3 Amendments of Catherine CHABAUD related to 2020/2006(INL)
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that approximately 80 % of global deforestation is caused by the expansion of land used for agriculture; stresses in this context that the Commission Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests of July 2019 recognises that Union demand for products such as palm oil, meat, soy, cocoa, maize, timber, rubber, as well as cotton, coffee, sugar cane, rapeseed and mangrove-farmed shrimps, including in the form of processed products or services, is a large driver of deforestation, ecosystem destruction and human rights violations across the globe;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that such an EU legal framework should also be extended to high-carbon stock and biodiversity-rich ecosystems other than forests, in particular marine and coastal ecosystems, so as to avoid pressure being shifted to these landscapes;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses that such a legal framework must be designed in compliance with the EU’s international commitments to African, Caribbean and Pacific states and taken into account in the ambitions of the future Post-Cotonou Agreement;