2019/2156(INI) Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests
Next event: Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading 2020/06/16
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Next event: Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading 2020/06/16
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Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | ENVI | POLČÁK Stanislav ( EPP) | RÓNAI Sándor ( S&D), RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS María Soraya ( Renew), HÄUSLING Martin ( Verts/ALE), ZALEWSKA Anna ( ECR), VILLUMSEN Nikolaj ( GUE/NGL) |
Committee Opinion | DEVE | BENTELE Hildegard ( EPP) | Dominique BILDE ( ID), Michèle RIVASI ( Verts/ALE), María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS ( RE), Patrizia TOIA ( S&D), Manon AUBRY ( GUE/NGL), Beata KEMPA ( ECR) |
Committee Opinion | AGRI | OLEKAS Juozas ( S&D) | Anja HAZEKAMP ( GUE/NGL), Hilde VAUTMANS ( RE), Michal WIEZIK ( PPE), Pär HOLMGREN ( Verts/ALE), Mazaly AGUILAR ( ECR), Maxette PIRBAKAS ( ID) |
Committee Opinion | REGI | ||
Committee Opinion | ITRE | PEKKARINEN Mauri ( Renew) | François ALFONSI ( Verts/ALE), Manuel BOMPARD ( GUE/NGL), Markus BUCHHEIT ( ID), Sara SKYTTEDAL ( PPE), Łukasz KOHUT ( S&D), Rob ROOKEN ( ECR) |
Committee Opinion | INTA | KARLSBRO Karin ( Renew) | Heidi HAUTALA ( Verts/ALE), Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI ( S&D), Emmanuel MAUREL ( GUE/NGL), Jan ZAHRADIL ( ECR), Jörgen WARBORN ( PPE) |
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54
Legal Basis:
RoP 54Subjects
Events
2020/06/16
Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading
2020/03/24
EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2020/01/09
EP - BENTELE Hildegard (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in DEVE
2019/12/20
CZ_CHAMBER - Contribution
Documents
2019/12/19
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
2019/12/19
EP - Referral to associated committees announced in Parliament
2019/12/19
EP - PEKKARINEN Mauri (Renew) appointed as rapporteur in ITRE
2019/12/11
EP - POLČÁK Stanislav (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in ENVI
2019/12/04
EP - OLEKAS Juozas (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in AGRI
2019/12/02
EP - KARLSBRO Karin (Renew) appointed as rapporteur in INTA
2019/07/23
EC - Non-legislative basic document
Documents
2019/07/23
EC - Non-legislative basic document published
Documents
Documents
- Committee draft report: PE648.567
- Contribution: COM(2019)0352
- Non-legislative basic document: COM(2019)0352
- Non-legislative basic document: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2019)0352
- Non-legislative basic document published: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document: COM(2019)0352 EUR-Lex
- Committee draft report: PE648.567
- Contribution: COM(2019)0352
Amendments | Dossier |
211 |
2019/2156(INI)
2020/03/30
ITRE
57 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas a sustainable and effective forest policy requires reliable information on
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Stresses the need of fostering the implementation of EU Timber Regulation in order to prevent the entry of illegally sourced wood to the European single market;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses that forest restoration cannot compensate for deforestation, since the recovery of lost habitats and ecosystems can take decades or even centuries; notes that it is therefore essential for restoration to be used as a supplementary measure and not as an alternative in combating deforestation;
Amendment 16 #
2a. Emphasises the need for a holistic approach; stresses the need for actions to be based on the three pillars of sustainability, environmental, economic and social sustainability;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Stresses the importance of evidence-based decision-making when it comes to policies related to forests, the forest-based sector and its value-chains;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Deeply regrets that, despite the efforts of the EU and its Member States, the EU’s objective of reducing gross tropical deforestation by 50 % by 2020 is unlikely to be met, and therefore strongly supports the Commission in its proposal to step up action in protecting and restoring the world’s forests;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas effective forest policy requires reliable information on forest resources, their condition, and how they are managed and used, and also reliable information on land-use change; calls for the EU to support the monitoring of
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Deeply regrets that, despite the efforts of the EU and its Member States, the EU’s
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Reiterates its request to the Commission in its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Pact to present a proposal for European legislation based on due diligence to guarantee sustainable and deforestation- free supply chains for products placed on the internal market;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Acknowledges that sustainable and active forest management is the most effective way to prevent forest damages, deforestation and to preserve biodiversity;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Requests the provision of new incentives to reduce the impact of the food system in the EU on nature and people within the EU and beyond;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Emphasises that sustainable forest management provides three main climate benefits: CO2 sequestration and carbon storage in resilient, growing forests; carbon storage of harvested wood products; and a renewable and climate- friendly raw material that replaces energy-intensive materials and fossil fuels;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Reminds that EU action on afforestation and reforestation should be secondary to forest restoration efforts to create biodiverse forests that are more resilient towards climate change;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Notes that sustainable forest management enables the value in forestry to be exploited over time, therefore, the economic incentive in sustainable forest management enables the forest assets to double as harvesting takes place at a lower rate than growth, therefore forest volume continues to increase;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Highlights the fact that Horizon 2020 has already financed significant research and innovation in the transition towards more sustainable land-use practices and supply chains in order to halt deforestation and forest degradation; calls for increased funding to enable Horizon Europe to continue providing support in these areas;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the importance of partnership with third countries in order to strengthen sustainable forest