1 Amendments of Struan STEVENSON related to 2012/2297(INI)
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recognises that over 90% of the Earth's C02 is stored and cycled through our oceans and that the ability of our oceans to capture and store C02 is vital for our survival; accordingly, the protection of blue carbon ecosystems, such as seagrass meadows, kelp forests, maerl beds and salt marshes, is of key importance both to climate change and as invaluable spawning and nursery grounds for fish species; stresses, therefore, the importance of avoiding damage to these ecosystems from shallow-water developments such as wave, tidal and wind renewables;