9 Amendments of Béla GLATTFELDER related to 2009/2157(INI)
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that organic farming, which does not use any more fossil fuel than conventional farming, and integrated pest management practices are among the ecologically effective systems needing further development; emphasises, however, the need to find ways to facilitate a transition to more sustainable agriculture in the case of the other systems used on most farmland;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that nitrous oxide emissions can be cut significantly by making more limited and effective use of nitrogen fertilisers (precision farming), encouraging the use of organic fertilisers based on recovered waste (local biomass from intercropping, biogas by-products and forest waste), developing intermediate crops such as forage legumes and identifying new varieties with superior carbon and nitrogen capture potential;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for research on livestock feed and genetic selection of farm animals to be stepped up with a view to reducing methane emissions; also calls for the introduction of a food programme designed to reduce the Union's dependence on imported plant proteins for animal feed, in accordance with the principle of comparative advantage;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Considers that Community-level legislation should be used to encourage the feeding of biogas into the natural gas pipeline system;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that the Union's position as the leading importer of agricultural produce results in a higher carbon cost than that generated by European farms, owing to the lower environmental standards often found in non-EU countries coupled with long-distance transport emissions and deforestation; takes the view that there is a need to inform consumers by means of appropriate carbon footprint labelling, to compensate European farmers fairly for their efforts to reduce emissions, and to encourage local farms to diversify (inter alia by developing EU production of plant proteins);
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Emphasises that a carbon tax should be imposed on most carbon-intensive products, particularly on air-freighted products;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – indent 1
Paragraph 13 – indent 1
- optimising water resource management (more efficient irrigation systems, hillside reservoirs, etc.) and increasing irrigated areas by means of new investment;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Emphasises that the risk of additional carbon dioxide emissions must be monitored for each current and new animal welfare provision. If any such provision causes additional carbon dioxide emissions or does not comply with the principle of sustainability, it must be withdrawn;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers it essential to strengthen risk and crisis management instruments and adapt them toin order to mitigate increasing market volatility and growing climatic risks, and to introduce a genuine European policy on preventing and responding to natural disasters;