4 Amendments of Alyn SMITH related to 2007/2191(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that the production of energy from renewable sources, such as agricultural biogases and wood chip fuel from forestry, in local energy-generating plants has the potential to revitalise the economies of rural and peripheral areas and to support a sustainable energy policy, provided that the positive carbon balance of the process is guaranteed, and a negative impact on international security of food supply and the agro- ecosystem can be avoided; calls for more Structural and Cohesion Funds to be invested in developing technologies for such energy production;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Underlines the importance of agricultural and non-agricultural economic activities (such as processing and direct marketing of agricultural products, tourism, services, small and medium-sized industries) in rural areas for employment and the prevention of poverty and rural exodus; calls, therefore, for improved facilities for further vocational training in rural areas to support the development of businesses;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the importance of protecting traditional forms of agriculture, such as crofting, which underpin the cohesion of rural communities in peripheral regions;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Believes that democratic decision- making by rural and peripheral communities with regard to their resources (land, services, energy, etc.), and the income from such resources, will act as a catalyst for the revival of those regions, in terms of wealth, population, social cohesion and solidarity; therefore encourages the examination of local forms of ownership (cooperatives, community trusts, mutual societies, etc.) by all levels of European and Member State government;