2019/2824(RSP) | [ParlTrack]

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Caroline VOADEN, Nils TORVALDS, Pascal CANFIN

Paragraph 15

15. Welcomes the agreement reached at COP14 by 196 governments to scale up investments in nature and people towards 2020 and beyond; underlines that economic growth can facilitate sustainable development only if it is decoupled from the degradation of biodiversity ~~and~~, nature’s capacity to contribute to people and the ability of humankind to preserve and respect it;

Amendment 101 #

Paragraph 15

15. Welcomes the agreement reached at COP14 by 196 governments to scale up investments in nature and people towards 2020 and beyond; underlines that economic growth can facilitate sustainable development only if it is decoupled entirely from the degradation of biodiversity and nature’s capacity to contribute to people's well-being;

Amendment 102 #

Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nils TORVALDS

Paragraph 15

15. Welcomes the agreement reached at COP14 by 196 governments to scale up investments in nature and people towards 2020 and beyond; underlines that economic growth can facilitate sustainable development in all sectors only if it is decoupled from the degradation of biodiversity and nature’s capacity to contribute to people;

Amendment 103 #

Pascal CANFIN, Martin HOJSÍK, Irena JOVEVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Nils TORVALDS, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Subheading 4 a (new)

EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030

Amendment 104 #

Pascal CANFIN, Martin HOJSÍK, Irena JOVEVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Nils TORVALDS, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Paragraph 15 a (new)

15 a. Welcomes the commitments of President Ursula von der Leyen to present a Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 as part of the Green Deal; calls for the Commission to present this strategy before COP15 as it will be a key component of the EU’s capacity to raise ambition at the COP15;

Amendment 105 #

Pascal CANFIN, Martin HOJSÍK, Irena JOVEVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Nils TORVALDS, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Paragraph 15 b (new)

15 b. Urges the Commission to design a strategy that will address the main drivers of biodiversity loss, domestically and worldwide, and which will include legally binding targets for biodiversity protection and restoration;

Amendment 106 #

Pascal CANFIN, Martin HOJSÍK, Irena JOVEVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Nils TORVALDS, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Paragraph 15 c (new)

15 c. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure the consistency of the “Farm to Fork Initiative” and the “Zero Pollution Ambition” with the Common Agricultural Policy post 2020, particularly to address the reduction of the use of pesticides, with policy options such as the reduction of dependency on pesticides or the definition of an EU-wide reduction target for the use of pesticides;

Amendment 107 #

Pascal CANFIN, Martin HOJSÍK, Irena JOVEVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Nils TORVALDS, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Paragraph 15 d (new)

15 d. Calls on the Commission and the EIB to include biodiversity-proofing components in their financial instruments in order to avoid adverse effects on biodiversity; invites the EIB to update its Environmental and Social Standards accordingly with the provisions of the future Biodiversity Strategy for 2030;

Amendment 108 #

Pascal CANFIN, Martin HOJSÍK, Irena JOVEVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Nils TORVALDS, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Paragraph 15 e (new)

15 e. Calls for an EU-wide legally binding target to restore degraded habitats by 2030, through restoration of natural forests, peatlands, floodplains, wetlands, biodiversity rich grasslands, coastal zones and marine areas; regrets that the 2020 Biodiversity Strategy failed to deliver on the target to restore 15% of degraded ecosystems;

Amendment 109 #

Pascal CANFIN, Martin HOJSÍK, Irena JOVEVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Nils TORVALDS, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Paragraph 15 f (new)

15 f. Urges the Commission and the EIB to include biodiversity-proofing in its external action, particularly in its external financial instrument, in order to ensure that no EU funds or financing scheme contribute to net biodiversity loss;

Amendment 11 #

Tudor CIUHODARU

Recital A

A. whereas the mission statement of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011- 2020 is to take effective and urgent action to halt the loss of biodiversity in order to ensure that by 2020 ecosystems are resilient and continue to provide essential services, thereby securing and conserving the planet's variety of life, and contributing to human well-being, and poverty eradication;

Amendment 110 #

Pascal CANFIN, Martin HOJSÍK, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Nils TORVALDS, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Paragraph 15 g (new)

15 g. Recalls its position on the next MFF’s external action instrument stating that 45% of the funds in the new instrument should support climate and environmental objectives related to climate, environmental management and protection, biodiversity and combating desertification;

Amendment 111 #

Pascal CANFIN, Martin HOJSÍK, Irena JOVEVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Nils TORVALDS, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Paragraph 15 i (new)

15 i. Welcomes the Commission's commitment, included in the Commissioner-designate for the Environment and Oceans' mission letter, stating that Europe should lead the way to an ambitious agreement at the 2020 Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and lead global efforts to curtail biodiversity loss; is of the opinion that the EU's global ambition will have to be consistent with its domestic action, in the framework of the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030;

Amendment 112 #

Pascal CANFIN, Martin HOJSÍK, Irena JOVEVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Nils TORVALDS, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Paragraph 15 j (new)

15 j. Invites the Commission to include the reduction of the EU's global footprint as an important focus of the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030 in order to avoid inconsistency between its domestic and international actions;

Amendment 113 #

César LUENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Simona BONAFÈ, Alessandra MORETTI, Manuel PIZARRO, Mohammed CHAHIM, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Delara BURKHARDT, Cristina MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES, Javi LÓPEZ, Sylwia SPUREK

Paragraph 16

16. Highlights the necessity of appropriate financing for biodiversity; underlines that biodiversity proofing in the next Multiannual Financial Framework and mainstreaming biodiversity across policy areas will have a significant and positive effect on reaching the 2050 Vision; calls on the Commission and the Council to set up a clear target for biodiversity mainstreaming of minimum 10% in the MFF that is additional to the spending on climate mainstreaming; emphasises also the need to establish a more transparent, comprehensive and stringent methodology for the tracking of biodiversity and climate expenditure; reiterates its calls to at least double the current funding of LIFE Programme; calls also for the phase out of harmful subsidies;

Amendment 114 #

Pascal CANFIN, Irena JOVEVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Paragraph 16

16. Highlights the necessity of appropriate financing for biodiversity; underlines that biodiversity proofing in the next Multiannual Financial Framework and mainstreaming biodiversity across policy areas will have a significant and positive effect on reaching the 2050 Vision; ~~calls on the Commission and the Council to phase out harmful subsidie~~points out that traceable resources are necessary to ensure the transparency and the effectiveness of financing for biodiversity; calls on the Commission and the Council to phase out harmful subsidies such as subsidies for fossil fuels, unsustainable fisheries or unsustainable irrigation; insists that, for the sake of consistency, the Commission should maintain LIFE’s financial envelope; stresses that the future Sustainable Finance Plan will have to help financial market participants understand their biodiversity loss-related risks by including biodiversity in financial disclosure requirements;

Amendment 115 #

Ville NIINISTÖ, Silvia MODIG, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN

Paragraph 16

16. Highlights the necessity of appropriate financing for biodiversity; ~~underlines that~~calls for improving biodiversity proofing in the next Multiannual Financial Framework and ~~mainst~~increamsing biodiversity mainstreaming across policy areas ~~will~~so as to have a significant and positive effect on reaching the 2050 Vision; calls on the ~~Commission and the Council to phase out harmful subsidies;~~ budget for the LIFE Programme to be increased to at least 1% of the next MFF; calls on the Commission and the Council to phase out harmful subsidies and to ensure coherence in all EU funds and programmes so that no expenditure under the EU budget can contribute to biodiversity loss;

Amendment 116 #

Eleonora EVI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Daniela RONDINELLI

Paragraph 16

Amendment 117 #

Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Paragraph 16

16. Highlights the necessity of appropriate ~~financing~~resources allocation for biodiversity; underlines that biodiversity proofing in the next Multiannual Financial Framework and mainstreaming biodiversity across policy areas will have a significant and positive effect on reaching the 2050 Vision; calls on the Commission and the Council to phase out harmful subsidies and to set a new general biodiversity expenditure target for the following programming period;

Amendment 118 #

Stanislav POLČÁK

Paragraph 16

Amendment 119 #

Paragraph 16

16. Highlights the necessity of appropriate and sufficient financing for biodiversity; underlines that biodiversity proofing in the next Multiannual Financial Framework and mainstreaming biodiversity across policy areas will have a significant and positive effect on reaching the 2050 Vision; calls on the Commission and the Council to phase out harmful subsidies;

Amendment 12 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Caroline VOADEN, Nils TORVALDS

Recital B

B. whereas the 2050 Vision adopted under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is “Living in harmony with nature” where “by 2050, biodiversity is valued, conserved, restored and wisely used, maintaining ecosystem services, sustaining a healthy planet and delivering benefits essential for all people”, and for our future generations;

Amendment 120 #

Paragraph 16

16. Highlights the necessity of appropriate financing for biodiversity; underlines that biodiversity and climate proofing in the next Multiannual Financial Framework and mainstreaming biodiversity across policy areas will have a significant and positive effect on reaching the 2050 Vision; calls on the Commission and the Council to phase out harmful subsidies;

Amendment 121 #

Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Stresses that biodiversity mainstreaming needs to be accompanied with data collection; notes with concern that basic research, including taxonomy, which is crucial for this purpose, is heavily under-resourced and lacks support in policy and research funding; calls for adequate funding to be allocated from Horizon Europe for basic research projects and capacity building, and for also using the technical assistance axis of other EU funds for this purpose;

Amendment 122 #

Paragraph 16 b (new)

16 b. Underlines that according to the tracking exercise of biodiversity related expenditure, the Common Agricultural Policy provides aproximately 75% of total contribution of all the EU instruments2a; recalls, however that environmentally- harmful subsidies, which is called to phase out in its Resolution on the Mid- term Review of the EU Biodiversity Strategy, are still part of this policy; underlines the incoherence; calls therefore for an ambitious framework with specific, measureable indicators and ambitious targets with no financing for adverse policy instruments within the CAP; _________________ 2aDraft General Budget of the European Union for the ﬁnancial year 2019; out of EUR85 billion, the CAP allegedly provides EUR68 billion, mentioned also here https://www.eca.europa.eu/lists/ecadocum ents/ap19_09/ap_biodiversity_en.pdf

Amendment 123 #

Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the establishment of new fin~~ternation~~ancial fin~~ancial mechanisms~~struments to leverage funding for biodiversity conservation ~~linked to the CBD~~under the Global Environment Facility (GEF); calls on businesses and financial organisations to make and share strong commitments and contributions to biodiversity, including by biodiversity-proofing their activities, and highlights the importance of leveraging private financing initiatives in this regard; regrets the inconsistency of data set on finance flows for biodiversity that come from domestic and international public and private sources, that puts at risk the tracking and reporting systems and negatively affects any potential reform;

