3 Amendments of Kinga GÁL related to 2020/2273(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that agricultural productivity and resilience depend on biodiversity to guarantee the long-term sustainability of our food systems; underlines, furthermore, that much of the present biodiversity has been preserved by farming and forest management as well and is dependent on the continued active management of farmland and forest;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to develop a new European biodiversity governance framework and to follow an inclusive approach involving civil society in a compliance watchdog role to monitor the implementation of EU environmental legislation; also welcomes its aim to put forward a new initiative in 2021 on sustainable corporate governance to address human rights and environmental due diligence across economic value chains; insists in this regard on the need to elaborate EU legislation for mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence for EU companies, EU- domiciled companies and third-country companies operating in the internal market, imposing legal obligations to identify, cease, prevent and mitigate adverse impacts throughout their supply chains and establishing effective monitoring and enforcement mechanisms;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that deforestation and land- grabbing by large corporations has an enormous impact on indigenous peoples and local communities; underlines the importance of sustainable forest management for the health, climate resilience and longevity of forest ecosystems and as the most effective framework tool for the preservation of the multifunctional role of forests including maintaining and improving forest biodiversity; calls on businesses to recognise their rights and to ensure their effective participation in decision-making regarding their lands, in accordance with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct;