15 Amendments of Edouard FERRAND related to 2016/2222(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the increased use of palm oil in processed food, with some 50 % of packaged goods now containing palm oil, and as a biofuel; calls for clear and transparent labelling of palm oil in processed gfor all processed goods, to indicate the presence and origin of palm oil and of the main ingredients of the foods;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the increased use of palm oil in processed food, with some 50 % of packaged goods now containing palm oil, and as a biofuel; calls for mandatory, clear and transparent labelling of palm oil in processed goods;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the alarming scale of deforestation driven by palm oil, especially in the two main producer countries – Indonesia and Malaysia; notes that palm oil is an important driver of deforestation for commercial agriculture, where extremely biodiverse tropical forest is being converted to monocultural palm oil plantations;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on palm oil producer countries to shun deforestation, and to use poor quality land and idle land for oil palm plantations;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Acknowledges that palm oil production has higher yields and requires less land than the production of other vegetable fats that are widely used for food; points out that oil palms occupy around eight times less land than their competitor crops, with one hectare producing 4 tons of oil, compared with 0.6 ton for rapeseed oil and 0.5 for soybean oil;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Notes that palm oil is a direct competitor of other vegetable fats (soybean, rapeseed and sunflower oil) and animal fats (butter, lard) that are produced in the European Union, where social, health and environmental standards are stricter;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with concern the occurrence of land grabbing and illegal acquisition of plantation land; notes further that land acquisition may lie outside the law, as local communities’ customary tenure rights are often not respected, as is the case with the Dayak people, who are increasingly being expropriated and dispossessed in the forests of Borneo;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is concerned, therefore, about the indirect security effects of land-grabbing and deforestation, that are resulting in confrontations involving local communities;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises the role of oil palm as part of diverse intercropping systems in ensuring food security and income for smallholders, provided that those smallholders are fully integrated into the production chain and receive fair payment;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned thatPoints to the need to ensure theat certification schemes do not guarantee genuinely sustainable palm oil, notably certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO) certifica under protocols that will effectively protect biodiversity and safeguard working condition,s which is not effective in ensuring relevant standards and compliance therewithle helping to keep the deforestation level close to zero;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for efforts to be made to ensure that the recent targets and positions set out by the EU on trans fatty acids do not result in a reassessment of palm oil production that would lead to even more deforestation;
Amendment 135 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 138 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the phasing-out of all land-based biofuels, such as palm oil biodiesel, that drive deforestation and compete against food production for land or do not significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissionsMaintains that the production of land-based biofuels must not cause deforestation;
Amendment 147 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the phasing-out of all land-based biofuels, such as palm oil biodiesel, that drive deforestation and compete against food production for land or do not significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 151 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Points to the need to favour the use of agricultural by-products and processing waste in order to rationalise the production process and limit farms’ energy bills;