10 Amendments of Bert-Jan RUISSEN related to 2022/2053(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the launch of the carbon farming initiative as announced in the Farm to Fork strategy and the new EU forest strategy, withcontributing to the aim of achieving climate neutrality by 2050 as enshrined in the European Climate Law, and by 2035 in the entire land sector;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the importance of carbon farming as a new business model of voluntary nature for EU agriculture with a view to allowing the sector’s active contribution to the green transition to provide new sources of income and business development opportunities;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Underlines that the generation and valorisation of carbon farming credits must be of voluntary nature for farmers providing them with a true additional source of revenue; stresses therefore that it must be avoided that other actors could impose insetting in the supply chains, which would undermine the principles of choice and fair revenue for farmers;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need for Member States to establish or facilitate financial incentives at the level of land managers, especially farmers and foresters, to facilitate or accelerate the uptake of carbon farming;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses that carbon farming models must not replace or compromise the primary objective of food production by European farmers, but provide possibilities for an additional source of revenue to farmers;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Requests that the valorisation of carbon farming as an additional source of revenue for farmers be funded outside the existing CAP budgetary resources;
Amendment 142 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Stresses that payments must be provided to farmers for efforts as well as results, taking into account that due to natural circumstances and changes results may differ over time and place;
Amendment 146 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Amendment 176 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Amendment 183 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Calls on the Commission to address existing legislative barriers so as to ensure that farmers can effectively re- use animal manure to contribute to enhancing soil organic carbon;