20 Amendments of Esther DE LANGE related to 2011/2307(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 21 September 2010 on the implementation of EU legislation aiming at the conservation of biodiversity1; 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2010)0325
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the its resolution of 8 July 2010 on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy after 20131 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2009)0286
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)
Citation 6 b (new)
- having regard to the its resolution of 23 June 2011 on the CAP towards 2020: meeting the food, natural resources and territorial challenges of the future1 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2011)0297
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas farmers play a vital role in achieving the EU's biodiversity objective; Whereas in 1992 an initial impetus was given to integrating protection of biodiversity into the common agricultural policy (CAP), and that subsequently the 2003 reform has introduced measures such as cross compliance, the single farm payment (decoupling) and rural development which have benefits for biodiversity,
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. As over half of Europe's territory is managed by farmers, stresses that the CAP is an absolutely crucial tool for biodiversity as European farmers significantly contribute to reaching European biodiversity and climate goals; supports a further reorientation of the CAP towards the compensation for the delivery of public goods by a package of workable practices at farm level;
Amendment 28 #
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; that thorough environmental, economic and social impact assessments are needed in cases where data are lacking, along the lines of its resolution of 21 September 2010 on the implementation of EU legislation aiming at the conservation of biodiversity1 ; 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2010)0325
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that the diversity of species and biotopes now seen as meriting protection can be attributed to the way in which land has been used for farming and forestry in Europe in the past, which should therefore be continued as part of a sustainable land-use strategy; points out in this connection that differing conditions such as climate, soil and the availability of water are found mainly at a local and regional level, and that regional conditions should therefore be taken into account and correspondingly differentiated possibilities for use should be found;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to set 2015 as the deadlinrespect the deadlines as laid down in articles 4 and 6 of the Habitats Directive for the development of management plans or equivalent instruments for all Natura 2000 sites;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Given the vast differences between Member States as to the implementation of Natura 2000 legislation and the cost of implementation, invites the Commission to provide further clarification of the Directives or guidance where necessary, with such clarification or guidance ideally being based on and/or illustrated by best practices, in order to warrant an as large as possible return on investments;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Believes that better cross-border cooperation could have significant benefits for meeting the Natura 2000 objectives;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure adequate funding for the Natura 2000 sites; in particular, calls on Member States to develop binding national instrumentstrategies in cooperation with the different stakeholders and particularly farmers through which they define priority conservation measures and the related planned source of financing (both from EU funds and Member States' own budgets);
Amendment 101 #
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 the Commission to define clearly what is meant by ‘degraded ecosystems’ and to set a baseline against which progress can be measured;
Amendment 105 #
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; underlines that this Strategy should address urban as well as rural areas
Amendment 125 #
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 the largest single part of the EU budget, stresses that the CAP is an absolutely crucial tool for biodiversity, stresses that the CAP is an absolutely crucial tool for biodiversity as European farmers significantly contribute to reaching European biodiversity and climate goals; calls, therefore, for a strongfurther reorientation of the CAP towards the compensation for the delivery of public goods;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for the greening of Pillar I in order to further legitimakte income support for farmers legitimate by ensuring the conservation of biodiversity in the wider farmed landscape, improving connectivity and adapting to the effects of climate change ; welcomes the Commission's CAP reform proposal that provides for a ‘greening’ of the CAP through the allocation of 30 % of Pillar I payments to a package of worthwhile, workable, basic good practices applied at farm level, which should includsuch as for example crop rotation and diversification, permanent pasture and a, minimum ‘ecological focus area’; takes the view, however, that the minimum ‘ecological focus area’ should be 10 % of farmland, not the 7 % proposed by the Commission and resource efficiently and climate friendly agricultural practices;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for all CAP payments to be underpinned by robustalready existing cross- compliance rules, coveringpossibly extended to for example the Water Framework Directive, pesticides legislation and the Birds and Habitats Directives;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for a strengthening of Pillar II and for drastic improvements tocontinued attention for the environmental focus of that pillar and the effectiveness of its agro-environmental measures, including through minimum mandatory spending on environmental measures;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Requests the Commission and Member States to take advantage, where possible and necessary for reaching concrete biodiversity targets, of the phenomenon of land abandonment in various parts of Europe to rewild large parts of the landscape as major wilderness areas, providing new socio-economic opportunities for rural development whilst preserving Europe's biodiversity;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission and Member States to identify all existing environmentally harmful subsidies, and calls on the Commission to publish by the end of 2012 an action plan on how to phase such subsidies out by 2020, in line with the Nagoya commitments;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. With a view to ensuring adequate financing of the Natura 2000 network, calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that at least €5.8 billion per year is provided through EU and Member State funding; calls, further, on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that adequate funding is made available through several EU funds (such as the CAP funds, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, the cohesion funds and the LIFE+ fund);