Activities of Catherine CHABAUD related to 2022/2016(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on a new EU forest strategy for 2030 – sustainable forest management in Europe
Amendments (7)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the EU’s responsibility in the protection, restoration and resilience of the world’s forests, which should prioritise proforestation in forest management as an external dimension strategy for increasing carbon sequestration and biodiversity benefits; insists that forests’ carbon dioxide storage capacities will allow to move towards carbon neutrality; stresses that forests provide a wide range of ecosystemic services beyond carbon sequestration, such as the natural filtration of water;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Highlights that forests are an important part of terrestrial and marine biodiversity, and contribute to mitigation and adaptation to the negative impacts of climate change, such as extreme weather disturbances, including flooding, droughts, storms, soil erosion, heat waves and fires; recalls that sustainable forest management can also ensure the protection of coastal areas and communities;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises the multifunctional role of forests; stresses that policies that enhance the protection and restoration of biodiversity will help tackle climate change; calls on the EU to strengthen forest resilience by addressing the challenges and trade-offs resulting from the increasing demand for wood for materials, energy and the bioeconomy and the related rising risks of embodied deforestation imports, land grabbing, illegal logging and violation of indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ rights; recalls the negative impacts of global warming on ecosystems and the migration of species due to climate change, which requires specific monitoring and surveillance;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Union and its Member States to exclude burninguse forest biomass from anyin a sustainable way in order to contribute to reach renewable energy targets;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Emphasises the scientifically proven links between health, environmental and climate crises; and considering that, without immediate action, biodiversity loss and climate change will increase at a global level, calls on the EU, as part of the Green Deal’s external dimension, to step up its technical assistance, as well as its sharing of information and best practices with third countries; stresses that the EU should learn from inspirational projects on sustainable forest management from indigenous and other communities that have ancestral knowledge on forests;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the forestry sector to feature prominently in the 30 % spending target on climate of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) – Global Europe, including financial or technical assistance for forest-producer partner countries. with the aim of achieving and promoting an integrated approach of the SDGs;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the EU to learn from innovative projects implemented by certain third countries, such as the African-led "Great Green Wall" initiative, which aims to restore 100 million hectares of currently degraded land by 2030 throughout the Sahel region and to enable the development of agro- ecology and regeneration projects.