3 Amendments of Caroline ROOSE related to 2022/0142M(NLE)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that sustainable and inclusive forest management and governance is essential to achieve the objectives set in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement; recalls the importance of mining as a major driver of tropical deforestation, resulting in substantial soil erosion and contamination, increased forest fragmentation and mercury pollution of rivers and streams; calls on the government of Guyana to take further steps in curbing illegal mining; underlines the risks posed by Guyana’s expanding oil, gas and mining industries; notes with concern the lack of coherence between regulation in the forest sector and that in the mining sector;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Insists upon the full implementation of the principles of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) of Indigenous People and Local Communities, notably in the context of mining; recalls that it shall be obtained as a condition of the purchase or the use of customary forest lands, in compliance with international human rights laws, namely the ILO Convention N°169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples and the standards set out in the FAO Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reiterates its call on the Union to comply with the principle of policy coherence for development and to ensure consistency between its development, trade, agriculture, energy and climate policies;