8 Amendments of Teresa RODRIGUEZ-RUBIO related to 2014/2223(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that it is appropriate to make forest conservation and management incentives part of the strategy, and wWelcomes the Commission communication on a new European forest strategy, bearing in mind that – with due regard to the subsidiarity principle –, there is a need for a comprehensive and consistent joint strategy to prevent and manage forest disastersstrengthen the role of forests and forest sector in the EU;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on Member States to consider including environmRecognises that sustainable forest management is essential services payments as forest management incentito balance ecological, social and economic functions that forest serves; points out that sustainable forest management has a positive impact on biodiversity, climate, fire prevention, biodiversity and conservation, and is crucial for economic development, especially in rural areas and remote regions;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on Member States to consider assessment and valuation of ecosystem services to further support balanced multifunctionality of forests;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that, particularly in the Mediterranean region, forest fires occur on a regular basis, and are both a cause and a consequence of climate change; points out that storms, and forest fires and pests, are natural disasters that can be mitigated using forestry techniques and that, alongside improved and active forest management, there is a need to promote specific action such as the introduction of grazing or the establishment of agro- forestry areas – policies that ought to be recognised in both the first and second pillars (grazing areas and rural development respectively) of the common agricultural policy;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that it is important to promote the implementation of the concept of the bioeconomy while respecting the sustainability boundaries of raw material supply, to boost the economic viability of forest value chains through innovation and technology transfer, and, to this end, provide more support for diverse forest products other than timber; emphasises the significant role the bio-based economy plays in achieving the new Commission priorities of growth, employment and investments;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. EUnderlining the valuable properties of renewability and climate friendliness of wood, emphasises the need to make sure that forestEuropean forest resources and wood materials are also re-used and re-used efficiently, as a way of cutting the EU’s trade deficit, helping to reduce unsustainable management, protecting the environment and reducing deforestation in countrieimproving self-sufficiency of the EU in wood and the competitiveness of the forest sector as well as ocutsideting the EU’s trade deficit;
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that it is important that fForest mManagement pPlans do not become an additional bureaucratic burden which impedes the sustainable use of Europe’s forestsor equivalent instruments are in place by 2020 for all forests that are publicly owned and for forests holdings above a certain size that receive funding from under the EU Rural Development Policy; with that in mind, calls on Member States to reviewmonitor and promote the implementation of the forest management plans, taking into account the proportionality and ‘think small first’ principles and providing for the use by managers of the responsibility declaration formvoluntary nature of management plans in some Member States, the proportionality principle and adequacy.
Amendment 129 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the need to address global challenges at the global multilateral fora in order to reduce unsustainable management practices, protect the environment and reduce deforestation in countries outside the EU, and to this end calls on the Commission to publish and EU action plan on deforestation and forest degradation as called for by the 7th Environmental Action Programme (Decision No 1386/2013/EU).