Activities of Rolandas PAKSAS related to 2014/2223(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on ‘A new EU Forest Strategy: for forests and the forest-based sector’
Amendments (5)
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that it is only by increasing the economic efficiency and the competitiveness of forestry that it will be possible to ensure a sufficient and uninterrupted supply of wood and other forest products and the provision of services, as well as creating greater added value and new jobs, without weakening the potential of forests, and enabling productive forests to be preserved for the future;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points to the need for cooperation by forest owners and for an efficient joint management arrangement for small forest holdings and calls on the Commission and the Member States to take further steps to encourage such cooperation;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out that the use of wood biomass offers great potential and a variety of benefits from the environmental and economic point of view; calls on the Member States and regional and local authorities to boost the demand for local renewables and include local communities in biomass generation strategies;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Asks the Commission and the Member States to seek means of encouraging sustainable and active forest management, rationalising the use of forest resources, and also increasing the volume of small-sized seasoned wood and cutting residues used in biofuel production; calls on the Member States to make the best possible use of existing and future funding opportunities to support scientific research and innovation aimed at resolving energy-related forestry problems;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the fact that the strategy recognises the importance of informing the public about forests and forestry and wood as a renewable raw material; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support specific information campaigns to give the general public a clearer understanding of the role that forests play for them and vice versa; considers it necessary to create more favourable conditions for society to take part in the policy-making and implementation process where forestry is concerned;