4 Amendments of Patrizia TOIA related to 2019/2157(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that, according to the industry, the extended value chains of forest-based industries, from forestry to the paper industry, have helped create nearly 4 million jobs, providing some 8% of overall EU added value from the manufacturing industry;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that European forest-based industries help decarbonise Europe by replacing CO2-intensive raw materials and fossil energy with forest-based alternatives such as biogas and biofuel, and therefore help in achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal; points out, nonetheless, that such forest- based alternatives are not environmentally neutral and have an impact on air quality and on citizens' health;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Expresses concern about the state of health and resilience of forests in many parts of Europe because of climate change and pest and disease hotbeds in forests; stresses the need to strengthen and make full use of EU mechanisms to monitor, provide information and tackle the pressures exerted on forest resources by the spread of invasive alien species, pests and diseases;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for adequate funding for Horizon Europe and for the strengthening of links between research, industry and society through specific instruments such as European Partnerships; reiterates its position adopted at first reading whereby the Programme for single market, competitiveness of enterprises and European statistics should include the sustainability of enterprises among its objectives, in particular that of micro- enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises;