD Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change;

Amendment 50 #

Mireille D'ORNANO, Jean-François JALKH, Sylvie GODDYN

Paragraph 10

10. Regrets that the Action Plan fails to come forward with a priority strategy and concrete actions onto improve pollinator protection, ~~as requested by Parliament; calls once more on the Commission to come forward with an EU initiative on pollinators to comprehensively address this fundamental issue in a cross-cutting way~~particularly efforts to tackle health risks and parasitic species (especially Varroa), and coordination of the work of research, harmonisation of analysis methods, and sharing of scientific data on pollinators at European level, as already requested by Parliament; calls once more on the Commission to come forward with an EU initiative on pollinators to comprehensively address in a cross-cutting way this fundamental issue of the excess mortality of pollinators in Europe, particularly bees, which provide inestimable environmental and economic services; proposes that measures against Varroa should be mandatory at EU level, that training of bee-keepers in methods of protecting bees should be supported, and that farmers, local and regional authorities and all citizens should be encouraged to promote the development of species of plant, especially flowering plants, in rural and urban areas in order to increase the availability of melliferous plants;

Amendment 51 #

Paragraph 10

10. Regrets that the Action Plan fails to come forward with a priority strategy and concrete actions on pollinator protection, as requested by Parliament; calls once more on the Commission to come forward with an EU initiative on pollinators to comprehensively address this fundamental issue in a cross-cutting way; stresses that this problem is not unconnected to the Common Agricultural Policy and its current objectives;

Amendment 52 #

Paragraph 10

10. Regrets that the Action Plan fails to come forward with a priority strategy and concrete actions on pollinator protection, as requested by Parliament; ~~calls~~ once more onurges the Commission to come forward with an EU ~~initiative on~~strategy to protect and conserve threatened pollinators to comprehensively address this fundamental issue in a cross-cutting way;

Amendment 53 #

Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Regrets that it is highly unlikely that the priority objective on common birds and butterflies will be achieved by 2020 given the continuing declining trends apparent for certain groups, such as grassland butterflies and farmland birds;

Amendment 54 #

Renata BRIANO, Simona BONAFÈ, Nicola CAPUTO, Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI

Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Stresses the need for a plan coordinated at European level, on the basis of scientific data, to manage migratory bird species passing through more than one Member State;

Amendment 55 #

Paragraph 12

12. Calls for the full and effective implementation of the invasive alien species (IAS) Regulation and for an adequate financing in the EU budget; stresses that the listing of species on the Union list must be based on a standardised and harmonised risk assessment; considers that in the management of IAS priority should be given to Natura 2000 sites; welcomes the online platform, European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN), which facilitates access to data on alien species;

Amendment 56 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Michel DANTIN, Renata BRIANO, Peter LIESE, Herbert DORFMANN, Angélique DELAHAYE

Paragraph 12

12. Calls for the full and effective implementation of the invasive alien species (IAS) Regulation; considers that in the management of IAS ~~priority~~by the Member States particular attention should be ~~given~~devoted to Natura 2000 sites, in addition to flood defences and water management, public safety and socioeconomic activities; welcomes the online platform, European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN), which facilitates access to data on alien species;

Amendment 57 #

Paragraph 12

12. Calls for the full and effective implementation of the invasive alien species (IAS) Regulation; considers that in the management of IAS ~~priority should be given to~~is an urgent priority, especially in Natura 2000 sites; welcomes the online platform, European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN), which facilitates access to data on alien species;

Amendment 58 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Michel DANTIN, Peter LIESE, Herbert DORFMANN, Angélique DELAHAYE

Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Stresses that protecting our shared natural environment in Europe is essential for both our economies and well- being, that the Natura 2000 network is estimated to have an economic value of €200-300 billion annually and can generate income for local communities through tourism and recreation and that healthy ecosystems provide essential ecological services such as fresh water, carbon storage, pollinating insects, protection against floods, avalanches and coastal erosion1b; _________________ 1bEuropean Commission 2015, State of Nature in the EU 2007-2012 http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/p df/state_of_nature_en.pdf