Amendment 124 #

Pascal CANFIN, Martin HOJSÍK, Irena JOVEVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Nils TORVALDS, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Paragraph 17

17. ~~Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the establishment of new international financial mechanisms for biodiversity conservation linked to the CBD;~~ calls on businesses and financial organisations to make and share strong commitments and contributions to biodiversity, including by biodiversity- proofing their activities, and highlights the importance of leveraging private financing initiatives in this regard; regrets the inconsistency of data set on finance flows for biodiversity that come from domestic and international public and private sources, that puts at risk the tracking and reporting systems and negatively affects any potential reform;

Amendment 125 #

Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the establishment of new international financial mechanisms for biodiversity conservation linked to the CBD; calls on businesses and financial organisations to make and share strong commitments and contributions to biodiversity, including by biodiversity-proofing their activities, and highlights the importance of leveraging private financing initiatives in this regard; regrets the inconsistency of data set on finance flows for biodiversity that come from domestic and international public and private sources, that puts at risk the tracking and reporting systems and negatively affects any potential reform; calls therefore on the Commission, Member States and the EIB to develop tangible standards on data set on finance flows for biodiversity;

Amendment 126 #

César LUENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Simona BONAFÈ, Alessandra MORETTI, Jytte GUTELAND, Manuel PIZARRO, Mohammed CHAHIM, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Delara BURKHARDT, Cristina MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES, Javi LÓPEZ, Sylwia SPUREK

Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the establishment of new international financial mechanisms for biodiversity conservation linked to the CBD; ~~calls~~notes that economic activities can be important drivers of global biodiversity decline and loss of natural capital; calls therefore on businesses and financial organisations to make and share strong commitments and contributions to biodiversity, including by biodiversity-proofing their activities, and highlights the importance of leveraging private financing initiatives in this regard; regrets the inconsistency of data set on finance flows for biodiversity that come from domestic and international public and private sources, that puts at risk the tracking and reporting systems and negatively affects any potential reform;

Amendment 127 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Caroline VOADEN, Nils TORVALDS

Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the establishment of new international financial mechanisms for biodiversity conservation linked to the CBD while making all efforts for mainstreaming biodiversity into existing funds; calls on businesses and financial organisations to make and share strong commitments and contributions to biodiversity, including by biodiversity-proofing their activities, and highlights the importance of leveraging private financing initiatives in this regard; regrets the inconsistency of data set on finance flows for biodiversity that come from domestic and international public and private sources, that puts at risk the tracking and reporting systems and negatively affects any potential reform;

Amendment 128 #

Ville NIINISTÖ, Silvia MODIG, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Eleonora EVI

Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the establishment of ~~new~~additional international financial mechanisms for biodiversity conservation linked to the CBD; calls on businesses and financial organisations to make and share strong commitments and contributions to biodiversity, including by biodiversity-proofing their activities, and highlights the importance of leveraging private financing initiatives in this regard; regrets the inconsistency of data set on finance flows for biodiversity that come from domestic and international public and private sources, that puts at risk the tracking and reporting systems and negatively affects any potential reform;

Amendment 129 #

Eleonora EVI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Daniela RONDINELLI

Paragraph 18

~~18. Stresses the importance of increasing investments to achieve the Paris Agreement commitments in order to reduce impacts of climate change on biodiversity;~~deleted

Amendment 13 #

Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas as highlighted in the IPBES Global assessment report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, current negative trends in biodiversity and ecosystems will undermine progress towards 80% of the assessed targets of Sustainable Development Goals related to poverty, hunger, health, water, cities, climate, oceans and land; whereas indigenous peoples and many of the world’s poorest communities are projected to be primarily and more severely affected; whereas therefore loss and degradation of biodiversity must be considered not only as environmental issues but also developmental, economic, social and as moral ones;

Amendment 130 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Nils TORVALDS, Pascal CANFIN

Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the importance of increasing investments to achieve the Paris Agreement commitments in order to reduce impacts of climate change on biodiversity; recalls that a significant part of investments made in the framework of the Paris Agreement has to be used for preserving and restoring biodiversity;

Amendment 131 #

Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the importance of increasing investments ~~to achieve the Paris Agreement commitments in order to~~, including in nature-based solutions and corresponding initiatives, that result in co-benefits for biodiversity and climate action that in turn will reduce impacts of climate change on biodiversity;

Amendment 132 #

Pascal CANFIN, Martin HOJSÍK, Irena JOVEVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Nils TORVALDS, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the importance of increasing investments to achieve the Paris Agreement commitments in order to reduce impacts of climate change on biodiversity, and to take advantage of the potential of nature-based solutions for climate mitigation;

Amendment 133 #

Ville NIINISTÖ, Silvia MODIG, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Eleonora EVI

Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the importance of increasing investments to achieve the Paris Agreement commitments and of phasing out environmentally harmful investments in order to reduce impacts of climate change on biodiversity;

Amendment 134 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Nils TORVALDS, Pascal CANFIN

Paragraph 19

19. ~~Welcomes the decision of the EIB Group to align all its financing activities with the goals of the Paris Agreement and to delivering at least 50% of EIB finance for climate action; c~~Calls on the Commission to engage with Member States and the financial sector to ~~align their activities with the Paris Agreement and~~ consider the protection of biodiversity in financial transactions and investments at EU level and beyond;

Amendment 135 #

Paragraph 19

19. Welcomes the decision of the EIB Group to align all its financing activities with the goals of the Paris Agreement and to delivering at least 50% of EIB finance for climate action; calls on the EIB to continue expanding biodiversity protection and conservation within its financial envelope; calls on the Commission to engage with Member States and the financial sector to align their activities with the Paris Agreement and consider the protection of biodiversity in financial transactions and investments at EU level and beyond;

Amendment 136 #

Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nils TORVALDS

Paragraph 19

19. Welcomes the decision of the EIB Group to align all its financing activities with the goals of the Paris Agreement and to delivering at least 50% of EIB finance for climate action; calls on the Commission to engage with Member States and the financial sector to align their activities with the Paris Agreement and ~~consider the protection of~~to ensure climate and biodiversity ~~in financial~~proofing of transactions and investments at EU level and beyond;

Amendment 137 #

Paragraph 19 a (new)

19 a. Points out that international organisations such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the UN Environment Program and the OECD agree that environmental taxation is an essential tool in addressing environmental challenges such as biodiversity loss; welcomes initiatives such as the Green Fiscal Policy Network of the UN Environmental Programme and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to facilitate knowledge sharing and dialogue on green fiscal reform; draws attention to the Aichi target 3 and the need of positive incentives for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity as well as on SDG 15 and the need to mobilise and significantly increase financial resources from all sources to conserve and sustainably use biodiversity and ecosystems; highlights therefore the potential of fair environmental taxation that is in line with the polluter pays principle as a way to reduce damage to the environment and generate financial resources for nature protection; calls on the EU and its Member States to increase the use of environmental taxation;

Amendment 138 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Nils TORVALDS, Pascal CANFIN

Paragraph 19 a (new)

19 a. Notes with concern that only 8,3 % of total financial commitments are related to reversing the decline in biodiversity, which is the lowest ratio since 2015, despite the unprecedented and accelerating species extinction rate observed; calls on the Commission to increase the allocation of resources to ensure the long-term and coherent protection of biodiversity across the Union; insists that the next MFF should rely on a robust methodology in order to track biodiversity and avoid the risk of overestimation of action towards biodiversity;

Amendment 139 #

Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nils TORVALDS

Paragraph 19 a (new)

19 a. Calls on the Commission to analyse and assess whether the establishment of a « price on nature », which takes into account nature’s contribution to economic growth, would enable to limit and rationalise the exploitation and impact on species and ecosystems and therefore contribute to halt biodiversity loss;

Amendment 14 #

Pascal CANFIN, Martin HOJSÍK, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Nils TORVALDS, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) provides a transparent legal framework for the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilisation of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge;

Amendment 140 #

Subheading 5

Forestry ~~and~~, agriculture, fisheries and soils

Amendment 141 #

Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nils TORVALDS

Subheading 5

Forestry and agriculture and soils and fisheries

Amendment 142 #

Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Subheading 5

Forestry ~~and~~, agriculture and soils

Amendment 143 #

Ville NIINISTÖ, Silvia MODIG, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Eleonora EVI

Paragraph 20

20. Underlines that agricultural activities, healthy soils, and the preservation of biodiversity are closely linked; emphasises that sustainable agriculture and forestry contribute greatly to the variety of species, habitats and ecosystems, and reduces the effects of climate change, especially through carbon absorption and sequestration; notes the key role played by biodiversity for the preservation of agricultural production and food safety, notably the one played by pollinators;

Amendment 144 #

Paragraph 20

20. Underlines that agricultural activities, healthy soils, and the preservation of biodiversity are closely linked; emphasises that ~~sustainable~~ agriculture and forestry ~~contribute g~~practices must be improved and made sustainable so as to minimise the negative effects they curreantly tohave on the variety of species, habitats and ecosystems, and to reduces their effects ofn climate change;

Amendment 145 #

Pascal CANFIN, Martin HOJSÍK, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Nils TORVALDS, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Paragraph 20

20. Underlines that agricultural activities, healthy soils, and the preservation of biodiversity are closely linked; emphasises that ~~sustainable agricul~~traditional land use forms, extensive and close-to-nature man~~d forestry~~agement, contribute greatly to the variety of species, habitats and ecosystems, and reduces the effects of climate change;

Amendment 146 #

Paragraph 20

20. Underlines that agricultural activities, healthy soils, and the preservation of biodiversity are closely linked; emphasises that ~~sustainable agriculture and forestry~~agro-ecological practices, forestry and sustainable fisheries contribute greatly to the variety of species, habitats and ecosystems, and reduces the effects of climate change;

Amendment 147 #

Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nils TORVALDS

Paragraph 20

20. Underlines that agricultural and fisheries activities, healthy soils, and the preservation of biodiversity are closely linked; emphasises that sustainable agriculture and forestry contribute greatly to the variety of species, habitats and ecosystems, and reduces the effects of climate change;

Amendment 148 #

Eleonora EVI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Daniela RONDINELLI

Paragraph 20 a (new)

20 a. Stresses that no substitution effect of forest based products can compensate for loss of old-growth and primary forests, which are recognised as irreplaceable3a and should be protected through legal and incentivising instruments targeting their complexity, connectivity and representativeness; _________________ 3aCommunication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests (COM(2019) 352 final)

