19 Amendments of Margrete AUKEN related to 2015/2137(INI)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas at least eight in every 10 EU citizens regard the impact of biodiversity loss as serious and whereas 552 470 citizens participated in the public consultation on the fitness check ofor the Nnature Ddirectives, the largest ever response to any European Commission consultation;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas Aichi Target 11 calls for the protection of at least 17% of terrestrial and inland water areas through effectively managed systems of protected areas; whereas the proportion of European ecoregions having 17% of their area within protected areas is much reduced when areas protected solely by Natura 2000 are excluded;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Member States to complete the designation of Natura 2000 sites and draw up management plans, particularly in the marine environment;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on Member States to ensure that the management of Natura 2000 sites is done in a transparent manner;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to publishcome forward without delay and at the latest by 2017, with a specific proposal onfor the development of a trans-European network for green infrastructure (TEN-G);
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on Member States that have not done so to immediately develop and implement ecosystem restoration prioritisation frameworks;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on Member States to prioritise the target of restoring 15% of degraded ecosystems by 2020 and to use the appropriations available within the MFF for this purpose; calls on the Commission to come forward with guidelines on how to use such appropriations for restoring degraded ecosystems and protection of biodiversity in general;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Insists that the Commission and Member States ensure that financial resources under the CAP are redirected from subsidising environmentally harmful activities towards financing sustainable agricultural practices and maintaining connected biodiversity;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls for the Member States to develop and implement forest management plans with an aim to improve the conservation status of forest habitats and species, and to improve availability of information; asks for the Commission to develop criteria and standards for collection of information on forest biodiversity to ensure consistency and comparability;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission and Member States to make every effort to implement the reformed Common Fisheries Policy correctly and promptly so as to achieve the goal offor all fish stocks, in order to restore and maintain populations above levels which can produce the maximum sustainable yield;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to implement an ecosystem based approach within fisheries management plans by proposing technical measures that minimise the impact of fisheries on the wider environment and ensures coherence with environmental legislation;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on Member States to ensure that data on the impact of fisheries and aquaculture on the wider environment is collected and is publicly available;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on Member States to ratify the International Maritime Organisation's Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, and implement its provisions on ways to tackle invasive alien species in the marine environment, including preventive action;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure the EU plays a leading role in securing an agreement under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity beyond the jurisdiction of States;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Is convinced that the problemany difficulties to achieve the objectives of the Nature Directives and EU biodiversity strategy in general lies not with the legislation itself but primarily with its incomplete and inadequate implementation and integration to other policy areas; opposes a possible revision of the Nature Directives because this would jeopardise the implementation of the biodiversity strategy, bring about a protracted period of legal uncertainty and possibly weaken the legislation;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Considers that in the context of such a framework preventing further losses should primarily be achieved by measures to avoid, minimise and restore impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems in the wider countryside, whereas the offsetting of impacts should be considered a solution of last resort;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Reiterates its previous calls for EU co-funding for the management of Natura2000 sites, complementary to the rural development, structural and the fisheries funds, and complementary to funds made available by the Member States;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Regrets that EU environment law is not subject to coherent and effective environmental inspections and surveillance to detect and prevent breaches of environment law across different sectors, including for protected nature conservation sites; welcomes the preparatory work undertaken towards an EU framework for environmental inspections and calls on the Commission to come forward with a legislative proposal without further delay;
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. On the basis of the precautionary principle and on the principle that preventive action should be taken, taking into account the risks and the negative climate, environmental and biodiversity impacts involved in hydraulic fracturing for the exploitation of unconventional fracking, and the gaps identified in the EU regulatory regime for shale gas activities, urges Member States not to authorise any new unconventional hydraulic fracturing operations in the EU;