management, the wood-based circular economy and the strong relationship between them in combating deforestation; encourages Member States to stop importing (residual) wood used for biomass from third countries as biomass is not a form of ‘sustainable energy’ since burning wood emits more CO2; 20% more than coal and 95% more than gas; stresses furthermore that transporting wood from third countries to the EU uses a large amount of energy and contributes significant amount of carbon to the atmosphere;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas forests and the forest- based value chain are fundamental to further development of circular bio- economy by providing jobs and economic welfare in rural and urban areas, delivering climate change mitigation, offering health-related benefits especially in developing nations;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the importance of partnership with third countries in order to strengthen sustainable forest management, the wood-based circular economy and the strong relationship between them in combating deforestation. Sustainable forest management can prevent the deforestation and has positive impact on the health and diversity of the forests. Preventing deforestation and promoting sustainable forestry should be supported through partnership approach at all levels;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the importance of partnership with third countries in combating deforestation in order to strengthen sustainable fo
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the importance of inclusive partnership with third countries in order to strengthen sustainable
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses th
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the importance of partnership with third countries in order to strengthen sustainable forest management, playing an important role in the wood- based circular economy, and to further develop the strong relationship between them in combating deforestation;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses the importance of
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission to initiate dialogue with other consuming countries including China and India about deforestation-free supply chains;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Reminds that restoration of forests and their biodiversity is of paramount importance for ensuring climate resilient environments;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Calls on the Union to develop more detailed land imaging satellites in order to monitor deforestation accurately and in real time; notes that the information provided would be a valuable tool in the fight against deforestation globally;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Calls on the Union to improve its satellites imaging to monitor deforestation in a more detailed and timely fashion;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls for raising consumer awareness about the need to reduce our
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls for raising consumer and corporate awareness about the need to reduce our consumption footprint on land and encourages people to consume products from supply chains that are ‘deforestation-
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls for raising awareness among consumers a
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Reiterates its request to the Commission to present without delay a proposal for a European legal framework based on due diligence in order to guarantee for all products placed on the EU market sustainable and deforestation- free supply chains that respect the natural ecosystem in line with international standards and obligations, such as the rights of indigenous populations and local communities, with particular emphasis on combating the main drivers of imported deforestation1a __________________ 1aParagraph 71 of the resolution on the Green Deal: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2020-0005_EN.html;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission to propose recommendations on sustainable forest management in the third countries with the aim of converting former pasture grounds and farmlands into foresting sites;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Recommends that financial institutions also be subject to due diligence and that a robust enforcement regime be established with effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions for non-compliance, as well as complaints procedures for third parties and those concerned, in order to allow forest communities to uphold and defend their rights;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Stresses the need to strengthened standards and certification systems that already exist today instead of incorporating new standards and certificates, and that furthermore, the standards and certification systems must not restrict trade but must comply with WTO rules.
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Calls on the Commission to propose the definition of deforestation free zone so that to increase the transparency of supply chains, minimise the risk of deforestation for industry and consumers, all contributing to proving for deforestation free supply chains;
Amendment 52 #
6c. Underlines that deforestation is primarily an agricultural problem, therefore standards and certification systems must concern agricultural products, not wood based materials, pulp and paper production, biomass-derived fibres, and biofuel feedstock.
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Calls on the Commission to fully integrate the European forest policy into the European Green Deal so that it becomes one of its essential elements by contributing to ambitious energy and climate targets;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Points out that the effective conservation of forest ecosystems depends on acknowledgement of the contribution of indigenous populations and local communities to forest conservation;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 d (new) 6d. Recommends the inclusion of robust targets and binding commitments to combat deforestation in the chapters on the conclusion of EU trade agreements with third countries;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 d (new) 6d. Stresses the importance to limit the level of complexity and administrative burden, as it largely damages small and medium-sized farms and collective farming in developing nations.
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 e (new) 6e. Stresses the need for further evaluation of additional WTO compliant regulatory and non-regulatory measures on the demand side to ensure a common understanding of deforestation-free supply chains; emphasizes the need to increase supply chain transparency and minimize the risk of deforestation and deforestation associated with commodity imports into the EU.