Amendment 149 #

Paragraph 21

21. Notes however the negative impact of intensive agriculture on biodiversity; ~~calls on Parties to undertake strong commitments towards sustainable agriculture and forestry, including requirements for the sustainabl~~points out that intensive livestock farming accounts for 78% of agriculture's total negative impact on biodiversity according to estimates by the Commission; underlines that biodiversity generally decreases when the intensity of farming increases and that farming has become ever more industrial and much more focused on single high-output species or varieties resulting, inter alia, in an increased use of chemicals; calls on Parties to undertake strong commitments towards forestry and sustainable and biological agriculture, including the adoption of strategies and major improvement of existing laws and requirements to enhance the application of the most effective agronomic management practices aimed at excluding the use of harmful plant protection products ~~and strategies to ensure the protection of~~, thereby ensuring full protection of human health, soil and habitats; calls on the Commission, Member States and regional governments to stop funding intensive livestock farming and monoculture farming, increasing the support ~~to the agriculture and forestry sectors in the transition to sustainable practice~~for sustainable practices in agriculture and forestry as well as promoting healthy lifestyles and dietary choices based on less consumption of animal-based products;

Amendment 15 #

Eleonora EVI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Daniela RONDINELLI

Recital C b (new)

C b. whereas three-quarters of the land-based environment and about 66% of the marine environment have been significantly altered by human actions; whereas more than a third of the world’s land surface and nearly 75% of freshwater resources are now devoted to crop or livestock production; whereas 23% of global greenhouse gas emissions are caused by crop production, fertilisation, forestry and other land use, with animal-based food contributing 75% to that figure;

Amendment 150 #

Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Pascal CANFIN, Nils TORVALDS

Paragraph 21

21. Notes however the negative impact of intensive agriculture and intensive fishing on biodiversity; calls on Parties to undertake strong commitments towards sustainable agriculture ~~and~~, forestry and fishery, including requirements for the sustainable use of plant protection products ~~and~~, strategies to ensure the protection of soil and habitats, and increased selectivity to reduce the cumulated impacts on marine and coastal ecosystems and to participate to fish stock recovery in sensible and overfishing areas; calls on the Commission, Member States and regional governments to increase support to the agriculture, forestry and f~~orest~~ishery sectors in the transition to sustainable practices;

Amendment 151 #

Paragraph 21

21. Notes however the negative impact of intensive agriculture and pesticide use on biodiversity; calls ontherefore on the Commission and the Parties to undertake strong commitments towards sustainable agriculture and forestry, including requirements for the sustainable use of plant protection products and their reduction as well as strategies to ensure the protection of soil and habitats; calls on the Commission to propose an ambitious EU-wide binding target for the reduction of pesticide use and on the Commission, Member States and regional governments to increase support to the agriculture and forestry sectors in the transition to sustainable practices;

Amendment 152 #

Pascal CANFIN, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Paragraph 21

21. Notes however the negative impact of intensive agriculture on biodiversity; calls on Parties to undertake strong commitments towards sustainable agriculture and forestry, including requirements for the sustainable use of plant protection products as well as reduction of the use of pesticides, and strategies to ensure the protection of soil and habitats; calls on the Commission, Member States and regional governments to increase support to the agriculture and forestry sectors in the transition to sustainable practices in order to halt the EU’s negative impact on primary forests loss and degradation;

Amendment 153 #

Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Paragraph 21

21. Notes however the negative impact of intensive agriculture on biodiversity; calls on Parties to undertake strong commitments towards sustainable agriculture and forestry, including requirements and strategies for the sustainable use of plant protection products and ~~strategies to ensure~~nutrients and the protection of soil ~~and habitats~~, habitats and species providing key ecosystem services such as pollination; calls on the Commission, Member States and regional governments to increase support to the agriculture and forestry sectors in the transition to sustainable practices;

Amendment 154 #

Paragraph 21

21. Notes however the negative impact of intensive agriculture and forestry on biodiversity; calls on Parties to undertake strong commitments towards ~~sustainable~~ agriculture and forestry, including requirements for the sustainable use of plant protection products and organic and mineral fertilisers, and strategies to ensure the protection of soil and habitats; calls on the Commission, Member States and regional governments to increase support to the agriculture and forestry sectors in the transition to sustainable practices;

Amendment 155 #

Paragraph 21

21. Notes however the negative impact of intensive agriculture on biodiversity; calls on Parties to undertake strong commitments towards sustainable agriculture and forestry, including requirements for the sustainable use of plant protection products and strategies to ensure the protection of soil and habitats; calls on the Commission, Member States and regional governments to increase support to the agriculture ~~and~~sector, and where relevant, the forestry sectors in the transition to sustainable practices;

Amendment 156 #

Ville NIINISTÖ, Silvia MODIG, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN

Paragraph 21

21. Notes however the negative impact of ~~intensiv~~unsustainable agriculture on biodiversity; calls on Parties to undertake strong commitments towards sustainable agriculture and forestry, including requirements for the sustainable use of plant protection products and strategies to ensure the protection of soil and habitats; calls on the Commission, Member States and regional governments to increase support to the agriculture and forestry sectors in the transition to sustainable practices;

Amendment 157 #

Paragraph 21

21. Notes ~~however~~ the negative impacts of intensive agriculture on biodiversity; calls on Parties to undertake strong commitments towards sustainable food systems, agriculture and forestry, including requirements for the sustainable use of plant protection products and strategies to ensure the protection of soil and habitats; calls on the Commission, Member States and regional governments to ~~increase~~direct support ~~to the~~allocated to agriculture and forestry ~~sectors in the transition~~ to sustainable practices and eco-schemes;

Amendment 158 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK

Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. Stresses that in the communication on "Stepping up EU Action to protect and restore the world's forests”, the Commission recognised that EU consumption represents around 10% of the global share of deforestation embodied in total final consumption; calls on the Commission to ensure a common understanding of deforestation-free supply chains, in order to increase supply chain transparency and minimise the risk of deforestation and forest degradation associated with commodity imports in the EU; calls therefore on the Commission to adopt new legislation ensuring that commodities and products placed on the EU market are sustainable, traceable back to source and do not cause adverse environmental and social impacts such as deforestation, forest degradation, the conversion or degradation of natural ecosystems or violation of human rights, considers that such legislation should be based on due diligence in order to identify, prevent and mitigate environmental, social and human rights risks and impacts;

Amendment 159 #

Pascal CANFIN, Martin HOJSÍK, Irena JOVEVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Paragraph 15 h (new)

15 h. Calls on the Commission to press ahead with developing an EU action plan against deforestation and forest degradation which would include concrete regulatory measures to ensure that no supply chains and financial transactions linked to the EU result in deforestation and forest degradation, as well as an EU action plan on palm oil; is of the opinion that EU action against deforestation should tackle its main drivers, such as palm oil, soja, beef and cocoa; asks the Commission to phase out as soon as possible all ILUC - risk biofuels used in Europe; calls on the Commission to adopt a single unified definition of ‘deforestation-free’; underlines the commitments taken by Executive Vice President Frans Timmermans and Commissioner Virginius Sinkevicius in their respective hearings to deliver on imported deforestation and deforestation-free supply chains;

Amendment 16 #

Eleonora EVI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Daniela RONDINELLI

Recital C c (new)

C c. whereas fossil fuel subsidies at global level remained large at 5.2 trillion USD, equal to 6.5 percent of the global GDP in 2017, thus contributing to further deteriorating biodiversity and natural ecosystems; whereas the Commission estimated that fossil fuel subsidies provided by EU governments remained overall stable between 2008 and 2016, and in 2017 stood at 289 billion USD per annum; whereas such subsidies did not decrease in spite of the EU international commitments to phase out fossil fuels in the medium term, notably to phase out environmentally harmful subsidies, including those for fossil fuels, by 2020;

Amendment 160 #

César LUENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Simona BONAFÈ, Alessandra MORETTI, Demetris PAPADAKIS, Jytte GUTELAND, Manuel PIZARRO, Mohammed CHAHIM, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Delara BURKHARDT, Cristina MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES, Javi LÓPEZ, Sylwia SPUREK

Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. Recalls that according to the Communication of the Commission on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World's Forests, forests are indispensable for our Planet’s life-support systems, covering 30% of the Earth’s land area and hosting 80% of its biodiversity; stresses that deforestation is a major cause of biodiversity decline; expresses its concern on the impact of EU consumption on deforestation as the EU is the final consumer of 10% of the products associated with deforestation; calls on the Commission to propose a comprehensive set of measures to reduce the EU consumption footprint on land, including legislation that ensures deforestation-free supply chains;

Amendment 161 #

Ville NIINISTÖ, Silvia MODIG, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Eleonora EVI

Paragraph 22 b (new)

22 b. Calls on the Commission to make proposals for regulatory measures, including due diligence requirements on companies and financial institutions, to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free agricultural and forest product supply- chains for products placed on the EU market;

Amendment 162 #

Ville NIINISTÖ, Silvia MODIG, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Eleonora EVI

Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to financially support farming and forestry practices which are coherently in line with the biodiversity targets, such as integrated pest and nutrient management, organic agriculture, agro-ecological practices, soil and water conservation practices, conservation agriculture, agroforestry, silvopastoral systems, irrigation management, small or patch systems, and practices to improve animal welfare;

Amendment 163 #

Eleonora EVI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Daniela RONDINELLI

Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. Recalls the scientific consensus5a behind the fact that the Common Agricultural Policy led to intensification of agricultural practices and catastrophic declines of wildlife, and the call on the European institutions to undertake a far- reaching reform of the Common Agricultural Policy without delay; _________________ 5aexpressed in the Open letter (approx 2500 scientists) jointly sent by European Ornithologists Union, European Mammal Foundation, Societas Europaea Herpetologica, Sociates Europaea Lepidopterologica, Butterfly Conservation Europe, European Bird Census Council.

