13 Amendments of Esther DE LANGE related to 2009/2157(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the proportion of the Union’s GHG emissions produced by agriculture dropped from 11% in 1990 to 9.3% in 2007, inter alia as a result of smallerconstant innovations, the use of new techniques, smaller, improved herds and more sustainable fertiliser use,
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas climate change has already had adverse effects on EU agriculture (including declining water resources and more frequent drought in the south, a significant increase in winter rainfall and flooding in the north, threats to low-lying coastal areas from rising sea level and the danger of salination, storms and the proliferation of insect pests and animal and plant diseases), and whereas the expected acceleration of such problems will have serious economic, social and environmental repercussions for the agricultural, forestry and tourism sectors,
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 3
Paragraph 3 – indent 3
- better management of soil and of minerals, protection of carbon-rich land (peatland crop bans) and wetlands (growing suitable crops, such as reeds, as an alternative to drainage); and
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 4
Paragraph 3 – indent 4
- farm modernisation (building insulation, energy-efficient equipment and the use of renewable energies) and more efficient production chains;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for research on livestock feed and genetic selection of farm animals to be stepped up with a view to reducing methane emissions; also calls for the introduction of a foodan information programme designed to reduce the Union’s dependence on imported plant proteins for animal feedate consumers about the impact of their purchasing and eating behaviour on the climate;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Urges also that more research be performed into plant breeding to make crops better able to withstand new climatic conditions;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Draws attention, in this context, to the need to be able to use digestate from manure fermentation installations for biogas production as a substitute for artificial fertiliser without its falling into the category of ‘livestock manure', so that the use of artificial fertiliser can be further reduced;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that the Union’s position as the leading importer of agricultural produce results in a higher carbon cost than that generated by European farms, owing to the lower environmental standards often found in non-EU countries coupled with long-distance transport emissions; takes the view that there is a need to inform consumers by means of appropriate carbon footprint labelling, based on a uniform European definition, or by means of information campaigns, to compensate European farmers fairly for their efforts to reduce emissions, and to encourage local farms to diversify (inter alia by developing EU production of plant proteins);
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Endorses, in this context, the idea of voluntary EU origin labelling in the case of products originating entirely within the European Union;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. TakWelcomes the view thatfact that a first step was taken towards taking on board the ‘new challenges’ of climate change, water management, renewable energies and biodiversity were not fully taken on board at the time of the CAP Health Check, and that they should be addressed through all the CAP instruments, not just the ‘second- pillar’ subsidiesstresses the need to take further steps in this direction, both in the CAP and by means of European research policy;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Takes the view that climate change is forcing the Union to reinvent its development model; consequently calls on the Commission, in its future communication on CAP reform after 2013, to consider turning the CAP into an agricultural, food and environmental po policy geared to producing sufficient, safe food and to sustainabilicty with fairer, more sustainable farmer support systems that enjoy greater legitimacy in the eyes of the public and which also restore meaning to the farming profession;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Also calls on the Commission to give thought to new support systems that promoteo support the contribution which farming makes to reducing CO2, such as carbon fixing in farm soil and biomass;