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Emphasises that initiatives should be developed to tackle issues outside Europe, with focus on the tropics and the drivers outside the forest sector that are impacting on unsustainable practices in the forest, leading to deforestation and forest degradation; notes that European forest industries only use legally sourced wood from sustainably managed forests;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Notes with concern that the over- cutting of forests and the destruction of habitats and biodiversity is considerably exacerbating the risk to the public from zoonoses such as Covid-19; stresses the need to radically intensify efforts to halt global warming and the loss of biodiversity and habitats;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Recalls that the EU and its Member States are expected to take urgent actions to protect and restore forests in order to meet their commitments under the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris Agreement, the Global Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the UN Strategic Plan for Forests and its Global Forests Goals;
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2020/04/03
AGRI
108 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises th
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Is deeply concerned that, despite the efforts of the EU and its Member States, the EU’s commitment to halting deforestation by 2020 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals is unlikely to be met, and therefore strongly supports the Commission in its proposal to step up action in protecting and restoring the world’s forests;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Stresses that illegal logging is ongoing practice not only in third countries, but also in the EU; calls on the Commission and the Member States to act decisively to prevent and fight illegal logging, especially to save Europe’s last old-growth forests, also by enforcing the existing EU legislation and thus applying proportionate, dissuasive and effective sanctions in cases of breaches of EU law;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Emphasises that reducing consumption pressure is central to the protection of forests; emphasises, in that connection, that cascading use of timber as a raw material should be encouraged; points out that timber only provides ecological services in long-lived products, such as furniture or buildings;
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Trade agreements with countries outside the EU should contain provisions on sustainable forest management and responsible entrepreneurship, as well as commitments on the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Regrets that the rules of the reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy have systematically led to degradation and in many cases have hampered restoration, regeneration and rejuvenation of high-nature value agroforestry systems; notes with concern the current large-scale die-off of iconic Mediterranean high-nature value agroforestry system and urgently calls for change of the rules in order to facilitate regeneration and restoration of existing agroforestry systems, and establishment of new ones;
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Stresses that the 'European Environment - State and Outlook 2020' report found that only one third of the forest habitats listed under the EU Habitats Directive are in favourable conservation status, and that there has been little improvement in the conservation status of forest habitats and species since 2013, despite the implementation of the EU Forest Strategy; highlights that sufficient resources are needed to manage these sites and ensure enforcement of the Nature Directives.
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Points out that, in some cases for centuries, local communities and indigenous peoples have been using traditional farming techniques to preserve forests and have a special understanding of sustainable land use; emphasises that in many parts of the world the rights of these communities and peoples are coming under threat;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Underlines the need to raise public awareness of the social and economic impacts of illegal logging and forest- related crimes;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 c (new) 8c. Reiterates and welcomes the recognition by the Communication1a that old-growth and primary forests are irreplaceable and urges that this understanding underpins also policy and strategies´ discussions, and law enforcement effectiveness also in the EU in order to preserve and restore these ecosystems and their remnants in the EU; _________________ 1aEuropean Commission, 2019: Communication Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests’ (COM(2019)0352
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 c (new) 8c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to protect all environmental and forest defenders in the EU and worldwide;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Reminds that the farmers are aware of the dependence on forests, they consider forests to be an integral and necessary part of the landscape for their relevant ecological, economic and social functions, and farmers have historically striven to protect, use and regenerate the forests, and continue to do so;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Emphasises that 30% of the earth's surface is covered by forest and that these forests are home to 80% of the earth's biodiversity; points out that the preservation and sustainable use of forests is an active form of climate protection and fundamental to the well- being of our society and rural areas;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Notes that large-scale industrial farming is the main cause of tropical deforestation and that tropical forests in particular have a vital role to play in the fight against climate change and must be protected accordingly;1a _________________ 1aSee also: IOP science: Trends in size of tropical deforestation events signal increasing dominance of industrial-scale drivers
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Notes that, in contrast to the generally-accepted view, agriculture in Europe is not expanding to the detriment of forests. Also notes that Europe is the only continent where the surface area of forest is increasing, with some 180 million hectares at the moment;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Points out that approximately 80% of global deforestation is caused by the expansion of land used for agriculture;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Highlights that the EU has been the most significant importer of embodied deforestation linked to crop and livestock products, with meat and soy named as the most significant agricultural drivers of deforestation; considers that the EU must address and reduce its demand of forest- risk commodities, by promotion of locally- sourced, primarily plant-based diets and by making support conditional on farmers using legally and sustainably sourced feedstocks, with focus on pasture-based grazing;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Is appalled that, at the same time, forests in Asia and South America are shrinking at an alarming rate. Calls for this situation to be taken into account in our trade relations with countries in these geographical regions, with no agricultural products stemming directly from deforestation in non-EU countries being allowed onto the European market, particularly protein crops and products derived from livestock farming;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Stresses that deforestation of rain forests driven by land-use change reduces the carbon sequestration potential and thereby significantly contributes to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises that the important role played by farmers in food production
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Underlines that the greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, forestry and fisheries have nearly doubled over the past fifty years and could increase by an additional 30% by 2050 if adequate and effective measures are not taken;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Emphasises that the existing legal provisions and implementing rules on the environmental and social sustainability of palm oil production are often enforced only selectively or partially or are ineffective;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1d. Emphasises that the large-scale destruction of forest ecosystems is continuing at an alarming rate and that the main cause is the increasing use of land for the cultivation of agricultural products, a process which in turn is being fuelled by the increased demand for animal products and biofuels;1a draws attention, in this context, to the importance of more sustainable diets; _________________ 1aSee also the 2010 agreement on biodiversity.