Amendment 164 #

Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. calls on the Commission to adopt targeted legislative measures aimed at stopping soil consumption and degradation in order to enhance the Union's action towards domestic and international climate change and biodiversity goals;

Amendment 165 #

Ville NIINISTÖ, Silvia MODIG, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Eleonora EVI

Paragraph 22

Amendment 166 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Nils TORVALDS

Paragraph 22

22. Points out that, according to the World Population Prospects of June 2019, the world’s population is expected to increase by 2 billion persons in the next 30 years, increasing the impacts of land use on biodiversity and carbon sequestration; calls on the Commission to urgently use the mitigation and adaptation potential of restoring forests, wetlands, peatlands, grasslands and coastal ecosystems and integrate nature conservation in all relevant EU policies and programsnotes however that increasing biodiversity loss puts food security and nutrition at risk; calls on the Parties to promote the sustainable use of biodiversity in programmes contributing to food security and improved human nutrition while contributing to achieving the SDG goals, with special attention to SDG 2 - Zero Hunger;

Amendment 167 #

Pascal CANFIN, Martin HOJSÍK, Irena JOVEVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Nils TORVALDS, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Paragraph 22

22. Points out that, according to the World Population Prospects of June 2019, the world’s population is expected to increase by 2 billion persons in the next 30 years, increasing the impacts of land use on biodiversity and carbon sequestration; calls on the Commission to urgently use the mitigation and adaptation potential of ~~restoring~~conservation of forests, wetlands, peatlands and grasslands and of restoration of degraded forests, wetlands, peatlands, grasslands and coastal ecosystems and integrate nature conservation in all relevant EU policies and programs;

Amendment 168 #

Paragraph 22

Amendment 169 #

Eleonora EVI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Daniela RONDINELLI

Paragraph 22

Amendment 17 #

Recital C d (new)

C d. whereas according to the IPCC’s and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services’ latest scientific knowledge, no lasting solutions exist to address climate change without a greater implementation of coherent and effective nature-based solutions;

Amendment 170 #

Ville NIINISTÖ, Silvia MODIG, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Eleonora EVI

Paragraph 22 a (new)

22 a. Underlines that, to date, many climate mitigation policies across the EU, particularly in the area of carbon sequestration through commercial forestry, have had an adverse effect on biodiversity; notes that these policies have also had social impacts, affecting local communities and people's relationships with the natural environment; stresses that nature based solutions are the most important tool for both climate adaptation and mitigation as well as promoting biodiversity, and that these solutions must promote healthy ecosystems respecting native species;

Amendment 171 #

Paragraph 22 a (new)

22 a. Stresses that deforestation is a major cause of biodiversity loss globally and that LULUCF-emissions due to deforestation are a significant cause of climate change; emphasises that forest policies must be coherent, combat biodiversity loss and climate-change impacts equally, and increase the EU's natural sinks while protecting, conserving and enhancing biodiversity;

Amendment 172 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Caroline VOADEN, Pascal CANFIN

Paragraph 22 a (new)

22 a. Calls for strict protection of primary, complex and old-growth forests, wetlands, species-rich grasslands, coastal ecosystems, biodiversity hotspots and high carbon reservoirs at a level of at least 5% of the EU territory as part of the EU Biodiversity Strategy;

Amendment 173 #

Paragraph 22 a (new)

22 a. Calls on the Commission to urgently use the mitigation and adaptation potential of restoring forests, wetlands, peatlands, grasslands and coastal ecosystems and integrate nature conservation in all relevant EU policies and programs;

Amendment 174 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK, Fredrick FEDERLEY

Paragraph 22 b (new)

22 b. Underlines the adverse effects that intensive agriculture has on biodiversity, particularly the use of pesticides and herbicides, GMOs and monocultures, all of which adversely affect wildlife, the genetic diversity of plants, soil micro- organisms, birds, and insects, especially bees; notes that 1 in 10 bee species in Europe face extinction;

Amendment 175 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Notes that pollution, urban expansion, soil sealing and the destruction of habitats are other major causes of biodiversity destruction; recall that the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services shows that the surface of urban areas has doubled since 1992; calls for a better assessment of the role of urban areas and cities in the preservation of biodiversity and a better implication of cities and local authorities in the definition of policies for the protection ~~of biodiversity~~and conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services as well as monitoring, reporting, and verification;

Amendment 176 #

Pascal CANFIN, Martin HOJSÍK, Irena JOVEVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Nils TORVALDS, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Paragraph 23

23. Notes that pollution, urban expansion, soil sealing and the destruction of habitats are other major causes of biodiversity destruction; recall that the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services shows that the surface of urban areas has doubled since 1992 and that 2 out of 3 EU citizens live in large urban areas; calls for a better assessment of the role of urban areas and cities in the preservation of biodiversity and a better implication of cities and local authorities in the definition of policies for the protection of biodiversity;

Amendment 177 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Caroline VOADEN, Nils TORVALDS, Pascal CANFIN

Paragraph 23 a (new)

23 a. Insists that the potential of cities to help protect biodiversity and ecosystem services is underestimated; recalls that enhancing benefits from biodiversity, ecosystem services and urban green infrastructure in cities and peri-urban areas improves human health; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the incorporation and further integration of biodiversity and ecosystem functions in urban design, policy and planning while reducing carbon emissions and enhancing adaptation to climate change;

Amendment 178 #

Pascal CANFIN, Martin HOJSÍK, Irena JOVEVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Nils TORVALDS, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Paragraph 23 a (new)

23 a. Notes that urban areas can play a transformative role within the EU in terms of biodiversity; stresses that plastic and water pollution are important drivers of biodiversity loss; believes that a strong circular economy, in the context of the new Circular Economy Action Plan, could be instrumental in the EU’s efforts towards biodiversity;

Amendment 179 #

Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Pascal CANFIN, Nils TORVALDS

Paragraph 23 a (new)

23 a. Deplores that plastic and diffuse pollution, for example from water treatment plants, pharmacological products and unsustainable agriculture practices such as intensive nutrients use, deeply affects the health of ecosystems in the oceans;

Amendment 18 #

Eleonora EVI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Daniela RONDINELLI

Recital C e (new)

C e. whereas as resulted from thorough analyses conducted at international level, changes in land and sea use, direct exploitation of organisms, climate change, pollution and invasive alien species are considered to be the direct drivers having the largest relative global impacts on biodiversity loss and deterioration;

Amendment 180 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK, Pascal CANFIN

Paragraph 24

24. Calls for an in-depth analysis of all EU protected areas on the need for improvements and/or extension of these areas; stresses that in the light of the recent IPCC report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate a comprehensive assessment of EU marine protected areas is needed; calls meanwhile for increasing the current target of 10% of Marine Protected Areas to at least 30% by 2030 and increasing terrestrial protected areas to at least 30%;

Amendment 181 #

Paragraph 24

24. Calls for an in-depth analysis of all EU protected areas on the need for improvements and/or extension of these areas; stresses that in the light of the recent IPCC report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate a comprehensive assessment of EU marine protected areas is needed; urges the Commission to increase Natura 2000 sites to cover at least 30% of the Union’s land, freshwater and marine areas;

Amendment 182 #

César LUENA, Delara BURKHARDT

Paragraph 24

24. Calls for an in-depth analysis of all EU protected areas ~~on the need for improvements and/or extension of these area~~: for improving the management and protection of the Natura 2000 network, good quality monitoring (ensuring sound scientific research including field work) of the conservation status of habitats and species under the EU nature conservation Directives, strengthening the legal grounds for protecting the connectivity of the network, and improve the efficiency of EU funded projects on the topic in the Member States; stresses that in the light of the recent IPCC report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate a comprehensive assessment of EU marine protected areas is needed;

Amendment 183 #

Paragraph 24

24. Calls for an in-depth analysis of all EU protected areas ~~on the need for improvements~~and to improve, better connect and~~/or~~ exten~~sion of~~d these areas; stresses that in the light of the recent IPCC report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate a comprehensive assessment of EU marine protected areas is needed; stresses that besides the quantity also the quality of protected areas is essential to stop biodiversity loss and that therefore more emphasis needs to be placed on their good and sustainable management;

Amendment 184 #

Ville NIINISTÖ, Silvia MODIG, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Eleonora EVI

Paragraph 24

24. Calls for an in-depth analysis of all EU protected areas on the need for improvements ~~and/or extension of these areas~~of their governance and the introduction of legally binding targets to reach 30 % of the EU's land and marine area by 2030; stresses that in the light of the recent IPCC report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate a comprehensive assessment of EU marine protected areas ~~is needed~~and their governance is needed; calls for the extension of EU marine protected areas to include more offshore waters;

Amendment 185 #

Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Pascal CANFIN, Nils TORVALDS

Paragraph 24

24. Calls for an in-depth analysis of all EU protected areas on the need for improvements and/or extension of these areas; underlines the need for a standardised method for calculating protected areas in the EU and a clear definition of what constitutes a ‘protected area’; stresses that in the light of the recent IPCC report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate a comprehensive assessment of EU marine protected areas is needed;

Amendment 186 #

Paragraph 24

24. Calls for an in-depth analysis of all EU protected areas on the need for improvements and/or extension of these areas; stresses that in the light of the recent IPCC report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate a comprehensive assessment and extension of EU marine protected areas is needed; notes that educational marine protected areas are a relevant and efficient tool to raise public awareness and enhance preservation;

Amendment 187 #

César LUENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Simona BONAFÈ, Alessandra MORETTI, Demetris PAPADAKIS, Manuel PIZARRO, Mohammed CHAHIM, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Delara BURKHARDT, Cristina MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES, Javi LÓPEZ, Sylwia SPUREK

Paragraph 24

24. Calls for an in-depth analysis of all EU protected areas on the need for improvements and~~/or~~ extension of these areas; stresses that in the light of the recent IPCC report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate a comprehensive assessment and a significant increase of EU marine protected areas is needed;

Amendment 188 #

Paragraph 24 a (new)

24 a. Points out that conservation and protected areas are necessary to safeguard biodiversity, and the benefits that humans derive from nature as well as for combatting climate change; calls on the EU to push during the negotiations for an increased level of ambition with 30 percent of the planet to be protected by 2030 and potentially having half the planet protected by 2050, thereby going beyond the Aichi Biodiversity Targets of protecting 17 percent of terrestrial and inland water areas and 10 percent of coastal and marine areas by 2020;

Amendment 189 #

Eleonora EVI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Daniela RONDINELLI

Paragraph 24 a (new)

24 a. Calls on the Commission to live up to its commitment on zero tolerance to non-compliance in nature protection; points out that lengthy procedures and prolonged dialogues with Member States are an issue in the field of environmental infringements due to the risk of irreversible damage to the environment;

Amendment 19 #

Recital C f (new)

C f. whereas since 1980 greenhouse gas emissions have doubled, raising average global temperatures by 1 degree Celsius; whereas climate change has already had devastating impacts on nature, from the level of ecosystems to that of genetics;

Amendment 190 #

Ville NIINISTÖ, Silvia MODIG, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Eleonora EVI

Paragraph 24 a (new)

24 a. Highlights that it is necessary to urgently ensure the proper enforcement of the Nature Directives and follow up on complaints about breaches of the legislation in a transparent way; stresses that connectivity between Natura 2000 sites must be improved;

Amendment 191 #

Paragraph 24 a (new)

24 a. Highlights that green infrastructure provides ecosystem services that support biodiversity, by for example increasing the quantity of ecological corridors in urban environments;

Amendment 192 #

Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Pascal CANFIN, Nils TORVALDS

Paragraph 24 b (new)

