9 Amendments of Thomas ULMER related to 2011/2307(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
Citation 4
– having particular regard to the outcome of the 10th Conference of the Parties (COP 10) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in particular the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the Aichi targets, the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of the benefits arising from their utilisation, and the strategy to mobilise resources for global biodiversity,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes and supports the EU biodiversity strategy to 2020, including its targets and actions; considers, nevertheless, that some actions should be strengthened;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes the requirement under the CBD to restore 15 % of degraded ecosystems by 2020; considers, however, that this is a minimum and that the EU should have its own, more ambitious target and long-term vision; calls, therefore, on the EU to set the restoration of 30 % of degraded ecosystems as its target for 2020, and urges on the Commission to define clearly what is meant by ‘degraded ecosystems’, to present a proposal for an improvement and to set a baseline against which progress can be measured accordingly;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Commission to adopt a specific Green Infrastructure Strategy by 2012 at the latest, with biodiversity protection as a primary objective; in this context, rejects the further loss of productive agricultural land;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalling that over half of Europe’s territory is managed by farmers and that funding for the common agricultural policy (CAP) represents thea largest single part of the EU budget, stresses thatregards the CAP is an absolutely crucial tool for biodiversity; calls, therefore, for a strong reorientation of the CAP towards the delivery of public gexpects future agricultural policy also to face up to the new challenges, such as climate change and changes in the energy situation, and to ensure the security of high-quality foods;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for all CAP payments, including those made after 2014, to be underpinned by robust cross-compliance rules,; covering the Water Framework Directive, pesticides legislation and the Birds and Habitats Directivesalls for simple and transparent rules for those affected;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for a strengthening of Pillar II in all EU Member States and for drastic improvements to the environmental focus of that pillar and the effectiveness of its agro-environmental measures, including through minimum mandatory spending on environmental measures; calls for the introduction of genuine incentive components with the aim of rewarding services to the ecosystem in agriculture;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that measures taken to prevent both the entry of new invasive alien species into the EU and the spread of currently established invasive alien species to new areas are recorded and documented to enable risk assessments to be carried out and recommendations to be made;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission and Member States to identify all existing environmentally harmful subsidies according to objective criteria, and calls on the Commission to publish by the end of 2012 an action plan to phase such subsidies out by 2020, in line with the Nagoya commitments;