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that the role of agriculture and prevention of food loss and food waste is expanding as the
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that the role of agriculture is expanding as the growing world population requires increased food production; considers, therefore, that all further actions must address issues such as the ability to respond rapidly to crises that could cause food shortages, preventing unsustainable land use and management practices, coping with natural disturbances and mitigating climate change;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes th
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that the
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that the role of agriculture is expanding as the growing world population requires increased food production; considers, therefore, that all further actions must address issues such as preventing unsustainable land use and management practices, tackling global deforestation, coping with natural disturbances a
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that the role of sustainable agriculture is expanding
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises the important role played by farmers in food production and how this is dependent on natural resources such as soil, water and forests; recognises the multifunctionality of forests and the multiple services they provide, going from the traditional production of wood and other products, to environmental benefits such as carbon absorption and storage, preventing soil erosion and improved air and water quality;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that the role of agriculture is expanding as the growing world population requires increased food production; considers, therefore, that all further actions must address issues such as preventing unsustainable land use and management practices, coping with natural
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Emphasizes the flaws of the biofuel sustainability certification schemes currently recognised and authorised by the EU, as identified by the 2016 European Court of Auditors report, in particular as regards accounting for indirect land use change, traceability and labour conditions; regrets that, under these insufficient sustainability criteria, the import of palm oil, of which half is destined for use in biodiesel, into the EU saw a six-fold increase since the beginning of the last Renewable Energy Directive; Stresses that the Renewable Energies Directive II likewise contains insufficient sustainability criteria, and therefore serves to drive direct and indirect land use change including deforestation; Recognises Commission efforts to identify high-ILUC risk biofuels but is concerned about loopholes in the Delegated Act, and the failure to include soy, despite evidence of its link with deforestation;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Draws attention to the Declaration on Forests for the Climate adopted by the international community on 12 December 2018 at the Katowice climate conference. The declaration emphasises the importance of forests and timber use for climate protection and sets those issues in the context of other international forest- related objectives and decisions. These objectives can only be achieved by means of multifunctional active forest management. This means management which takes account of and strikes a balance between all forest-related objectives, such as carbon storage, species and soil protection, extraction of raw materials, leisure and food production;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses that deforestation comes with severe environmental and social costs, including loss of biodiversity due to destruction and fragmentation of natural habitats (including the habitats of endangered species) and negative impact on the livelihoods of local communities by disregarding their rights and interests;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses the crucial role of forestry, along with farming, in the management of natural resources and land use in the EU's and the world's rural areas; hereby recognises the variety in forest management, forest ownership, agroforestry and possibilities between Member States;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses the need to introduce support programmes for the rehabilitation and reintegration into the forest or agricultural cycle of degraded soils unfit for farming;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Highlights the fact that there is a biodiversity decline also in the EU due to the intensive agriculture and forestry practices that systematically led to degradation of EU forests;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the need to promote the
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises the important role played by farmers in food production and how this is dependent on natural resources such as soil, water and forests
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the need to promote the consumption of sustainably sourced goods by introducing a labelling and certification system for deforestation-free products imported into the EU and incorporating the deforestation-free aspect into EU trade deals and other multilateral agreements; recommends the implementation of a traceability system for products imported into the EU in order to ensure compliance with food and environmental quality and safety standards;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the need to continue to promote the sustainable bioeconomy, needed substitution of fossil based materials and promot
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the need to pr
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the need to promote the consumption and production of sustainably sourced goods by introducing a labelling and certification system for deforestation-free products imported into the EU and incorporating the deforestation- free aspect into EU trade deals and other multilateral agreements;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses that free trade agreements should include binding and enforceable provisions to protect forests and guard against human rights violations, particularly violations of community tenure rights; Regrets that this principle was not followed during negotiations on the Mercosur agreement, despite the fact that Commission estimates show that a significant proportion of the deforestation embodied in EU consumption originated in Brazil;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Considers it necessary to reduce the EU consumption of imported products contributing to deforestation, and for doing that, besides a certification system it is crucial to boost cooperation with third countries, producers or suppliers of agricultural materials and to undertake other actions at international level;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses that the EU imports of agricultural products from countries with rainforests continues to drive deforestation that is linked to serious environmental, social and human rights implications;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Asks the Commission to regularly present a report covering the trends of deforestation and exploitation of high carbon stock areas, such as peatlands, in third countries;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Stresses the importance of inclusive partnership with third countries in order to strengthen sustainable land management and sustainable agriculture, as well as good governance particularly in land and forest tenure, as these are governmental responsibilities in combating deforestation, which cannot be adequately addressed by external stakeholders alone; recalls that a partnership approach must support better governance, respect the rights of indigenous peoples, smallholders and local communities, and enable multi- stakeholder processes in producer countries;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises the important role played by farmers in food production and how this is dependent on natural resources
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Zero deforestation supply chains should be encouraged, with the aim of increasing the transparency and minimizing the risk of deforestation and forest degradation associated with the import of certain agricultural products into the EU market.