24 b. Notes that the nature conservation framework could, subject to weak implementation, potentially create a hostile environment for activists and conservationists and lead directly or indirectly to endangering their lives; underlines that murders of environmental activists and conservationists should be actively condemned by the EU and that also any bilateral or multilateral agreement should demand justice for transgressors and request objective investigation of environmental killings as a crime category of its own;

Amendment 193 #

Paragraph 25

25. Recalls the importance of innovation, research and development in order to achieve the objectives of the 2050 Vision; underlines the importance of supporting research and participative sciences to reinforce knowledge, in particular regarding oceans, of which only 5% has been explored until today; calls on the Commission and the Council to increase the budget allocation for Horizon Europe to 120 billion, to benefit in particular the cluster on natural resources; calls on the Parties to focus in particular on the links between biodiversity preservation and benefits to human health and economic well-being, and to coordinate data collection measures;

Amendment 194 #

Paragraph 25

25. Recalls the importance of innovation, research and development in order to achieve the objectives of the 2050 Vision; calls on the Commission and the Council to increase the budget allocation for Horizon Europe to 120 billion in the next MFF, to benefit in particular the cluster on natural resources, and to launch a mission on protection and restoration of biodiversity within Horizon Europe; calls on the Parties to focus in particular on the links between biodiversity preservation and benefits to human health and economic well-being, and to coordinate data collection measures;

Amendment 195 #

Paragraph 25

25. Recalls the importance of innovation, research and development in order to achieve the objectives of the 2050 Vision; calls on the Commission and the Council to increase the budget allocation for Horizon Europe to 120 billion, to benefit in particular the cluster on natural resources, and including next to the applied also the basic research, for example in the field of taxonomy; calls on the Parties to focus in particular on the links between biodiversity preservation and benefits to human health and economic well-being, and to coordinate data collection measures;

Amendment 196 #

Paragraph 26

26. Calls on the Commission to support further research into the effects of land use change, including ~~deforesta~~looking into different actions and ~~bioenergy production, on GHG emissions~~their effects on both biodiversity and climate and take the results into account in future policy making;

Amendment 197 #

Paragraph 26

26. Calls on the Commission to support further research into the effects of land use change, desertification, including deforestation and bioenergy production, on GHG emissions and take the results into account in future policy making;

Amendment 198 #

Paragraph 26

26. Calls on the Commission to support further research into the effects of land use ~~change, including deforestation and bioenergy production,~~and land use change on GHG emissions and take the results into account in future policy making;

Amendment 199 #

Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Pascal CANFIN, Nils TORVALDS

Paragraph 26 a (new)

26 a. Notes that, according to the Strategy for Plastics adopted on 16 January 2018, the 150 million tonnes of plastic that have accumulated in the world's oceans could double by 2030, endangering more than 660 species and damaging our environment; calls on the Commission to deliver flagship initiatives against plastic pollution and its effect on biodiversity; underlines the specific case of microplastics, that account for more than 80% of marine litter items collected, endangering marine biodiversity; welcomes therefore Ursula von der Leyen's commitment to open a new front in our fight against plastic waste by tackling microplastics; stresses the need for a circular economy approach that puts an emphasis on research and innovation for sustainable products;

Amendment 2 #

Citation 4 b (new)

- Having regard to the Framework Directive for water (Directive 2000/60/EC);

Amendment 20 #

Eleonora EVI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Daniela RONDINELLI

Recital C g (new)

C g. whereas at global level urban areas have more than doubled since 1992; whereas plastic pollution has increased tenfold since 1980; whereas around 400 million tons of heavy metals, solvents, toxic sludge and other wastes from industrial facilities are dumped annually into the world’s waters, and fertilisers entering coastal ecosystems produced more than 400 ocean dead zones;

Amendment 200 #

Paragraph 27

27. Stresses the importance of education ~~to raise awareness on biodiversity~~on biodiversity as a part of a broader concept of an active and creative educational process, designed as an important tool in making sense and increasing awareness of the complex interconnections and interdependencies in the globalised world;

Amendment 201 #

Paragraph 27

27. Stresses the importance of education to raise awareness on biodiversity and the effects of intensive agriculture on the environment;

Amendment 202 #

Paragraph 27

27. Stresses the importance of education to raise awareness on biodiversity and the protection of the environment;

Amendment 203 #

Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Stresses the absolute need to take into account the multiple consequences of the current global population explosion, including the pressure that it exerts on the natural environment; urges the EU to put an end to its ambition to promote a global framework for managing climate-driven migration associated with the false concept of refugees;

Amendment 204 #

Paragraph 28

28. Stresses that capacity building and awareness-raising are key for a successful implementation; therefore welcomes the COP14 decision which invites parties, other governments, and donors in a position to do so, to provide financial resources for capacity building, technical assistance, and technology transfer; these must be accompanied by strong guarantees of good use by third countries and strict annual monitoring in the light of the stated objectives;

Amendment 205 #

Paragraph 28

28. Stresses that capacity building and awareness-raising are key for a successful implementation and to create greater understanding of the importance of biodiversity; therefore welcomes the COP14 decision which invites parties, other governments, and donors in a position to do so, to provide financial resources for capacity building, technical assistance, and technology transfer;

Amendment 206 #

Pascal CANFIN, Martin HOJSÍK, Irena JOVEVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Nils TORVALDS, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Paragraph 28 a (new)

28 a. Notes with concern that the leading Directorate-General for Environment still faces the challenge of staff reductions not proportionate to the Commission overall cut over the same period; recalls that the redeployment of staff to priority tasks flexibly happened inter alia for the migration crisis, Brexit, the Defence Action Plan4a, and it is time for the Commission to properly equip DG Environment for the Green Deal, including for work related to the Biodiversity Strategy; _________________ 4a Since 2014, it has lost 69 job quotas (from 466 to 397 representinga decrease of 15 %) and a similar reduction in terms of external staff (-12%), source: https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/ab out_the_european_commission/departme nts_and_executive_agencies/documents/g eneral-activity-report-2017-human- resources-and-security_en.pdf

Amendment 207 #

Stanislav POLČÁK

Paragraph 29

29. Calls on the Parties to promote public awareness and ~~multi-~~greater stakeholder- involvement to ensure tailor-made solutions with local communities and indigenous people to foster the sustainable use of lands for more biodiversity ~~so that~~, whilst fully respecting regional differences in landscapes and habitats ~~are fully respected~~;

Amendment 208 #

Paragraph 30

30. Welcomes the intention to actively pursue a multi-stakeholder approach which is fundamental to value, protect, conserve, sustainably use and restore biodiversity and underlines that improved engagement with and between governance levels and sectors will create opportunities for mainstreaming biodiversity objectives into other policies; believes it to be critical to involve business and financial organisations and, in this regard, welcomes the Commission’s efforts to engage the private sector in the preservation of biodiversity especially under the EU Business and Biodiversity Platform; in this perspective, welcomes the launch of the “One Planet Business for Biodiversity” at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York;

Amendment 209 #

Eleonora EVI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Daniela RONDINELLI

Paragraph 30

30. Welcomes the intention to actively pursue a multi-stakeholder approach which is fundamental to value, protect, conserve, sustainably use and restore biodiversity and underlines that improved engagement with and between governance levels ~~and se~~, sectors and private actors will create opportunities for mainstreaming biodiversity objectives into other policies; believes it to be critical to involve business and financial organisations and, in this regard, welcomes the Commission’s efforts to engage the private sector in the preservation of biodiversity especially under the EU Business and Biodiversity Platform;

Amendment 21 #

Recital C h (new)

C h. whereas data available since 1961 shows that per capita supply of meat and vegetable oils has more than doubled and the supply of food calories per capita has increased by about one third; whereas these changes in consumption patterns have contributed to about 2 billion adults now being overweight or obese; whereas currently around 30% of total food produced is lost or wasted despite 821 million people being undernourished according to the most recent estimations; whereas these changes, based on resource-intensive consumption and production patterns, are associated with additional GHG emissions and very damaging impacts on biodiversity;

Amendment 210 #

Paragraph 30 a (new)

30 a. Considers that transformative changes in societies are needed to tackle climate change, degradation of the environment and loss of biodiversity; stresses the importance of following the principle of a just transition ensuring that the process is inclusive and equitable;

Amendment 211 #

Paragraph 30 a (new)

30 a. Calls on the Commission to consider a harmonised methodology for calculating the ecological footprint of EU companies as well as their impact on biodiversity;

Amendment 212 #

Paragraph 31

31. Insists that public awareness and therefore access to comprehensive information are vital for consumers to make informed decisions, in particular concerning the products that lead to deforestation, ecosystem destruction and human rights violations; calls on the Commission and Member States to improve the traceability and control of products through their value chains thereby increasing transparency also for consumers;

Amendment 213 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Caroline VOADEN, Nils TORVALDS, Pascal CANFIN

Paragraph 31

31. Insists that public awareness and therefore access to comprehensive information are vital to inform consumer~~s to make informed decisio~~ purchasing choices and promote sustainable consumption patterns; calls on the Commission and Member States to improve the traceability and control of products through their value chains thereby increasing transparency also for consumers;

Amendment 214 #

Paragraph 31

31. Insists that public awareness and therefore access to comprehensive and easily understandable information are vital for consumers to make informed decisions; calls on the Commission and Member States to improve the traceability and control of products through their value and supply chains thereby increasing transparency also for consumers;

Amendment 215 #

Eleonora EVI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Daniela RONDINELLI

Paragraph 31

31. Insists that public awareness and therefore access to comprehensive information are vital for consumers to make informed decisions; calls on the Commission and Member States to improve the traceability and control of products through their value chains thereby ~~increasing~~ensuring full transparency also for consumers;

Amendment 216 #

Pascal CANFIN, Martin HOJSÍK, Irena JOVEVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Nils TORVALDS, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Paragraph 31 a (new)

31 a. Underlines the impact of the import of certain products in the EU on biodiversity loss and deforestation in third countries; calls for greater awareness raising in this regard; emphasises the need to better develop eco-labelling and anti-deforestation certification; calls for every commercial agreement concluded with third countries or organisations to contain legally binding clauses on biodiversity preservation, the fight against deforestation and the respect of the Paris Agreement;

Amendment 217 #

Paragraph 31 a (new)

31 a. Welcomes the IUCN meeting in Marseille in 2020; invites the Commission to send strong signals on its commitments towards biodiversity in this forum;

Amendment 22 #

Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas the EU and the Member States have adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and are fully committed to their implementation;

Amendment 23 #

Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas the ambition of the Political Guidelines for the next European Commission 2019-2024 is for Europe to work with its global partners to curtail biodiversity loss within the next five years;