Amendment 59 #

Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote better recognition of economic, recreational, social and cultural requirements and to take into account regional and local characteristics in compliance with Article 2 of the Birds Directive and Article 2.3 of the Habitats Directive, when implementing the measures pursuant to the Directives;

Amendment 6 #

Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Pavel POC

Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas the 2016 EUROSTAT biodiversity statistics show an overall decline of all 167 of the EU’s common bird species from 1990 - 20141a; _________________ 1a2016 EUROSTAT biodiversity statistics, http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Biodiversity_statistic s

Amendment 60 #

Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Recalls that the marine sites of the Natura 2000 network are significantly less established than the terrestrial sites;calls on the Member States concerned to address this and on the Commission to facilitate the necessary cooperation with third countries to improve environmental protection in marine areas.

Amendment 61 #

Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Notes that large predators have a negative impact on agriculture and other economic sectors such as tourism, and present growing challenges to mountain agriculture in particular;calls therefore for this too to be taken into account in management plans;

Amendment 62 #

Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Highlights the need for the Nature Directives to be correctly and fully implemented to overcome the important gaps1a identified in the Fitness Check process and to resolve the sticking points2a which both Parliament as well as the Fitness Check identified. _________________ 1a Including the failure to effectively implement (for the last 25 years) the procedures foreseen in Article 19 of Directive 92/43/EEC. Council is allowed to adapt the Annexes to technical and scientific progress, after consulting our Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee. 2aEuropean Parliament resolution of 2 February 2016 on the mid-term review of the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy (2015/2137(INI))

Amendment 63 #

Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls on the Member States and local authorities to deploy game management units and agricultural and other nature associations in implementing IAS legislation in Natura 2000 area in order to achieve cost-efficient elimination of IAS;

Amendment 64 #

Mireille D'ORNANO, Jean-François JALKH, Sylvie GODDYN

Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Welcomes the action aimed at integrating ecosystem services into decision-making;however, regrets the absence of a concrete No Net Loss of Biodiversity Initiative in the Action Plan;

Amendment 65 #

Paragraph 13

13. Highlights that the Fitness Check stresses the need to improve coherence with the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and underlines the worrying decline in species and habitats associated with agriculture; calls on the Commission to carry out an evaluation of the impact of the CAP on biodiversity; deplores the fact that the prime objective of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is to increase agricultural productivity without any limit (Article 39 TFEU) and therefore that the CAP results in massive application of pesticides, often in chemical form, which is disastrous both for human beings and for pollinators such as bees, with the aim of constantly increasing production;

Amendment 66 #

Paragraph 13

13. Highlights that the Fitness Check stresses the need to improve coherence with the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), ~~and underlines the worrying decline in species and habitats associated with agriculture; calls on the Commission to carry out an evaluation of the impact of the CAP on biodiversity~~in order to reconcile responsible agricultural models capable of meeting the needs of a growing population in future with the conservation of species and habitats in Europe; calls on the Commission to make proposals as part of the forthcoming revision of the CAP;

Amendment 67 #

Paragraph 13

13. Highlights that the Fitness Check stresses the need to improve coherence with the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)~~, and underlines the worrying decline in species and habitats associated with agriculture~~; calls on the Commission to carry out an evaluation of the impact of the CAP on biodiversity;

Amendment 68 #

Paragraph 13

13. Highlights that the Fitness Check stresses the need to improve coherence with the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and ~~underlines the worrying decline in species and habitats associated with agriculture; calls on the Commission to carry out an evaluation of the impact of the CAP on b~~calls on the Commission to evaluate, and where necessary improve, the synergy between the CAP and the Biodiversity Strategy;

Amendment 69 #

Renata BRIANO, Simona BONAFÈ, Nicola CAPUTO, Massimo PAOLUCCI, Damiano ZOFFOLI

Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Stresses the urgent need to take action to deal with the main causes of biodiversity loss, namely habitat destruction and degradation, arising primarily from excessive consumption of land, pollution, intensive farming, use of synthetic chemical pesticides, the spread of alien species and climate change, and, for this purpose, to ensure coherence among the various policies of the European Union;