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Stresses that palm oil is an important driver of deforestation on an alarming scale for commercial agriculture in countries of Southeast Asia, while soya cultivation for animal nutrition contributes to deforestation in South America;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Underlines the need to include safeguard clauses in future trade agreements allowing the EU to suspend imports of related products from regions or countries where deforestation is observed;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Encourages the implementation of support measures aiming at increasing agricultural productivity in concerned countries, in order to reduce the social and economic pressure onto deforestation and exploitation of peatlands;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 d (new) 3d. Takes into account a global support for protection of world's forest ecosystems including wildlife and their habitats when calling for urgent action to protect forests worldwide and ensure sustainable global supply chains;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 e (new) 3e. Underlines that introduction of labelling and certification systems for deforestation-free products is not sufficient in the context of the climate and environmental emergency; demands that all products that drive deforestation globally should be prohibited from entering the EU internal market;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines the need for further significant progress in developing and implementing an EU protein plant strategy and ensuring robust protein plant production within the EU, to focus on shorter supply chains to the advantage of food sovereignty both in the EU and its partners; stresses that the strategy should also take into account nutritional recommendations relevant for the European region, and integrate production of plant protein for human consumption within the strategy, with the purpose of decreasing the human consumption of meat and milk products, which accounts for a large share of land use change, including deforestation, and, in the EU, currently takes up over 70 percent of EU agricultural land in feeding livestock;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines the need for further significant progress in developing and implementing an EU protein plant strategy and ensuring robust protein plant production within the EU; encourages the adoption of crop rotation accompanied by support and guidance for farmers in areas suitable for the cultivation of all protein plants; calls on the Commission to draw up a standardised list of protein plants for all Member States;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Deplores the ineffectiveness of current programmes to encourage the growth of protein crops in Europe. Underlines the need for further significant progress in developing and implementing an effective EU protein plant strategy a
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises the important role played by farmers in food production and how this is dependent on natural resources such as soil, water and forests; recognises the multifunctionality of forests, and stresses the need for a holistic and coherent approach for the protection, restoration and management of forests;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines the need for further significant progress in developing and implementing an EU protein plant strategy and ensuring robust protein plant production within the EU; calls in this connection for the introduction of sustainability criteria for plant protein imports;1a _________________ 1aAs called for by the European Parliament, the European strategy for the promotion of protein crops encourages the production of protein and leguminous plants in the European agriculture sector.
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines the need for further significant progress in developing and implementing an EU protein plant strategy and ensuring robust protein plant production within the EU, in order to reduce the dependence on imports, and reduce the pressure on forests due to land use change;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines the need for further significant progress in developing and implementing an EU protein plant strategy and ensuring robust protein plant production within the EU in order to limit the danger of deforestation linked to these crops in other regions of the world;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines the need for further significant progress in developing and implementing an EU protein
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses that the EU livestock sector production based on imported feed is among the key drivers for land-use change and thus indirectly responsible for deforestation and forest degradation at the expense of natural habitats and ecosystems and biodiversity in the third countries, especially in South America;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Stresses that trade deal with Mercosur countries is in conflict with the EU commitments on zero deforestation and human rights with regards to meat and soya imports; urges the Commission to meet its climate and zero deforestation targets and therefore decrease soya imports;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Notes the continuing import into the EU of palm oil and its use in a range of industries, including the food industry; expresses its concern at palm oil being used in some products as a milk substitute, which is liable to mislead consumers; notes with concern that the demand for products such as palm oil puts pressure on forest areas in sensitive regions and on the communities that live there;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Highlights the importance of further developing existing systems such as the FLEGT action plan to enable the transfer of knowledge and education for partners outside the EU; recommends that the EU increase its efforts into the FLEGT-Voluntary Partnership Agreements, with focus on civil society participation, in particular indigenous peoples, local communities dependent on forests, women and environmental rights defenders; recommends to build on the example of FLEGT-VPA via its extension to forest-risk agricultural commodities;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Highlights the importance of further developing existing systems such as the FLEGT action plan as well as current legislation like REDD+ and the EU timber regulation, and promotion of current voluntary systems, in order to reduce the administrative burden of Member States, and to enable the transfer of knowledge and education for partners outside the EU;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises the important role played by farmers in agricultural and food production and how this is dependent on natural resources such as soil, water and forests; recognises the multifunctionality of forests and their interdependence from other ecosystems and their elements;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Highlights the importance of further developing existing systems such as the FLEGT action plan to enable the transfer of knowledge and education
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Highlights the importance of
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Takes the view that the drivers of deforestation should be addressed in a EU policy framework, thereby ensuring the coherence of forest-related policies, reducing the pressure on forests by developing more innovative and efficient farming within and outside the EU, and reducing food losses throughout the food chain through new technologies; points out that these targets can be met by giving farmers easy access to funding to acquire cutting-edge high-precision farming technologies; considers that the high demand for food should be addressed through technical assistance, cooperation among agricultural organisations and knowledge transfer;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Takes the view that the drivers of deforestation should be addressed in a EU policy framework,
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Takes the view that the drivers of deforestation should be addressed in a EU policy framework, thereby ensuring the coherence of forest-related policies, reducing the pressure on forests by developing more innovative and efficient farming within and outside the EU, and reducing food losses throughout the food chain through new technologies, thereby contributing to a circular economy; considers
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Takes the view that the drivers of deforestation should be addressed in a EU policy framework, thereby ensuring the coherence of forest-related policies, reducing the pressure on forests by developing more innovative and efficient farming within and outside the EU, and reducing food losses throughout the food chain and the production of agricultural commodities through new technologies; considers that the high demand for food should be addressed through technical assistance, cooperation among agricultural organisations and knowledge transfer;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Takes the view that the drivers of deforestation should be addressed in a EU policy framework, thereby ensuring the
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Takes the view that the drivers of deforestation should be addressed in
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Takes the view that the drivers of deforestation should be addressed in a EU policy framework, thereby ensuring the coherence of forest-related policies, reducing the pressure on forests by developing more innovative, sustainable and efficient farming within and outside the EU, and reducing food losses throughout the food chain through new technologies; considers that the high demand for food should be addressed through technical assistance, cooperation among agricultural organisations and knowledge transfer;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Takes the view that the drivers of deforestation should be addressed in a EU policy framework,
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises the
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Takes the view that the drivers of deforestation should be addressed in an EU policy framework, thereby ensuring the coherence of forest-related policies, reducing the pressure on forests; by
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Takes the view that the drivers of deforestation should be addressed in a EU policy framework, thereby ensuring the coherence of forest-related policies, reducing the pressure on forests by developing more
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Emphasises that the reshaping of forestry must lead to the use of integrated forest management practices worldwide. Only in this way can the potential offered by multifunctional forestry be exploited to the full. Integrated forestry management is based on the sustainable production of timber as a natural raw material and the exploitation of the sustainable potential of all forms of timber;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Underlines that next to agricultural commodities, also timber, pulp, paper and bioenergy is responsible for a large- scale deforestation. In order to mitigate the negative impact of these industries, it is of great importance to set aside large enough areas of intact forests with highest protection to sustain large- scale ecological processes that are crucial for adaptation of forests to climate change.