Amendment 24 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Caroline VOADEN, Nils TORVALDS, Pascal CANFIN

Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas the global biodiversity crisis is inextricably linked with climate breakdown, meaning nature based solutions are the most effective joint solution for this joint crisis;

Amendment 25 #

Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas forest are indispensable to worldwide subsistence and while covering 30% of the Earth´s land area, they host 80% of its biodiversity;

Amendment 26 #

Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Pascal CANFIN

Paragraph 1

1. Notes with concern that ~~as indicated in~~ the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services report, clearly underlines the state of the ecological emergency, since nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world now likely; ~~expresses its deep concern after the publication of the IPCC report on the ocean and cryosphere~~ however the report also stresses the possibility to halt and reverse this trend by implementing a ~~changing climate, on the decline of marine mammals and fisheries as wells as on the dramatic disappearance of coral reefs~~strong and ambitious nature and biodiversity protection strategy;

Amendment 27 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Caroline VOADEN, Nils TORVALDS, Pascal CANFIN

Paragraph 1

1. Notes with grave concern that as indicated in the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services report, nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world now likely; expresses its deep concern a~~fter~~bout the ~~publication of the IPCC report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate, on~~additional stresses for biodiversity by climate change on land as laid out in the IPCC special report of 8 August 2019; as well as about the decline of marine mammals and fisheries a~~s wells as o~~nd the dramatic disappearance of coral reefs as documented in the IPCC special report of 24 September 2019;

Amendment 28 #

Eleonora EVI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Daniela RONDINELLI

Paragraph 1

1. Notes with concern that as indicated in the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services report, nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history ~~and~~, the rate of species extinctions is accelerating and around one million animal and plant species are threatened with extinction, with grave impacts on people around the world now likely; expresses its deep concern after the publication of the IPCC report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate, on the decline of marine mammals and fisheries as wells as on the dramatic disappearance of coral reefs;

Amendment 29 #

Paragraph 1

1. Notes with concern that as indicated in the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services report, nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world ~~now likely~~; stresses that biodiversity loss is the most critical and acute crisis we are facing; expresses its deep concern after the publication of the IPCC report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate, on the decline of marine mammals and fisheries as wells as on the dramatic disappearance of coral reefs;

Amendment 3 #

Citation 5 a (new)

- having regard to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species;

Amendment 30 #

Ville NIINISTÖ, Silvia MODIG

Paragraph 1

1. Notes with concern that as indicated in the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services report, nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world now likely, that will affect the life of our future generations; expresses its deep concern after the publication of the IPCC report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate, on the decline of marine mammals and fisheries as wells as on the dramatic disappearance of coral reefs;

Amendment 31 #

Paragraph 1

1. Notes with concern that as indicated in the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services report, nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world now likely; expresses its deep concern after the publication of the IPCC report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate, on the decline of marine mammals and ~~fisherie~~other fish stocks as wells as on the dramatic disappearance of coral reefs;

Amendment 32 #

Paragraph 1

1. Notes with concern that as indicated in the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services report, nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world now likely; expresses its deep concern after the publication of the IPCC report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate, on the decline of marine mammals and fisheries as wells as on the dramatic disappearance of coral reefs; notes with regret that only seven percent of oceans are formally protected; urges the Commission and the Member States to insist on a review of Aichi Target 11 and SDG target 14.5 and increase the conservation coverage of coastal and marine areas;

Amendment 33 #

Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Pascal CANFIN

Paragraph 1

1. Notes with concern that as indicated in the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services report, nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world now likely; expresses its deep concern after the publication of the IPCC report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate, on the decline of marine mammals and fisheries as wells as on the dramatic disappearance of coral reefs; underlines the severity of the findings in the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C, particularly that more than 99% of coral reefs are projected to decline under a 2°C scenario;

Amendment 34 #

Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Expresses its deep concern after the publication of the IPCC report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate, which recognise climate change as one of the main direct drivers of biodiversity loss and underlines that its negative effects on nature and biodiversity, eco-systems services, oceans and food security are projected to become increasingly important in the next decades; underlines that the IPCC also stresses that the health of the ocean and marine ecosystems are currently affected by global warming, pollution, overexploitation of marine biodiversity, rising sea levels, acidification, deoxygenation, marine heatwaves, unprecedented glaciers and sea ice melting, and coastal erosion, more frequent natural disasters, which are affecting marine and coastal ecosystems by altering their functioning and accelerating the decline of marine mammals and fisheries as wells as on the dramatic disappearance of coral reefs and mangroves; recalls that the ocean is part of the solution to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change; calls therefore the EU to put the ocean high on the agenda of the biodiversity strategy, and calls on all Parties to recognise the ocean as a common good of humanity, to develop a new approach that places individual and collective responsibilities well above the traditional principles of freedom and ownership of the ocean to ensure its preservation;

Amendment 35 #

César LUENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Simona BONAFÈ, Alessandra MORETTI, Demetris PAPADAKIS, Manuel PIZARRO, Jytte GUTELAND, Mohammed CHAHIM, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Delara BURKHARDT, Cristina MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES, Javi LÓPEZ, Sylwia SPUREK

Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Considers that we are facing an ecological emergency, which requires significant actions in Europe and beyond; calls on the Commission to place nature protection and restoration as a top priority in the European Green Deal alongside climate change;

Amendment 36 #

Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Pascal CANFIN, Nils TORVALDS

Paragraph 2

2. Expresses its concern that the 2020 Aichi Biodiversity Targets will not be met with the current trajectory of biodiversity loss, and reiterates its calls on all Parties to step up their efforts; urges the Commission and Member States to adopt a new approach for ecosystems preservation and restoration to commit to immediate, substantial and additional mandatory efforts on biodiversity conservation and restoration so as to meet the EU targets; considers that in this new strategy, special attention should be paid to the restoration of ecosystems, habitats and species, notably through research and innovation to foster the deployment of nature-based economies in all sectors, which is a key tool to reach biodiversity targets;

Amendment 37 #

Tudor CIUHODARU

Paragraph 2

2. Expresses its concern that the 2020 Aichi Biodiversity Targets will not be met with the current trajectory of biodiversity loss, and reiterates its calls on all Parties to step up their efforts; urges the Commission and Member States to commit to immediate, substantial and additional efforts on biodiversity conservation and restoration so as to meet the EU targets, for example by providing more comprehensive information and seeking closer involvement of civil society and members of the public from different age groups and social backgrounds;

Amendment 38 #

Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nils TORVALDS

Paragraph 2

Amendment 39 #

Paragraph 2

2. Expresses its concern that the 2020 Aichi Biodiversity Targets will not be met with the current trajectory of biodiversity loss, and reiterates its calls on all Parties to step up their efforts; regrets that the EU is not on track to achieve its headline target of halting biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation by 2020; urges the Commission and Member States to commit to immediate, substantial and additional efforts on biodiversity conservation and restoration so as to meet the EU targets;

Amendment 4 #

Citation 6 a (new)

- having regard to the IPCC special report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate of 25 September 2019,

Amendment 40 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Caroline VOADEN, Nils TORVALDS, Pascal CANFIN

Paragraph 2

2. Expresses its concern that the 2020 Aichi Biodiversity Targets will not be met with the current trajectory of biodiversity loss, and reiterates its calls on all Parties to step up their efforts; ~~urges~~demands that the Commission and Member States to commit to immediate, substantial and additional efforts on biodiversity conservation and restoration so as to meet the EU targets;

Amendment 41 #

Paragraph 2

2. Expresses its concern that the 2020 Aichi Biodiversity Targets will not be met with the current trajectory of biodiversity loss, and reiterates its calls on all Parties to urgently step up their efforts; urges the Commission and Member States to commit to immediate, substantial and additional efforts on biodiversity conservation and restoration so as to meet the EU targets; and contribute to meeting the Aichi targets;

Amendment 42 #

Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that biodiversity and healthy ecosystems are key for achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement and strengthen EU’s resilience capacities toward climate change; recalls the importance of preserving biodiversity and nature based solutions for climate change mitigation; asks therefore for more coherence between the CBD and UNFCCC; calls on the Commission to better integrate biodiversity into its climate policies ~~and ensure that EU climate funding is also used to protect and restore natural ecosystems as a way of achieving climate mitigation and adaptation~~;

Amendment 43 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Caroline VOADEN, Nils TORVALDS, Pascal CANFIN

Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that biodiversity and healthy ecosystems are key for achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement and strengthen EU’s resilience and adaptive capacities to~~ward~~ climate change; recalls the importance of ~~preserving biodiversity and~~developing and implementing nature based solutions for preserving biodiversity while mitigating and adapting to climate change ~~mitigation~~; asks therefore for more coherence and integration between the UN CBD and UNFCCC under the Agenda 2030; calls on the Commission to better integrate biodiversity into its climate policies ~~and~~but also to mainstream biodiversity into other sectorial policies; also calls on the Commission to ensure that EU climate funding is also used to protect and restore natural ecosystems as a way of achieving co-benefits between biodiversity and climate mitigation and adaptation;

Amendment 44 #

Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nils TORVALDS

Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that biodiversity and healthy ecosystems, including the oceans, which absorb more than 25% of CO2 emissions and are the main supplier of oxygen, are key for achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement and strengthen EU’s resilience capacities toward climate change; recalls the importance of preserving terrestrial, coastal and marine biodiversity and nature based solutions for climate change mitigation; asks therefore for more coherence between the CBD and UNFCCC; calls on the Commission to better integrate biodiversity into its climate policies and ensure that EU climate funding is also used to protect and restore natural ecosystems as a way of achieving climate mitigation and adaptation;

Amendment 45 #

Eleonora EVI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Daniela RONDINELLI

Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that biodiversity and healthy ecosystems are key for achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement and strengthen EU’s resilience capacities toward climate change; recalls the importance of preserving biodiversity and nature based solutions for climate change mitigation; asks therefore for more coherence between the CBD and UNFCCC; calls on the Commission to ~~better~~fully integrate biodiversity into its climate policies ands it is of paramount importance to guarantee full consistency and mutual support across all climate and biodiversity policies; calls on the Commission to ensure that EU climate funding is also used to protect and restore natural ecosystems as a way of achieving climate mitigation and adaptation;

Amendment 46 #

Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that biodiversity and healthy ecosystems are key for achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement and strengthen EU’s resilience capacities toward climate change; recalls the importance of preserving biodiversity and nature based solutions for climate change mitigation; asks therefore for more coherence ~~between the CBD and UNFCCC~~and synergies between the three Rio Conventions; calls on the Commission to better integrate biodiversity into its climate policies and ensure that EU climate funding is also used to protect and restore natural ecosystems as a way of achieving climate mitigation and adaptation;

