9 Amendments of Juozas OLEKAS related to 2020/2006(INL)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that sustainable forest management is essential not only from environmental but also from the social and economic points of view, as the sector employs at least 500 000 people directly1a and 2,6 million indirectly1b in the Union, and respectively 13 million and 41 million people worldwide1c; _________________ 1aEurostat database on forestry https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/forestry/ data/database 1bEuropean Parliament fact sheet of May 2019 on the European Union and forests 1chttp://www.fao.org/rural- employment/agricultural-sub- sectors/forestry/en
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that improving traceability and transparency can help to ensure that only sustainably sourced goods are consumed; but only in combination with common and widely recognised labelling and certification systems, and calls for due diligence obligations to be part of public procurement rules;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Encourages forest planting and re- planting activities and projects, especially planting of native and wildlife friendly species, as efficient afforestation and protection and restoration of forests help to increase carbon sequestration, reduce the risk and extent of forest fires, complement organic farming and agroforestry and promote biodiversity; stresses the important role of riverside forests in stabilising riverbanks, thereby reducing flood risk, maintaining water temperatures which protect biodiversity, and improving water quality by filtering run-offs from adjacent agricultural land; notes that newly planted forests cannot replace primary forests which are essential in biodiversity and environmental terms;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for binding and enforceable environmental and social provisions to be included in free trade agreements (FTAs)with respect to the application of food safety, environmental and animal welfare standards so as to protect forests, natural ecosystems and human rights, particularly community tenure rights; calls foron the reopening of FTAs which do not contain such provisions, for example EU-Mercosur FTACommission to continue to closely monitor and enforce ongoing free trade agreements against those standards;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for a more holistic approach in which the Union provides direct support to local authorities for greening, afforestation and sustainable forest management practices; believes, in particular, that poverty-induced use of forest wood as heating fuel must be addressed, including by financing clean alternatives;
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes the unsustainable level of consumption in the EUnion, and that, for example, the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) contains insufficient sustainability criteria, which both causes and intensifies land-use change; stresses that the Union funding mechanism should promote sustainable forest management and land-use;
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the importance of an observatory system for deforestation, forest degradation and changes in the world’s forest cover; encourages the increased use of the Copernicus satellite system to monitor forests;
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls for a stronger role of the Union in helping local authority enforcement of forest protection regulations in force;