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses the importance of establishing sustainable, transparent agricultural value chains by means of trade agreements which will not allow access to Europe to agricultural products which do not comply with our standards and values in terms of forest protection.
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses the need to link the European Green Deal policies with the incentives on deforestation in addressing its environmental, social and human rights impacts in order to achieve the long-term vision for a climate neutral economy;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Stresses that increasing use of wood for biofuels and bioenergy is creating pressure on the European and world's forests given the rising demand for energy coming from renewable sources;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take full account of the impact that increased use of biofuels has on deforestation; therefore calls on the Commission to fundamentally reform EU bioenergy policies, i.e. by revising the Renewable Energy Directive;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 d (new) 7d. Calls for the rapid phase-out of all land-based biofuels that drive deforestation and compete against food production for land and significantly contribute to greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises the important role played by farmers in food production and how this is dependent on natural resources such as soil
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 e (new) 7e. Stresses the importance of promoting sustainable diets, by raising consumer awareness of the impacts of consumption patterns and providing information on diets that are better for human health and have a lower environmental footprint;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 f (new) 7f. Recognises further that a reduction in the EU production and consumption of meat would contribute to meet the SDGs, among other things, on halting deforestation and halting biodiversity loss;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Emphasises the importance of sustainable forest management within the EU and in third countries as an essential factor in ensuring the income of forest owners and farmers practicing agroforestry and in improving the resilience of forests; Highlights in this regard the importance of supporting forest owners and especially take into account the conditions for small forest owners.
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Emphasises the importance of sustainable forest management, with the permanent replantation of new forests, within the EU and in third countries as an essential factor in ensuring biodiversity and the income of forest owners and farmers practicing agroforestry and in improving the resilience of forests.
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Emphasises the importance of sustainable forest management within the EU and in third countries as an essential factor in ensuring the income of forest owners and farmers practicing agroforestry and in improving the resilience of forests, as well as enhancing carbon sequestration within forests.
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Emphasises the importance of sustainable forest management within the EU and in third countries as an essential factor in ensuring the income of forest owners, people that live or work in forests and farmers practicing agroforestry and in improving the resilience of forests.
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Emphasises the importance of sustainable forest management and education within the EU and in third countries as an essential factor in ensuring the income of forest owners and farmers practicing agroforestry and in improving the resilience of forests.
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Emphasises the importance of sustainable forest management within the EU and in third countries as an essential factor in ensuring the income of forest owners and farmers practicing agroforestry
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Emphasizes the need to ensure consistency between EU action at home and abroad; Calls for robust enforcement of the Timber Regulation and the Nature Directives across the EU, including via timely infringement proceedings; strongly condemns the acts of violence, including murder, recently reported against forest rangers and workers in certain Member States, and urges the authorities to ensure full and fair criminal investigation and trial;
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Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the progress made through Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to step up capacity support to VPA countries in order to accelerate the implementation of the commitments made, including combatting corruption and greenwashing, enhancing good governance, and e
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to step up capacity support to VPA countries in order to accelerate the implementation of the commitments made, including combatting corruption and greenwashing, enhancing good governance, and exploring the inclusion of more ambitious, binding and enforceable sustainable forestry provisions in trade and sustainable development chapters;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to step up capacity support to VPA countries in order to accelerate the implementation of the commitments made, including combatting corruption and greenwashing, enhancing good governance and transparency, and exploring the inclusion of more ambitious sustainable forestry provisions in trade and sustainable development chapters;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to step up capacity support to VPA countries in order to accelerate the implementation of the commitments made, including combatting corruption and greenwashing, enhancing good governance, and
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Recalls that the objective of the VPAs is to provide a legal framework aimed at ensuring that all timber and timber product imports from partner countries into the EU covered by the VPA have been produced legally; and that VPAs are generally intended to foster systemic changes in the forestry sector aimed at sustainable management of forests, eradicating illegal logging and supporting worldwide efforts to stop deforestation and forest degradation;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Calls on the Commission to streamline and better coordinate its efforts in fighting illegal logging within the different EU policies and its services involved in the policies; calls on the Commission to negotiate timber import standards in future bilateral or multilateral trade-related agreements, in order to avoid undermining the successes achieved through the FLEGT Action Plan with timber-producing countries;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Recalls that sustainable and inclusive forest management and governance is essential to achieve the objectives set in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2 c. Underlines that the VPAs provide an important legal framework for both the EU and its partner countries, made possible with the good cooperation and engagement by the countries concerned;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the EU to more closely cooperate with like-minded importing countries in the fight against deforestation and climate change while safeguarding avenues for legal trade; noting that Indirect Land-use Change (ILUC) can occur when land previously devoted to food or feed production is converted to produce biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels; in that case, food and feed demand still needs to be satisfied, which may lead to the extension of agricultural land into areas with high carbon stock, contributing to global deforestation;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the EU to
