19 Amendments of Younous OMARJEE related to 2015/2279(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas mountain regions contain a great many European protected nature parks featuring particularly remarkable biodiversity, but the latter is seriously undermined and endangered by climate change and intensive human activities;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas glaciers are characteristic of European mountains and whereas they play a vital role in both the ecosystems and water systems of mountains, whereas their retreat in terms of mass and length since the mid-19th century has attained alarming levels and whereas many glaciers in Europe have already disappeared or are in danger of disappearing by 2050;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas there are different types of mountainous regions in Europe, but they all share a number of common problems, such as poor accessibility, few employment opportunities’ an ageing population and, a lack of connectivity, the impact of climate change and the intensification of human productive activity;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas active or dormant volcanos, volcanic massifs or chains of volcanoes, and volcanic islands constitute mountain regions;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Recital L b (new)
Lb. whereas some of the Outermost Regions are also mountain regions of volcanic origin, with parts both submerged and above water, and whereas they encounter difficulties caused by the topology of their territory;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to start the process of creating a working definition for functional mountainous regions in the context of the Cohesion Policy; considers that such a definition must be wide and inclusive, taking into account different factors such as altitude, accessibility and slope; calls on the Commission to take into account in this definition volcanic regions, such as the islands and Outermost Regions of volcanic origin; calls on the Commission also to take into consideration areas that, while not mountainous, depend heavily on mountains, and to study the specific characteristics of volcanic mountain regions; points out, in this context, the idea reflected in the EU Strategy for the Alpine Region (EUSALP) of including non- mountainous areas in the strategy as a good initiative;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that EU policies should have a specific approach to mountainous regions, as they need additional support to overcome the challenges of climate change, be able to provide employment, economic development, prevention and management of natural disasters and protection of the environment, and help reach the EU renewable energy targets; considers, as a result of this, that mountainous regions should be mainstreamed in all aspects of EU policies, including the Cohesion Policy;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission, in the context of this programme, to establish a specific, in-depth programme to protect those European glaciers which are predicted to disappear by 2050;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on European regions which contain cross-border mountain areas to make maximum use of INTERREG programmes to manage their shared areas and mountain ranges in a joint, coordinated manner;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on nature parks belonging to Member States which share a border with one or more other States to devise joint approaches to the management, development and protection of nature parks; welcomes in this context the strong cooperation which has been established between the Italian and French parks of the Italian Maritime Alps and the Mercantour;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Regrets that no geographical or territorial criterion has been adopted for the selection of projects within the EFSI which would have allowed less attractive regions such as mountainous regions to benefit more from this instrument;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Emphasises also the potential of the volcanic mountainous regions and volcanoes, especially as regards the contribution of volcanology, to achieving the renewable energy targets and the contribution of these areas in the prevention and management of natural disasters, such as volcanic eruptions;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
Environmental protection and combating climate change within mountainous regions
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Recalls the particular vulnerability of ecosystems and plant and animal species in high mountain areas, and the need for the formation of broad snowpacks during the entire winter season if they are to survive;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 b (new)
Paragraph 32 b (new)
32b. Emphasises the need to protect at European level the emblematic high- mountain species able to live on cross- border mountain ranges, such as chamois, ibex, large raptors, bears, wolves and lynx; calls on the Commission and Member States to establish a plan for the protection and reintroduction of emblematic high-mountain species; condemns the mass, indiscriminate slaughter of these species in some Member States carried out by States where a disease spreads among certain groups of wild animal, or by farmers in respect of certain species whose presence or reintroduction they are opposed to;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 c (new)
Paragraph 32 c (new)
32c. Recalls that mountainous regions are especially vulnerable to climate change; takes the view that climate change has serious consequences for mountainous regions; calls on the Commission and Member States to launch a plan to combat climate change and take appropriate climate change adjustment measures in mountainous regions; calls on the Commission to develop a network of analysis and exchanges of good practices in the fight against climate change in mountainous areas;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 d (new)
Paragraph 32 d (new)
32d. Calls on Member States and the Commission to identify all the high mountain resorts where a car ban would have a positive impact on the local fight against the melting of glaciers;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 e (new)
Paragraph 32 e (new)
32e. Calls on the Commission and Member States to identify specific actions to combat and adjust to climate change that could be specific to volcanic regions;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40a. Calls on the mountainous regions of Europe to invest through the ERDF in the development of more efficient and better interconnected railways and tram networks;