Amendment 7 #

Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Pavel POC

Recital A b (new)

A b. whereas the 2015 State of Nature in the EU assessment states that the main pressures and threats to terrestrial ecosystems reported by Member States are agriculture and the modification of natural conditions, for marine ecosystems they are the use of living resources (fishing) and pollution;all of these activities are human-induced and have a profound and damaging impact on nature;

Amendment 70 #

Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Underlines that significant biodiversity losses occur in marine areas and believes that the Common Fisheries Policy should promote biodiversity and sustainable consumption and production patterns;calls for an evaluation of the impact of the CFP on biodiversity.

Amendment 71 #

Mireille D'ORNANO, Jean-François JALKH, Sylvie GODDYN

Paragraph 14

14. Reiterates that one of the six key priorities for rural development in the EU, is the restoration, preservation and enhancement of ecosystems related to agriculture and forestry, including in Natura 2000 areas; recalls the numerous efforts made by those involved in agriculture, particularly in connection with the implementation of the greening measures introduced when the CAP was revised in 2013; stresses that, according to the Commission's initial observations, it is still too soon to measure the impact of these measures in terms of restoration of species and habitats, and improvement of biodiversity; calls on the Commission to continue its studies with a view to supplying information about the impact of greening measures as soon as possible;

Amendment 72 #

Paragraph 14

14. Reiterates that one of the six key priorities for rural development in the EU, is the restoration, preservation and enhancement of ecosystems related to agriculture and forestry, including in Natura 2000 areas, which to some extent contradicts the prime objective of the CAP, namely to increase agricultural productivity without any limit;

Amendment 73 #

Mireille D'ORNANO, Jean-François JALKH, Sylvie GODDYN

Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to come forward with an Initiative on Pollinators without delay as called for in Parliament's resolution of 2 February 2016 on the mid-term review of the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy;

Amendment 74 #

Paragraph 15

15. Reaffirms its call to the Commission and to the Member States to ensure that the funds under the CAP are redirected~~from~~ in their entirety from most frequently subsidising activities associated with biodiversity decline to financing environmentally sustainable agricultural practices and maintaining connected biodiversity;

Amendment 75 #

Paragraph 15

15. ~~Reaffirms its call to~~Calls on the Commission and to the Member States to ensure that ~~the~~ funds ~~under~~from the CAP ~~are redirected from subsidis~~, LIFE and Horizon 2020 contribute to the development of sustainable farming practi~~vities associated with biodiversity decline to financing environmentally sustainable agricultural practices and maintain~~ces, raw material-efficient agricultural innovation that is favourable to the climate and the environment and, ing connectedion therewith, the maintenance of biodiversity;

Amendment 76 #

Paragraph 15

15. Reaffirms its call to the Commission and to the Member States to ensure that the funds under the CAP ~~are redirected from subsidising activities associated with biodiversity decline to financing environmentally sustaina~~support the development of environmentally sustainable and socially responsible agricultural practices and maintaining connected biodiversity;

Amendment 77 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Michel DANTIN, Norbert LINS, Peter LIESE, Herbert DORFMANN, Angélique DELAHAYE

Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States furthermore, in cooperation with land owners and users, to investigate the possibility of 'green and blue services' (landscape, nature and water management) in return for payment on market-based terms;

Amendment 78 #

Mark DEMESMAEKER

Paragraph 16

16. Recalls that the coexistence between people and conflict species, such as large carnivores, can have negative impacts on parts of the agriculture sector in certain areas or regions; calls on the ~~Commission and the Member States to consid~~Member States to make use of existing financial measures to compensate farmers f~~urther~~or any losses and to put in place preventive measures to address these issues, and asks the Commission to strengthen the stakeholder involvement building on the dedicated stakeholder platforms that have been set up;

Amendment 79 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Michel DANTIN, Norbert LINS, Renata BRIANO, Peter LIESE, Herbert DORFMANN, Angélique DELAHAYE