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the progress made through Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs), especially in Indonesia, and the increased dialogue between governments, industry and civil society in several countries resulting from the VPA process; is convinced that the EU should continue to engage with VPA countries to ensure it remains an attractive alternative to export markets with less stringent environmental standards;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the EU to more closely cooperate with like-minded importing countries in the fight against deforestation and climate change while safeguarding avenues for legal trade; calls for additional efforts in the coordination of choices regarding which species to replant in order to safeguard forests' resilience, based, in particular, on the diversity of the replanted species;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the EU to more closely cooperate with
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the EU to more closely cooperate with trade partners and like- minded importing countries in the fight against deforestation and climate change while safeguarding avenues for
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 – point a (new) (a) Recalls that the Renewable Energy Directivelimits the contribution to the EU Renewable Energy target of food and feed crops considered to have a high indirect land use change (ILUC) risk, and for which a significant expansion of their feedstock production area into land with high carbon stock is observed; notes that the contribution of these high ILUC-risk biofuels will be reduced to 0% by 2030; considers this to be a vitally important provision which limits negative and unintended impacts of EU's Renewable Energy policy on global deforestation;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Notes with concern that research continues to affirm a worrying link between zoonotic diseases, such as COVID-19, and deforestation, climate change and biodiversity loss; Notes also with concern that commercial export- oriented agriculture remains a major driver of global deforestation, since around 75 per cent of all deforestation now comes from the conversion of natural forests for agriculture, and that around half of all tropical deforestation since 2000 has been due to the illegal conversion of forests for commercial agriculture;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines the importance of measures ensuring that demand is in line with the stated goals, such as the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal, as the EU is a major importer of commodities associated with deforestation, such as soy, palm oil, eucalyptus, rubber, maize, beef, leather and cocoa, which are often drivers of global deforestation;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines the importance of measures ensuring that demand is in line with the
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines the importance of measures ensuring that demand is in line with the stated goals, as the EU is a major importer of commodities associated with deforestation; calls for stiffer penalties to be introduced in order to reduce the import and marketing of illegal timber into the European Union;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines the importance of measures ensuring that demand is in line with the stated goals, as the EU is a
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Welcomes the EU communication on "Stepping up EU action to protect and restore the worlds’s forests"; notes that the EU has regulated the supply chains of timber, fish and conflict minerals, but not yet of forest-risk agricultural commodities; recalls that legislation regulating access to the EU market for forest-risk commodities would be the most effective demand-side measure to combat deforestation; urges the Commission to develop an enforceable framework for due diligence obligations in the entire supply chain of these commodities in order to identify, prevent, and mitigate environmental, social and human rights risks and impacts
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the progress made through Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs), especially in Indonesia and Ghana, and the increased dialogue between governments, industry and civil society in several countries resulting from the VPA process; is convinced that the EU should continue to engage with VPA countries to ensure it remains an attractive
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Believes that
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Is convinced that green public procurement policies can play an important role in encouraging trade in legal and sustainable timber; notes however that most EU Member States have mandatory purchasing policies for central government departments and voluntary policies for local authorities that undertake the majority of public spending; calls on the Member States to improve their statistics on the volume of wood they purchase including the indication of how much sustainable, legal or FLEGT-licensed material might be included within their procurement;
Amendment 32 #
5 a. Recalls that conflict timber is already an action area in the FLEGT Action Plan but that insufficient work has been done to address this issue; calls on the Commission to deliver on its commitment to extend the due diligence obligations provided by the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) so as to cover conflict timber in the framework of the upcoming review;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls on the Commission to tackle deforestation multilaterally, with the aim of, inter alia, speeding up negotiations at the WTO on an Environmental Goods Agreement;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls for the EU to ensure the coherence of the VPA with all its policies, including in the fields of development, the environment, agriculture and trade;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Calls on the EU to strengthen the enforcement of the environmental and climate rules of EU free trade agreements (FTAs); welcomes the proposal to this end by the Commission in the European Green Deal to make the Paris agreement an essential element of future FTAs and its proposal to do so in the case of the EU- UK agreement; calls on the Commission to develop tools to monitor the carbon footprint of imports; calls on the EU to include a “hierarchy clause” in the Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) chapters of future FTAs, whereby the stipulations of the international agreements regarding climate, environment, human and labour right, to which the parties adhere to, would take precedence over other stipulations of the agreement; calls on the EU to include such provisions in future FTAs that would allow the EU to organise inspections and verifications in cases of suspected non-compliance with provisions laid down in the TSD chapter and, as a last resort, to make it possible to gradually withdraw trade preferences in cases of non-compliance with these provisions;
Amendment 36 #
