1 Amendments of Susanne MELIOR related to 2015/2137(INI)
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes and regrets that there has not yet been a measurable improvement of the biodiversity status in agriculture; urges the Commission and Member States to monitor, assess and increase the effectiveness of greening measures and other rural development measures of the CAP; calls on the Commission to take into account its findings in the mid-term review of the CAP; and considers that the importance of set-aside land and grassland areas for biodiversity should be stressed and that such land should be farmed accordingly, inter alia by prohibiting ploughing in the spring; calls on the Commission to take into account its findings in the mid-term review of the CAP; (Grassland areas and set-aside land are environmentally valuable elements in agricultural landscapes. The proportion of grassland has decreased in recent years. Grassland is all too frequently converted into arable land and intensively farmed. This has adverse consequences for biodiversity protection. In this connection, measures such as later mowing or a ban on spring ploughing can protect ground- nesting birds.)