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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Stresses that according to the latest data from the reporting period 2013-2018 of the Habitats Directive, only 10,71 % of the EU´s bogs, mires and fens are in a good shape, the rest is either in a bad (51,79 %) or poor (35,71 %) shape; highlights that the EU is the second largest emitter of greenhouse gases (GHG) from drained peatlands globally, corresponding to around 5% of the official EU greenhouse gas emissions total per year; highlights the urgent need to phase out the use of peat in horticulture (vegetable gardening, plant breeding, professional as well as con- professional use) and in combustion for energy generation or heating; calls for an EU wide ban on peat extraction as soon as possible, excluding peat extraction for certain limited use such as medical or scientific purposes; considers that restoration of peatlands is a cost-effective approach to biodiversity restoration as well as climate change mitigation and adaption and, highlights the importance of ecosystem-based solutions; calls for a European Wetland and Peatland Strategy which should provide a basis for coherent peat- and wetland management and policymaking.

2021/02/22
Committee: ENVI

Ville NIINISTÖ, Jutta PAULUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Considers that while peatlands can store twice as much carbon as all the world's forests, covering only 3% of the world’s land area yet holding nearly 30% of the soil carbon and are a home to fragile biodiversity that cannot exist elsewhere, damaged peatlands are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions; calls therefore for an urgent introduction of legally binding targets for restoration of bogs, mires and wetlands in the EU as foreseen in the EU Biodiversity Strategy, implemented at Member State level; highlights that wetlands are essential ecosystems that provide many services, for people, the planet and the climate—including their vital role as a natural carbon sink;

2021/02/22
Committee: ENVI

Jutta PAULUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Highlights the importance of Paludiculture as form of productive land use of wetlands and peatlands that stops degradation, subsidence and minimises emissions, calls for the large-scale implementation of Paludiculture in suitable bogs and mires that are used unsustainably today and for combination with incentives and support for landowners when they rewet drained agricultural peatlands; stresses that conservation strategies like rewilding can also play a crucial role in restoring keystone species and repairing damaged ecosystems; calls on the Commission to provide sufficient funding for sustainable use of peatlands and wetlands;

2021/02/22
Committee: ENVI

Ville NIINISTÖ, Jutta PAULUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Commission to provide an assessment of all subsidies harmful to the environment with a view to their phasing out by 203025 at the latest; reiterates its calls and the need to reorient any harmful fisheries subsidies leading to overcapacity and overfishing towards conservation instead; calls for phasing out of harmful agricultural subsidies as well as any funding or subsidies for unsustainable use of wetland and peatland (e.g. for agricultural, horticultural, forestry, or use for combustion); reiterates its calls for the reorientation of taxation systems towards an increased use of environmental taxation;

2021/02/22
Committee: ENVI

4 Amendments of Jutta PAULUS related to 2020/2273(INI)

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