5 b. Repeats its demand that imports of timber and timber products should be more thoroughly checked at the EU borders, to ensure that the imported products comply with the criteria necessary to enter the EU; stresses that the Commission needs to ensure that custom controls throughout the EU follow the same standards, by means of a direct unified customs control mechanism, in coordination with Member States and in full compliance with the principle of subsidiarity; believes that the EU needs to ensure imports to and production within the EU only support global supply chains and financial flows which are sustainable and deforestation-free and do not result in human rights violations by reinforcing private sector efforts through policies and appropriate measures;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Stresses that corruption linked to illegal logging should be addressed in the EU trade policy; urges the Commission to include in its FTAs illegal logging related anti-corruption provisions that are enforceable and which must be effectively and fully implemented; such provisions should include underpricing of wood in concessions, harvesting of protected trees by commercial corporations, smuggling of forest products across borders, illegal logging and processing forest raw materials without a licence; further calls on the EU to enhance collaboration with organisations aiming to prevent global forestry crime;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Stresses that clear commitments in the fight against deforestation are included in all new trade agreements including Mercosur and others;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5 c. Recalls the importance of adequate access to justice, legal remedies and effective protection for whistleblowers in natural resources exporting countries in order to ensure the efficiency of any legislation or initiative; further calls on the EU to introduce a formal and independent complaints mechanism that would allow citizens, and local stakeholders with effective recourse to remedy, and a tool to address potential negative impacts on human rights, notably through the application of the State to State Dispute settlement to the trade and sustainable development provisions in FTAs;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the progress made through Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs), especially in
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5 c. Calls for the EU to address global deforestation also by regulating European trade and consumption of forest-risk commodities, such as soy, palm oil, eucalyptus, rubber, maize, beef, leather and cocoa, based on lessons learned from the FLEGT Action Plan, the Timber Regulation, the Conflict Mineral Regulation, the Non-Financial Reporting Directive, legislation on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) and other EU initiatives to regulate supply chains;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5 c. Calls on the Commission to take use of the new provisions of the anti- dumping regulation concerning environment and climate policies;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5 d. Underlines that the drivers of deforestation go beyond the forest sector per se and relate to a wide range of issues, such as land tenure, protection of the rights of indigenous people, agricultural policies, climate change, democracy, human rights and political freedom; recalls that indigenous women and women farmers play a central role in protecting forest ecosystems; calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to address deforestation holistically through a coherent policy frame, i.e. by ensuring effective recognition and respect of land tenure rights of forest-dependent communities, particularly in case of EU development funding, as well as in the screening process of the FLEGT-VPAs, and in such a way as to enable subsistence in local community forestry, while ensuring the conservation of ecosystems; believes that gender equality in forestry education is a key point in the sustainable management of forests, which should be reflected in the EU Action Plan;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5 d. Recalls that the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights must be respected; supports the ongoing negotiations to create a binding UN instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights and stresses the importance of the EU being proactively involved in this process;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5 d. Calls on the EU to make a stronger link between trade and development policies, inter alia, by better implementing GSP+ rules in partner countries; calls on the Commission to work with GSP+ recipients on forestry management action plans to ensure effective implementation of their environmental commitments;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 e (new) 5 e. Recalls the importance of respecting the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; calls on the Commission to be actively involved in the negotiations on a binding UN instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 e (new) 5 e. Calls for the suspension of the EU-Mercosur Agreement process until binding and legally enforceable provisions to address climate change, deforestation, biodiversity loss and to protect indigenous communities’ rights have been included.
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Emphasises the need to further improve implementation and enforcement of the EUTR to best preserve sustainable trade in imported and domestically produced timber and timber products; notes also that imports of timber and timber products should be more thoroughly checked at the EU borders to ensure that the imported products do indeed comply with the criteria necessary to enter the EU; stresses the strengthening of existing policies must go hand in hand with increased policy coherence to ensure EU policies, including trade, do not create negative impacts on environment or people.
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses, in the wake of this wretched pandemic, that the majority of human pathogens originate in animals and that the destruction of forest ecosystems is making the outbreak of new pandemics more likely; calls, in this connection and in view of the lessons to be learnt from this unprecedented crisis, for a re-evaluation of our goals with regard to combating deforestation, monocultures and intensive forestry;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Notes with deep concern the recent developments in Indonesia regarding the discussion to lift FLEGT licensing, which will seriously undermine the VPA and the export advantages it provides to the EU market; calls on the Commission to take immediate action and through dialogue with the Indonesian government find a way to continue with the licensing, without jeopardising the integrity of the commitments under the agreement;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Considers it necessary to tackle all the main drivers of global deforestation, particularly agricultural expansion, which account for an estimated 80% of global deforestation and which has its roots in the demand for commodities such as palm oil, soya and beef;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Urges the Commission to submit a legislative proposal to introduce a due diligence obligation on operators placing forest and ecosystem-risk commodities and products on the internal market to ensure that such commodities and products do not cause deforestation, forest degradation, and the conversion or degradation of natural ecosystems or related human rights violations; a similar due diligence obligation should apply to the financial sector; the due diligence obligations should apply to the whole supply chain and cover OECD guidelines on social responsibility and human rights in trade; an access to justice and grievance mechanisms for the victims should be an important component of this legislation;
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