2 Amendments of Biljana BORZAN related to 2014/2223(INI)
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on Member States to consider including environmental services payments as forest management incentives; points out that sustainable forest management has a positive impact on fire prevention, biodiversity and conservation, and is crucial for economic development, especially in rural areas and remote regions; points to the need for innovative financing arrangements to mobilise funding from public and private sources, in particular to pay for ecosystem services;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the need to make sure that forest materials are also re-used and used efficiently, as a way of cutting the EU’s trade deficit, helping to reduce unsustainable management, protecting the environment and reducing deforestation in countries outside the EU; as well as taking the EU timber market into account, urges that the ‘cascade principle’ be encouraged when timber is put to use;