14 Amendments of Stefan ECK related to 2015/2137(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
Citation 4
– having regard to the Eurobarometer survey published in October 2015 on the attitudes of people in Europe towards biodiversity (‘Special Eurobarometer 436’), according to which at least eight out of ten Europeans consider the various effects of biodiversity loss to be serious while more than three-quarters of Europeans believe that mankind has a responsibility to look after nature and that it is important to stop biodiversity loss;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. considering Europe's high ecological footprint that relies heavily on the import of resources and goods from all over the world;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)
Subheading 1 a (new)
Is of the opinion that further and future European efforts to halt biodiversity loss on the European continent should ensure that pressures are not transferred to other parts of the world thereby increasing global biodiversity loss;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers political will, implementation, enforcement and further integration of biodiversity into other policy areas - such as transports, industry, energy, tourism, external trade, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, regional development and cohesion - to be essential;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that, according to the European Commissioner for the Environment Karmenu Vella, one in six jobs in the EU depends to some extent on nature and biodiversity;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Reminds that the European Commission estimates that biodiversity loss costs the EU 3% of its GDP annually;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Points out that protecting and valuing biodiversity and natural resources in a more efficient way is not only key to our life and that of future generations, but makes also sense from an economic point of view;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Urges the EU leaders to listen to the half a million citizens who have called for our strong nature protection laws to be upheld and better implemented;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Asks the EU Commission and Member States to address the major direct causes of biodiversity namely human activities such as land-use change, intensive agriculture, pollution, unsustainable natural resources use and climate change;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Underlines that action must be taken to set higher standards of biodiversity and ecosystem protection in relevant sector policies. In particular, the Common Agricultural Policy must be transformed into a real sustainable rural development policy that awards public money to land users for the delivery of needed public goods, instead of distributing untargeted subsidies, as it is partly the case today;
Amendment 194 #
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; underlines that food production depends on nature and needs to contribute to its preservation not to its disappearance; calls on the Commission to take into account its findings in the mid- term review of the CAP;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Highlights that Natura 2000, the European network of protected natural areas, is still a relatively young network, whose full potential is far from having been achieved; considers that the Nature Directives remain relevant and that best practices on implementation demonstrate their effectiveness; the implementation of the Birds and Habitats Directives, including Natura 2000, is and should remain a core element of the EU biodiversity strategy;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Unfortunately, the mid-term review of the EU biodiversity strategy showed that the contributing decline in the status of species and habitats of EU importance associated with agriculture indicates that greater efforts need to be made;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Stresses that the issues relating to biodiversity, agriculture and notably intensive livestock production, climate change and scarcity of raw materials are inseparably linked; calls on the Commission and Member States to take this into account in the further discussions on a new international agreement on climate change;