3 Amendments of Kathy SINNOTT related to 2008/2074(INI)
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Encourages the EU to supportfund technology and innovation and support research aimed at improving efficiency in the use of water;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that a lot of progress towards more efficient use of water can be achieved in the agricultural sector; hopes that the Common Agricultural Policy health check will take this problem into consideration and will propose concrete actions promoting a more sustainable use of water through incentives to mobilise the best available technologies; suggests that any concrete actions promoting a more sustainable use of water should also seek to provide support for the farming and fishing industry, given the importance of their work to the EU;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to consider financing in 2009 a pilot project intended to cover research, surveying and monitoring for the development of prevention activities to halt desertification in Europe thus preventing erosion, agriculture and biodiversity losses, increasing soil fertility and the soil's capacity to retain water as well as its abilities in carbon capture; reiterates the importance of establishing reliable and transparent data so that policy can be truly effective;