5 Amendments of Joachim SCHUSTER related to 2018/2003(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes with concern that deforestation is considered as one of the contributing factors to global climate change and recalls that seventy percent of the world’s plants and animals live in forests and are losing their habitats due to deforestation;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the EU to always include in its TSD chapters enforceable provisions in its TSD chapters to halt illegal logging and, forest degradation and land grabbing, including through the possible use of sanctions; calls on the Commission to add and provisions to guarantee the right to property, prior consultation and informed consent. Calls on the EC to include such provisions toin already concluded FTA’s through the revision clause;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that Malaysia and Indonesia are the main producers of palm oil, with an estimated 85-90 % of global production, and that the growing demand for this commodity leads to deforestation, puts pressure on land use and has significant effects on local communities, health and climate change; stresses in this context to use negotiations for a trade agreement with Indonesia and Malaysia to improve the situation on the ground;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Urges the Commission to include illegal forest practices, as under-pricing of wood in concessions, harvesting of protected trees by commercial corporations, smuggling of forest products across borders, illegal logging and processing forest raw materials without a license into the scope of the anti-corruption chapters in FTA’s;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls that responsible governance of tenure of land and forests is essential to ensure social stability, sustainable use of the environment and responsible investment for sustainable development;