Amendment 47 #

Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that biodiversity and healthy ecosystems are key for achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement and strengthen EU’s resilience capacities toward climate change; recalls the importance of preserving biodiversity and using nature based solutions for climate change mitigation, especially for carbon absorption; asks therefore for more coherence between the CBD and UNFCCC; calls on the Commission to better integrate biodiversity into its climate policies and ensure that EU climate funding is also used to protect and restore natural ecosystems as a way of achieving climate mitigation and adaptation;

Amendment 48 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Caroline VOADEN, Nils TORVALDS, Pascal CANFIN

Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that biodiversity and healthy ecosystems are key for achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement and strengthen EU’s resilience capacities toward climate change; recalls the importance of preserving biodiversity and nature based solutions for climate change mitigation; asks therefore for more coherence between the CBD and UNFCCC; calls on the Commission to ensure better integrateion of biodiversity into its climate policies and ensure that EU climate funding is also used to protect and restore natural ecosystems as a ~~way of achieving~~key part of the Union's climate mitigation and adaptation policy;

Amendment 49 #

Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Highlights that, according to scientific research1a, natural climate solutions (NCS) can provide over one- third of the cost-effective climate mitigation needed between now and 2030 to stabilise warming to below 2 °C; regrets, however, that despite the potential of NCS, land-based sequestration efforts receive only about 2.5% of the global climate mitigation budget; calls for an increased use of EU and international climate funding to protect and restore natural ecosystems as a way of achieving climate mitigation and adaptation; _________________ 1a https://www.pnas.org/content/114/44/1164 5

Amendment 5 #

Citation 7

— having regard to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as to the Commission Reflection Paper of 30 January 2019 entitled “Towards A Sustainable Europe by 2030”,

Amendment 50 #

Ulrike MÜLLER

Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Stresses that there are trade-offs between protecting the climate and protecting biodiversity in the bio-economy sector, which plays a central role in the transition towards a climate-neutral economy; expresses its concern that this trade-off has not been sufficiently addressed in recent policy discussions; calls on all stakeholders to develop a coherent approach to bring together biodiversity protection and climate protection in a thriving bio-economy;

Amendment 51 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK, Caroline VOADEN, Nils TORVALDS, Pascal CANFIN

Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. stresses the need for a mosaic masterplan to protect biodiversity and healthy ecosystems from global to local level, entailing the concept of leaving 1/3 of all green areas at local, regional and EU levels in their natural state, to complement the Natura 2000 network;

Amendment 52 #

Tudor CIUHODARU

Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses that biodiversity is not only indispensable for the production of food, fuel and medicines but also, together with a healthy natural environment, important for long-term economic development;

Amendment 53 #

Pascal CANFIN, Martin HOJSÍK, Irena JOVEVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Nils TORVALDS

Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Welcomes the Beijing Call for Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change of 6 November 2019;

Amendment 54 #

Edina TÓTH

Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes, in this regard, the commitments, made by Ursula von der Leyen in the political guidelines for the next European Commission 2019-2024 and in the mission letter to the Commissioner for Environment and Oceans, to present a Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 as part of the European Green Deal, and her intention for the EU to lead the world at the 2020 Conference of the Parties to the C~~BD, as it did at the 2015 Paris Climate Conference~~onvention on Biological Diversity;

Amendment 55 #

Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes, in this regard, the commitments, made by Ursula von der Leyen in the political guidelines for the next European Commission 2019-2024 and in the mission letter to the Commissioner for Environment and Oceans, to present a Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 as part of the European Green Deal, and her intention for the EU to lead the world at the 2020 Conference of the Parties to the CBD, as it did at the 2015 Paris Climate Conference; calls on the Commission to propose an ambitious and inclusive Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 that sets legally binding targets for the EU and its Member States, including specific targets to restore degraded habitats by 2030;

Amendment 56 #

Ville NIINISTÖ, Silvia MODIG, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Eleonora EVI

Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Calls on the Commission, in view of the global biodiversity crisis highlighted by the recent IPBES report, to move away from voluntary commitments and introduce legally binding targets for the Union and its Member States as part of the EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy to be presented in the first 100 days of the new Commission;

Amendment 57 #

Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes, in this regard, the commitments, made by Ursula von der Leyen, in the political guidelines for the next European Commission 2019-2024 and in the mission letter to the Commissioner for Environment and Oceans, to present a Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 as part of the European Green Deal, and her intention for the EU to lead the world at the 2020 Conference of the Parties to the CBD, as it did at the 2015 Paris Climate Conference; insists that this be a high priority for the new Commission and that the EU galvanises global ambition on biodiversity ahead of the COP15;

Amendment 58 #

Paragraph 4

Amendment 59 #

Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nils TORVALDS

Paragraph 4

Amendment 6 #

Citation 8 a (new)

- having regard to the European Commission Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World's Forests of 23 July 2019 and the EU Forest Strategy of 20 September 2013;

Amendment 60 #

Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes~~, in this regard,~~ the commitments, made by Ursula von der Leyen in the political guidelines for the next European Commission 2019-2024 and in the mission letter to the Commissioner for Environment and Oceans, to present a Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 as part of the European Green Deal, and her intention for the EU to lead the world at the 2020 Conference of the Parties to the CBD, as it did at the 2015 Paris Climate Conference;

Amendment 61 #

Edina TÓTH

Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that the protection of global biodiversity is an essential challenge and thus a strategic EU interest that should receive the highest political attention; calls on the Commission and Member States to actively engage, particularly through their external instruments, with third countries to promote and strengthen biodiversity conservation and restoration measures and governance~~, in particular in all multilateral agreements~~;

Amendment 62 #

Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that the protection of global biodiversity is an essential challenge and thus a strategic EU interest that should receive the highest political attention; calls on the Commission and Member States to actively engage, particularly through their external instruments such as the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), with third countries to promote and strengthen biodiversity conservation and restoration measures and governance, in particular in all multilateral agreements;

Amendment 63 #

Pascal CANFIN, Martin HOJSÍK, Irena JOVEVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Nils TORVALDS, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR

Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that the protection of global biodiversity is an essential challenge and thus a strategic EU interest that should receive the highest political attention; calls on the ~~Commission and~~ Member States to ~~actively engage, particularly through their external instruments, with third countries to promote and strengthen~~engage with third countries to promote and share best available practices and to attach biodiversity conservation and restoration measures ~~and governance, in particular in all~~to multilateral agreements;

Amendment 64 #

Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that the protection of global biodiversity is an essential challenge and thus a strategic EU interest that should receive the highest political attention; calls on the Commission and Member States to actively engage, particularly through their external instruments, with third countries to promote and strengthen biodiversity conservation and restoration measures and governance, in particular in all multilateral agreements; as a consequence, calls on the Commission to include binding and enforceable Trade and Sustainable Development Chapters in all future trade agreements;

Amendment 65 #

Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that the protection of global biodiversity is an essential challenge and thus a strategic EU interest that should receive the highest political attention; calls on the Commission and Member States to actively engage, particularly through their external instruments, with third countries to promote and s~~trengthen~~et targets for biodiversity conservation and restoration measures and governance, in particular in all multilateral and trade agreements, as well as measures against non-compliance;

Amendment 66 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Caroline VOADEN, Nils TORVALDS

Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that the protection of global biodiversity is a~~n essent~~ crucial challenge and thus a strategic EU interest that should receive the highest political attention; calls on the Commission and Member States to actively engage, particularly through their external instruments, with third countries to promote and strengthen biodiversity conservation and restoration measures and governance, in particular in all multilateral agreements;

Amendment 67 #

Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that the protection and conservation of global biodiversity is an essential challenge and thus a strategic EU interest that should receive the highest political attention; calls on the Commission and Member States to actively engage, particularly through their external action instruments, with third countries to promote and strengthen biodiversity protection, conservation and restoration measures and governance, in particular in all multilateral and trade agreements;

Amendment 68 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK, Pascal CANFIN

Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to provide substantial and increased support to partner countries and scale-up its financial assistance, as part of a global resource mobilisation effort to tackle the global climate and biodiversity crises; considers that this needs to be taken into account in the ongoing negotiations on the MFF 2021- 2027, notably the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI); considers that the NDICI should allocate 45% of its funds to investments that contribute to climate objectives, environmental management and protection, biodiversity, and combatting desertification;

Amendment 69 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Caroline VOADEN, Nils TORVALDS, Pascal CANFIN

Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the need for a comprehensive governance regime addressing the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services; calls on the EU and the Member States to remain strongly committed to further strengthening the CBD and to take a leading role in the preparation for the post-2020 framework, in particular in the run up to the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, to commit on a biodiversity equivalent of the 1.5 ºC target of the Paris Climate Agreement and to transparently set out their visions and priorities for the post- 2020 global biodiversity framework;deleted

Amendment 7 #

Citation 8 a (new)

- having regard to the Commission communication of 23 July 2019 entitled “Protecting and restoring the world´s forests: stepping up EU action to halt deforestation and forest degradation";

Amendment 70 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Caroline VOADEN, Nils TORVALDS, Pascal CANFIN

Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the need for a comprehensive governance regime addressing the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services; calls on the EU and the Member States to remain strongly committed to further strengthening the CBD and to take a leading role in the preparation for the post-2020 framework, in particular in the run up to the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, to commit ton a biodiversity equivalent of the ~~1.5 ºC~~long-term temperature targets of the Paris Climate Agreement and to transparently set out their visions and priorities for the post- 2020 global biodiversity framework;

Amendment 71 #

Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the need for a comprehensive multi-level governance ~~regime~~approach addressing the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services; calls on the EU and the Member States to remain strongly committed to further strengthening the CBD and to take a leading role in the preparation for the post- 2020 framework, in particular in the run up to the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, to commit ton a biodiversity equivalent of the 1.5 ºC target of the Paris Climate Agreement and to transparently set out their visions and priorities for the post- 2020 global biodiversity framework;

Amendment 72 #

Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Pascal CANFIN, Nils TORVALDS

Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the need for a comprehensive global governance regime addressing the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services; calls on the EU and the Member States to remain strongly committed to further strengthening the CBD and to take a leading role in the preparation for the post-2020 framework, in particular in the run up to the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, to commit on a biodiversity equivalent of the 1.5 ºC target of the Paris Climate Agreement and to transparently set out their visions and priorities for the post- 2020 global biodiversity framework;

