25 Amendments of Kateřina KONEČNÁ related to 2019/2156(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11
Citation 11
— having regard to the draft feasibility study on options to step up EU action against deforestation, commissioned by the Commission’s Directorate General for Environment (20178),
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard to the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy for 2020 – 2024, the EU External Policy on Indigenous Peoples (2016), the European Council Conclusions on Indigenous Peoples (2017), and the EU Consensus for Development in support of good governance of tenure and Indigenous Peoples’ rights (2017),
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)
Citation 12 b (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal (2019/2956 (RSP)), where it calls on the Commission to present, without delay, a proposal for a European legal framework based on due diligence to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free supply chains for products placed on the EU market,
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, despite all efforts so far, conservation and sustainable use of the world’s forests cannot be adequately ensured by current policies forests are essential to preserve the world’s biodiversity and climate, and directly sustain millions of people’s livelihoods; whereas, despite all efforts so far, conservation and sustainable use of the world’s forests and the protection of indigenous peoples and local communities cannot be adequately ensured by current policies; whereas other highly biodiverse and carbon rich ecosystems are also being destroyed;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas stepping up action to protect existing forests and actively and sustainably restore the integrity of forest ecosystems before createing new forest coverage has to play a crucial role in the EU’s sustainability policies;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU is also indirectly involved in the deforestation and degradation of world forests as well as conversion and degradation of other natural ecosystems and related human rights violations, including through the consumption of products related to deforestation, but also through its finance and investments;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas increased protection of forests and other natural ecosystems protects the cultures and livelihoods of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities and provides opportunities for economic development, particularly at the level of local communities;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the chances of pathogens like viruses passing from wild and domestic animals to humans may be increased by the destruction and modification of natural ecosystems;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the amount of EU funding provided to support forests and sustainable forest management in partner countries is insufficient given the scale of the problem; whereas the protection and sustainable management of natural ecosystems, as well as their related co-benefits and human rights aspects, need to be better integrated into EU funding mechanisms;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Agrees with the priorities for stepping up EU action presented in COM(2019)352; notes, however, that the EU should be more ambitious, notably by including other ecosystems; underlines that the five priorities laid out in the communication are equally important and should be implemented simultaneously as a package; calls on the Commission to ensure that the proposed set of actions are developed further and made effective and complementary, especially new legislative measures;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the crucial role and rights of indigenous peoples and local communities in the protection of the world’s forests; recognises the threats and human rights violations they are facing, and calls on the Commission to take this role into account in the design, adoption, implementation and enforcement of forest protection measures, both at EU level, in partner countries, in dialogue with other consumer countries and in key international forumsa;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the role of civil society, in particular Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in environmental protection and sustainable consumption and calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure transparency and public participation in forest- and land use related measures in order to promote forest protection and human rights;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that a single definition of the concept of non- deforestation- free supply chain is central to addressing the problem of commodities contributing to deforestation, and calls on the Commission to propose such a definition; considers that this definition should be as ambitious as possible, and aim at including forest degradation as well as deforestation and conversion of natural ecosystems that do not qualify as forests, as well as related human rights violations;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recommends that the Commission pay particuresent without delary attention to the possibilities of regulating access to the Union market in order to promote non-deforestation products, including the possibility of introducing due diligence regulation for forest-risk commodities proposal for an effective European legal framework based on due diligence to ensure sustainable, deforestation-free supply chains for products placed on the EU market, ensuring the absence of related human rights violations; such due diligence obligations should apply also to the financial sector;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the private sector to be more involved in the fight against deforestationactive in the fight against deforestation and human rights violations embodied in their supply chains and investments, fulfilling without further delay their zero deforestation commitments and ensuring full transparency on their compliance with their commitments; calls, at the same time, on the Commission to step up cooperation with the private sector and to develop appropriate instruments to incentivise volunteers based on the principle of shared responsibilityfrontrunners; calls on the Commission to encourage companies to transition to global sustainable supply chains;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the Commission's plan to ensure that the topic of deforestation is part of country-level political dialogues andbut recommends that the Commission includego beyond this; encourages the Commission to formalise partnership agreements, which include the protection of forests and ecosystems, the promotion of human rights, in particular the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, as well as support for environmentalists in these dialoguethe effective participation of civil society actors and for environmentalists;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the Commission's plan to help partner countries develop and implement national frameworks for forests and their sustainable management, but considers that such assistance should produce measurable results demonstrating its cost-effectiveness and recommends that the Commission include this aspect in its reflections and actionsensuring the recognition of land tenure rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities and incorporating substantial direct support to civil society in partner countries to ensure a balanced and equitable political dialogue;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to propose specific measures to strengthen the political and regulatory framework for supporting sustainable forest management and land use planning; calls on the Commission to encourage that legal reform processes in producer countries are done with the effective and meaningful participation of all stakeholders, including civil society, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, with special attention for the effective participation of women;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the Commission's plan to strengthen cooperation on policies and measures to protect the world’s forests in key international forums, and calls on the Commission to endeavour to cooperate with these forums with a view, inter alia, to harmonising the terminology and concepts in use (e.g. sustainable forest management or deforestation and human rights violations-free supply chains) and to ensuring the coherence of the policies and measures adopted;
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to ensure that all newlyenvisaged and concluded adopted trade agreements, both comprehensive and relevant sub- agreements, contain provisions relating to forestbinding and legally enforceable provisions relating to forests, ecosystems and human rights, proper enforcement mechanisms and safeguards to prevent them from being implemented in a manner that could lead to deforestation and forest degradation or ecosystem destruction;
Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recommends thatCalls on the Commission to assess the possibility of including forest protection provisionbinding and legally enforceable provisions for the protection of forests, natural ecosystems and human rights in existing trade agreements which do not yet contain such provisions;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the impact of trade agreements on the state of forests, natural ecosystems and human rights is systematically evaluated in the framework of sustainability impact assessments and other relevant assessment methods, and that the conclusions of these assessmentsse assessments and conclusions are discussed with all relevant stakeholders, and that no negotiation of a trade agre subsequentlyement is concluded without takening into account when deciding whether to conclude such agreethe conclusions of these assessments;
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers it necessary to redirect financial flows, both private and public, in the relevant industrial sectors towards activities that do not cause deforestation, also considers it necessary to introduce mandatory due diligence on deforestation risk for the finance sector to ensure it is not enabling or contributing to deforestation, ecosystem conversion and degradation, or human rights violations;
Amendment 396 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission and Member States to integrate forest- and human rights related elements systematically into development policies and all investment and support programmes aimed at producer countries, and to consider making investments and support conditional on compliance with these eleforest and ecosystem protection and related human rights a priority in investments;