4 Amendments of Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS related to 2014/2223(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recognises that sustainable forest management is essential to balance ecological, social and economic functions that forests serve, and that the existing sustainable forest management frameworks often do not adequately address risks associated with the lack of a balanced approach to forestry such as increasing demands;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the study assessing the impact of EU consumption on deforestation published by the European Commission in July 2013; regrets that despite the request made by the Parliament in its resolution 2010/C 184 E/08 of 23 April 2009, the study does not deal with forest degradation; Calls on the Commission to bring forward proposals to reduce the impacts identified in the study and contribute to EU and international environmental goals and commitments to sustainable development; calls on the Commission to publish an EU action plan on deforestation and forest degradation to this end as called for by the 7th Environmental Action Programme Decision No 1386/2013/EU;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Takes the view that it is important to promote the implementation of the concept of bioeconomy while respecting the sustainability boundaries of raw material supply, to boost the economic viability of forest value chains through innovation and technology transfer, and, to this end, provide more support for forest products other than timber, and to ensure that different demands on forest products are balanced and evaluated against the sustainable supply potentials;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6