Paragraph 16

16. Recalls that the coexistence between people and conflict species, such as large carnivores, can have negative impacts on parts of the agriculture sector and other socio-economic activities in certain areas or regions; calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider further measures to address these issues recognising the available flexibility within the Habitats Directive, and asks the Commission to strengthen the stakeholder involvement building on the dedicated stakeholder platforms that have been set up;

Amendment 8 #

Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Action Plan for nature, people and the economy, as a step in the right direction to ~~deliver on the objectives of the Nature Directive~~boost the implementation of the Nature Directives and to deliver on the objectives of the Nature Directives as well as to strengthen their coherence with socio-economic objectives and to mobilise engagement with national, regional and local authorities, stakeholders, especially land owners and users, and citizens;

Amendment 80 #

Herbert DORFMANN, Karin KADENBACH

Paragraph 16

16. Recalls that the coexistence between people and conflict species, such as large carnivores, can have negative impacts on parts of the agriculture sector in certain areas or regions if not managed properly; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ~~consider further~~put in place further preventive measures to address these issues, and asks the Commission to strengthen the stakeholder involvement building on the dedicated stakeholder platforms that have been set up;

Amendment 81 #

Paragraph 16

16. Recalls that the coexistence between people and ~~conflict species, such as large carnivor~~large carnivores, particularly wolves, can have negative impacts oin ~~parts of the agriculture sector in certain areas or regions~~certain regions on the sustainable development of ecosystems and inhabited rural areas, particularly in connection with traditional agriculture and sustainable tourism; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ~~consider further~~take concrete measures to address these issues, ~~and asks the Commission to strengthen the stakeholder involvement building on the dedicated stakeholder platforms that have been set up~~so as not to endanger the sustainable development of rural areas;

Amendment 82 #

Herbert DORFMANN, Karin KADENBACH

Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Notes that species that are designated as requiring special protection in the Habitats Directive have in some regions of Europe attained a good conservation status and could thus endanger other wild species and domestic animals, thereby disturbing the natural balance of the ecosystem;calls on the Commission to develop an assessment procedure to enable the protection status of species in particular regions to be amended as soon as the desired conservation status is reached;

Amendment 83 #

Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Observes that healthy and resilient ecosystems are better able to mitigate and adapt to climate change and hence limit global warming; notes that they are more resistant to extreme weather events and recover from them more easily, providing a wide range of benefits on which people depend;

Amendment 84 #

Catherine BEARDER

Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Regrets that the CAP has not been developed to protect the disappearing traditional agricultural practice of pastoralism which is an important historical tool for habitat management and nature conservation;calls for the Action Plan to support a development framework for pastoralism in the Natura 2000 network;

Amendment 85 #

Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Renata BRIANO, Massimo PAOLUCCI, Elena GENTILE

Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Notes that currently there is still no coherent and comprehensive legislation for soil protection in the EU;calls on the Commission to present a new legislative proposal for the prevention of soil degradation, the conservation of its functions and the restoration of degraded soils;

Amendment 86 #

Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in relation to large carnivores, to support fundamental and field research into taxonomic issues, such as the impact of hybridisation1 a, and associated conservation and management measures; _________________ 1a Randi E, Hulva P, Fabbri E, Galaverni M, Galov A, et al. (2014) Multilocus Detection of Wolf x Dog Hybridization in Italy, and Guidelines for Marker Selection.PLOS ONE 9(1):e86409. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086 409;Original (NL) Hindrikson M, Männil P, Ozolins J, Krzywinski A, Saarma U (2012) Bucking the Trend in Wolf-Dog Hybridization:Original (NL) First Evidence from Europe of Hybridization between Female Dogs and Male Wolves.PLOS ONE 7(10):e46465. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0046 465

Amendment 87 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Peter LIESE, Herbert DORFMANN

Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Highlights the need to strengthen the environmental liability directive and to make sure all EU infrastructure developments are fitted with proper environmental safeguards in order to ensure true and successful policy integration;

Amendment 88 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Michel DANTIN, Norbert LINS, Renata BRIANO, Peter LIESE, Herbert DORFMANN, Angélique DELAHAYE

Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Calls on the Commission to support measures such as training for farmers regarding the protection of livestock against large carnivores and sharing best practices on livestock protection across Member States;

Amendment 89 #

Paragraph 16 b (new)

16 b. Calls on the European Commission to consider especially adaptive harvest management as a best practice tool to sustainably manage sufficiently abundant and conserve declining waterbird populations within the EU;

Amendment 9 #

Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Action Plan for nature, people and the economy, as a step in the right direction to deliver on the objectives of the Nature Directives, and stresses that the environment and the economy are not in conflict;

Amendment 90 #

Mireille D'ORNANO, Jean-François JALKH, Sylvie GODDYN

Paragraph 17 a (new)

17 a. Recalls the findings of the State of Nature in the EU report on the value of the benefits that flow from the Natura 2000 network which were in the order of €200 to €300 billion/year, thus investing in the Natura2000 network makes sound economic sense;

Amendment 91 #

Paragraph 18

18. Underlines that the main responsibility for funding of the Natura 2000 areas lies with the Member States and emphasises that a lack of funding is likely to have contributed the most to the gaps in the implementation of the Nature Directives, as stated in the Fitness Check;deleted

Amendment 92 #

Mireille D'ORNANO, Jean-François JALKH, Sylvie GODDYN

Paragraph 18

18. Underlines that the main responsibility for funding of the Natura 2000 areas lies with the Member States and emphasises that ~~a lack of~~the poor use of this funding is likely to have contributed the most to the gaps in the implementation of the Nature Directives~~, as stated in the Fitness Check~~;

Amendment 93 #

Mireille D'ORNANO, Sylvie GODDYN, Jean-François JALKH

Paragraph 19

19. Underlines that the potential establishment of new financial mechanisms for biodiversity conservation to reach the 2020 targets is limited due to the timeframe of the current Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF); calls for maximum use of existing means, including LIFE, the CAP - on condition that the aim is not to constantly increase productivity - and Structural Funds to be made;

Amendment 94 #

Mireille D'ORNANO, Sylvie GODDYN, Jean-François JALKH

Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the inclusion of new financial mechanisms for biodiversity conservation in the next MFF; calls ~~for~~on the Commission to ~~ensure future~~investigate the future application both of financial instruments for agriculture, rural and regional development ~~contain~~and of dedicated envelopes for biodiversity and co-management of the Natura 2000 network~~, which are co-managed~~ by national and regional environmental authorities and land owners and users;

Amendment 95 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Michel DANTIN, Norbert LINS, Peter LIESE, Herbert DORFMANN, Angélique DELAHAYE

Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Commission to tailor funding schemes more effectively to the Natura 2000 objectives ~~and establish cross-cutting Natura 2000 performance indicators for all relevant EU funds~~; calls on the Commission to also establish a tracking mechanism for Natura 2000 spending in order to improve transparency, accountability and effectiveness, and integrate these into the next MFF;

Amendment 96 #

Paragraph 24

24. Reiterates that the Natura 2000 programme is customarily funded through co-financing; calls on the ~~Member States to increase their~~Commission to optimise the use of Natura 2000 funding, for a substantial and attractive co-financing rate to be set in order to increase uptake of the fund, and for measures to be taken to reduce administrative burdens on applicants and project beneficiaries;

Amendment 97 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Norbert LINS, Renata BRIANO, Peter LIESE, Herbert DORFMANN

Paragraph 24 a (new)

24 a. Calls on the Commission to promote and propose means for the funding and the development of transboundary management plans for large carnivore species and calls also for a detailed examination of the role of large carnivores and the possible introduction of adjustment measures to ensure that biodiversity, the agricultural landscape and the centuries-old practice of letting stock graze in mountain regions are maintained;

Amendment 98 #

Paragraph 24 a (new)

24 a. Highlights the potential of public- private financing to develop ecosystem services, green infrastructure and other natural capital related areas and welcomes that the Natural Capital Financing Facility (NCFF) will continue to support biodiversity-related projects for the 2017-2019 implementation period;

Amendment 99 #