Activities of Benedek JÁVOR related to 2014/2223(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on ‘A new EU Forest Strategy: for forests and the forest-based sector’
Amendments (13)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recognizes that as a growing number of EU policies and different sectors are making increasing demands on forests and increasing competition over forest resources, demand for new uses in the economy and for energy should be coordinated with traditional demands including nature conservation and recreation to ensure a long term balance among the multiple forest functions and demands, while taking into account forest' capacities and sustainability boundaries; in this connection asks the European Commission to ensure that EU policies are designed to support the resource efficient use of forest biomass;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges that the EU has a role to play in supporting national policies aimed ato achievinge multifunctional and sustainable forestry management, respecting functions related to various forest products, recreation as well as nature conservation, in ensuring consistency of management approaches reflecting different forest types, and in strengthening cooperation in the face of increased cross-border threats such as illegal timber import, forest fires, illegal logging and pests, in strictly implementing the existing legislation and rules including those related to product control and in ensuring coherence oin forest- related issues across EU policies such as those relating to agriculture, biodiversity, renewable energy, water and soil, emphasising that biodiversity and well- functioning ecosystems are a prerequisite for all forest uses, therefore reversing the trend of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation in line with the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 is essential;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Supports the commitment of Member States’ commitment to implementing sustainable forest management in line withbased on the Forest Europe criteria and indicators as one of the key elements of the current policy framework for forests in Europe; Supports the Commission's intention to develop an ambitious and demonstrable set of criteria and indicators for improved implementation of sustainable forest management to be applied to all uses of forest biomass across the Union, balancing ecological, social and economic functions that forests serve;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the multifunctional role of European forests, serving economic and social as well as environmental purposes; in addition to providing habitats for animals and plants and playing a major role in mitigating climate change and other environmental services, forests also offer wide societal benefits, including for human health, recreation and tourism;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the prioritisation of the three pillars of sustainability (economic, social and environmental) as a strong basis from which to support resource efficiency, increase competitiveness, boost employment and strengthen forestry’'s role in the green economy; And recognises the important role of forests for communities, forest sectors, industries, the environment and the climate and supports in this light the focus on promoting an efficient use of forestry biomass as a scarce resource;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the need to move towards bioeconomy in a manner that respects the sustainability boundaries of biomass supply and ensures resource efficient use of forest based material, promoting and prioritising innovation in the forest value chain above energy use;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the objective included inof the EU Forest Strategy tof enhancinge the contribution of forests and the forest sector to rural development, biodiversity, growth and job creation must take full account of the economic, social, cultural and environmental goods and services sourced from forests,provided by forests, including services for recreation, tourism, and in particular the important role that forests play in reducing CO2 emissions, which is anstoring carbon and climate adaptation which are important elements of the EU climate policy;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Supports the carrying out of a cosundertaking of an impact assessment of all EU legislation affecting the value chains of fForest-based iIndustries,y value chains with athe view to cutting out all unnecessary and burdensome bureaucracy and increasing ithe industry’s long-term competitiveness in a sustainable manner.;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers that the EU Forest Strategy will be better implemented if supported by appropriate coordination with available or future EU funding including EAFRD;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Observes the availability of information and monitoring resources via the Copernicus programme and other space initiatives at European level and recommends increasing the use of these resources and tools;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights the need to strengthen and make full use of EU mechanisms to tackle the transboundary pressures on forests from the spread of invasive alien species, pests and diseases;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that is important that fRecalls that, by 2020, Forest mManagement pPlans do not become an additional bureaucratic burden which impedes the sustainable use of Europe’s forests; with that in mind, calls on Member Sor equivalent instruments, in line with Sustainable Forest Management, should be in place for all forests that are publicly owned and for forest holdings above a certain size that receive funding under the EU Rural Development Policy; tatkes to rehe view the implementation of the forest management plans, taking into accat forest management plans can be an important instrument for sustainable forest management and to bring abount the proportionality and ‘think small first’ principles and providing for the use by managers of the responsibility declaration form.needed improvement in the conservation status of species and habitats of EU interest; recommends that Natura 2000 protection objectives and measures are taken into account when developing forest management plans and considers that the integration Natura 2000 objectives in forest management plans to be an effective way to reduce administrative burden;