Amendment 73 #

Paragraph 7

7. Recalls that biodiversity and ecosystem preservation is inherently synergistic and fundamental to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals; stresses the need and calls on the Commission and Member States to implement effective nature and biodiversity mainstreaming ~~and improved environmental policy coherence in all internal and external policies of the EU~~with biodiversity targets across sectors, to change the economic model towards more sustainability taking into account the EU footprint, and improved environmental policy coherence in all internal and external policies of the EU, including in agriculture, fishery, renewable energy, transport, trade and the Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021 - 2027; considers that an increased collaboration across all sectors is needed to better integrate biodiversity conservation and restoration; stresses that special attention should be paid to the lifecycle of traded goods from conception to consumption, to protect natural resources and biodiversity, and to take into account the cumulated impacts including transport;

Amendment 74 #

Eleonora EVI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Daniela RONDINELLI

Paragraph 7

Amendment 75 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Caroline VOADEN, Nils TORVALDS, Pascal CANFIN

Paragraph 8

8. Believes it to be critical to address key drivers of biodiversity loss with a long- term strategic approach and to urgently identify and safeguard the most critical and strategic ~~area~~biodiversity and ecosystem services hotspots and high integrity ecosystems based on the sensitivity of an area, the presence of endangered species, knowledge gaps and/or effective management, and the presence of common species that are fundamental to ecological processes, and to limit losses of biodiversity and negative impacts on indigenous and local communities’ territories and livelihoods;

Amendment 76 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Nils TORVALDS, Pascal CANFIN

Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Stresses that the climate emergency and the consequences of mass biodiversity loss constitute a grave threat to human rights; recalls that fundamental human rights to life, health, food and safe water are at risk without a healthy environment; calls on the Commission and the External Action Service to work towards an EU strategy to protect the right to a healthy environment, by working closely with third countries and international organisations such as UNHCR that has recently launched a joint strategy with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP);

Amendment 77 #

Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Reiterates that despite the importance of restoration, it remains virtually ignored by EU Member States in the context of the Bonn Challenge;

Amendment 78 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Nils TORVALDS, Pascal CANFIN

Paragraph 8 b (new)

8 b. Believes that for the EU to appear credible both at international level and internally for its citizens, any future EU Strategy must set binding goals given that voluntary targets simply did not work in a majority of areas; considers deplorable that in particular areas (e.g forest biodiversity) ´´zero progress to target´´ was achieved;

Amendment 79 #

Paragraph 9

9. Welcomes the decision taken at the COP14 in Egypt, which urges parties to, inter alia, significantly accelerate their efforts to implement the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and to consider undertaking national assessments of biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services; considers of the utmost importance to step up the efforts on the implementation of the current Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, focus on the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity targets and to work on an ambitious post 2020 strategic plan and implementation mechanism that formally includes the sub- national level - local and regional authorities - , with regards to a 2050 scenario which takes into account new challenges in the field of biodiversity in line with the 2030 Agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals;

Amendment 8 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Caroline VOADEN, Nils TORVALDS, Pascal CANFIN

Citation 9 a (new)

- having regard to the 2019 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations report entitled “The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture”;

Amendment 80 #

Paragraph 9

9. Welcomes the decision taken at the COP14 in Egypt, which urges parties to, inter alia, significantly accelerate their efforts to implement the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and to consider undertaking national assessments of biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services; considers of the utmost importance to step up the efforts on the implementation of the current Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, focus on the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity targets, the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing, and to work on an ambitious post 2020 strategic plan and implementation mechanism, with regards to a 2050 scenario which takes into account new challenges in the field of biodiversity in line with the 2030 Agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals;

Amendment 81 #

Paragraph 11

11. Welcomes the progress made at COP14 on a ~~comprehensive and participatory~~n international process to develop a post- 2020 global biodiversity framework; supports the Metz Biodiversity Charter adopted by the G7;

Amendment 82 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Nils TORVALDS, Pascal CANFIN

Paragraph 12

12. Underlines the need to ~~increase ambition and functioning for the post- 2020 global biodiversity framework~~pursue realistic and achievable biodiversity targets beyond 2020; calls on the Commission and Member States to actively pursue the development of clear performance indicators, tracking instruments and peer review/reporting mechanisms to improve the transparency and accountability for Parties and the overall effectiveness of the next Biodiversity Strategy Plan;

Amendment 83 #

Paragraph 12

12. Underlines the need to increase ambition, inclusiveness and functioning for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework; calls on the Commission and Member States to actively pursue the development of clear performance indicators, tracking instruments and peer review/reporting mechanisms - ideally in cooperation with sub-national governments - to improve the transparency and accountability for Parties and the overall effectiveness of the next Biodiversity Strategy Plan;

Amendment 84 #

Pascal CANFIN

Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the definition of a new global target to reverse the global biodiversity loss curve from 2030, setting nature on course for regeneration for the benefit of all and of the planet, including by restoring at least 30% of degraded ecosystems in which that is possible, so as to contribute to the protection of biodiversity and to mitigation of and adaptation to climate change, to help combat desertification and land degradation, and to increase food security;

Amendment 85 #

Eleonora EVI, Piernicola PEDICINI, Daniela RONDINELLI

Paragraph 12

12. Underlines the need to increase ambition and functioning for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the definition of a new global target to reverse the global biodiversity loss curve from 2030; calls on the Commission and Member States to actively pursue the development of clear performance indicators, tracking instruments and peer review/reporting mechanisms to improve the transparency and accountability for Parties and the overall effectiveness of the next Biodiversity Strategy Plan;

Amendment 86 #

Paragraph 12

12. Underlines the need to increase ambition and functioning for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework; calls on the Commission and Member States to actively pursue the development of a roadmap with ambitious legally-binding targets, detailed timelines, clear performance indicators and benchmarks, tracking instruments and peer review/reporting mechanisms to ~~improve the~~ensure full transparency and accountability for Parties and the overall effectiveness of the next Biodiversity Strategy Plan;

Amendment 87 #

Paragraph 12

12. Underlines the need to increase ambition and functioning for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework; calls on the Commission and Member States to strengthen the implementation mechanisms of the CBD, to actively pursue the development of clear performance indicators, tracking instruments and peer review/reporting mechanisms to improve the transparency and accountability for Parties and the overall effectiveness of the next Biodiversity Strategy Plan;

Amendment 88 #

Paragraph 12

12. Underlines the need to increase ambition and functioning for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework; calls on the Commission and Member States to actively pursue the development of clear performance indicators, tracking instruments and peer review/reporting mechanisms based on common standards to improve the transparency and accountability for Parties and the overall effectiveness of the next global Biodiversity Strategy Plan;

Amendment 89 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK, Fredrick FEDERLEY

Paragraph 13

13. Hhighlights that anfirm international ~~framework in the form of a binding~~commitments agre~~ement is~~ needed to protect global biodiversity, to stop its current decline and to restore all aspects of biodiversity; ~~believes that such a framework~~such commitments should be based on specific, measurable ~~including~~, quantifiable, ~~ambitious,~~ realistic and time- bound targets and firm commitments, comprising of Nationally Determined Contributions and other appropriate instruments, financial commitments and improved capacity building assurances, as well as a 5-yearly monitoring and review mechanism, with an emphasis on an upward trajectory of ambition, Nationally Determined Contributions, capacity building and an annual monitoring and review mechanism; highlights the need for a harmonised collection and treatment of comparable and consistent data and indicators for a good monitoring process;

Amendment 9 #

Draft motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

- having regard to the Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights at the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly in New York on 15 October 2019;

Amendment 90 #

Pascal CANFIN, Martin HOJSÍK, Irena JOVEVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Nils TORVALDS, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Paragraph 13

13. Highlights that an international framework in the form of a binding agreement is needed to protect global biodiversity, to stop its current decline and to restore all aspects of biodiversity; is of the opinion that a clear global conservation objective of at least 30% for natural areas should be enshrined in the post-2020 framework and that the EU should set a similar objective domestically; believes that such a framework should be based on specific, measurable including quantifiable, ambitious, realistic, sectorial and time- bound targets and firm commitments, comprising of Nationally Determined Contributions and other appropriate instruments, financial commitments and improved capacity building assurances, as well as a 5-yearly monitoring and review mechanism, with an emphasis on an upward trajectory of ambition; highlights the need for a harmonised collection and treatment of comparable and consistent data and indicators for a good monitoring process;

Amendment 91 #

Ville NIINISTÖ, Silvia MODIG, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Eleonora EVI

Paragraph 13

13. Highlights that an international framework in the form of a binding agreement is needed to protect global biodiversity, to stop its current decline and to restore all aspects of biodiversity; believes that such a framework should be based on specific, measurable including quantifiable, ambitious, realistic and time- bound targets and firm commitments, comprising of ~~Nationally Determined Contributions~~reinforced National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (NBSAPs) and other appropriate instruments, financial commitments and improved capacity building assurances, as well as a 5-yearly monitoring and review mechanism, with an emphasis on an upward trajectory of ambition; highlights the need for a harmonised collection and treatment of comparable and consistent data and indicators for a good monitoring process;

Amendment 92 #

Paragraph 13

13. Highlights that an international framework in the form of a legally binding agreement is needed to protect global biodiversity, to stop its current decline and to restore all aspects of biodiversity; believes that such a framework should have a clear goal and be based on specific, measurable including quantifiable, ambitious, realistic and time- bound targets and firm commitments, comprising of Nationally Determined Contributions for Biodiversity (NDCBs) and other appropriate instruments, financial commitments and improved capacity building assurances, as well as a 5-yearly monitoring and review mechanism, with an emphasis on an upward trajectory of ambition; highlights the need for regular reporting by the Parties and a harmonised collection and treatment of comparable and consistent data and indicators for a good monitoring process;

Amendment 93 #

Paragraph 13

13. Highlights that an international framework in the form of a legally binding agreement is needed to protect global biodiversity, to stop its current decline and to restore all aspects of biodiversity; believes that such a framework ~~should~~must be based on specific, measurable including quantifiable, ambitious~~, realistic~~ and time- bound targets and firm commitments, comprising of Nationally Determined Contributions and other appropriate instruments, financial commitments and improved capacity building assurances, as well as a 5-yearly monitoring and review mechanism, with an emphasis on an upward trajectory of ambition; highlights the need for a harmonised collection and treatment of comparable and consistent data and indicators for a good monitoring process;

Amendment 94 #

Paragraph 13

13. Highlights that an international framework in the form of a global binding agreement is needed to protect ~~global~~ biodiversity, to stop its current decline and to restore all aspects of biodiversity; believes that such a framework should be based on specific, measurable including quantifiable, ambitious, realistic and time- bound targets and firm commitments, comprising of Nationally Determined Contributions and other appropriate instruments, financial commitments and improved capacity building assurances, as well as a 5-yearly monitoring and review mechanism, with an emphasis on an upward trajectory of ambition; highlights the need for a harmonised collection and treatment of comparable and consistent data and indicators for a good monitoring process;

Amendment 95 #