7 Amendments of Marco ZULLO related to 2015/2279(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 28 April 2015 on ‘A new EU Forest Strategy: for forests and the forest-based sector’,
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) should form an integral part of the smart specialisation strategies of regions with mountain areas; calls therefore on the Commission, Member States and the regions to strengthen synergies between different funds and measures for mountain areas in preparing, examining and adopting operational programmes; calls also for greater use to be made of EU initiatives such as Interreg and LAG to foster the development of economic diversification projects and coordinated marketing strategies that take proper account of regional resources, local networks and cooperative working methods;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that sustainable forestry can offer jobs and economic development for mountainous regions; calls for the support of SMEs involved in the wood sector and that forest resources should therefore be guaranteed over time, by exploiting them sustainably; points out that forests are of vital importance for the ecosystem and that in the mountains they play an important role of preventing avalanches, landslides and flooding; calls for the support of SMEs, in particular those established in mountain areas, which are involved in the wood sector and fully respect the principle of environmental sustainability;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Stresses the need to promote and support small and medium-sized mountain farms which, by using traditional techniques and production methods that exploit natural resources – such as pastures and different types of forage crops – in an integrated and sustainable manner, produce products with specific quality characteristics but which, on average, have higher costs and lower profitability than intensive crops or livestock farms;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Stresses the importance of the Youth Employment Initiative and of a more effective implementation of the Youth Guarantee as a good opportunity to stop the outflow of young people from mountainous regions in response to the demographic crisis and the problem of an ageing population; calls for youth employment initiatives specifically oriented to meet the needs of underdeveloped mountainous regions;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Reiterates the importance of ensuring that measures to prevent hydrogeological risks and make mountain areas safe are programmed and implemented, especially in those regions that are often subject to subsidence, landslides and flooding because of their specific geomorphology and/or indiscriminate human activity;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Calls for examples of good practices to be proposed, which can contribute to the economic diversification of mountain regions, such as telework, e-commerce and the use of digital marketing channels;