6 Amendments of Ádám KÓSA related to 2022/2016(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that forests and wooded land cover over 182 million hectares in the EU which is about 42% of the EU's total land area (Eurostat) and this area is continuously growing due to the effort of the Member States and forest make up almost half of the area of Natura 2000 protection sites (ie. 37.5 million Ha) and 23% of all forest in Europe are within Natura 2000 sites; recalls the EU’s responsibility in the protection, restoration and resilience of the world’s forests, which should prioritise proforestation in forest management as a strategy for increasing carbon sequestration and biodiversity benefits; because forests play a significant role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions as they have high CO2 absorption capacity
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises the multifunctional role of forests; calls for sustainable forest management (SFM) which has not only economic benefit but the forest growth also help to implement climate goals, which is key in decreasing deforestation and forest degradation; stresses that policies that enhance biodiversity will help tackle climate change; calls on the EU to address the challenges and trade-offs resulting from the increasing demand for wood for materials, energy and the bioeconomy and the related rising risks of embodied deforestation imports, land grabbing, illegal logging and violation of indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ rights;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that EU bioenergy policy, notably the Renewable Energy Directive, must meet strict environmental and social criteria, reflecting the need to ensure effective recognition of and respect for customary land tenure rights of forest- dependent communities and of indigenous people; stresses that priority should be given also to knowledge on forestry and forest protection, including innovation and digitalisation, as well as knowledge transfer
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Union and its Member States to exclude burning forest biomass from any renewable energy targets; calls on the EU to consider providing support to third countries with the potential to switch to non-wood based renewable energy sources, thereby reducing the pressure on deforestation caused by the use of wood as fuel, and encourages actions to increase forest cover and other wooded land where relevant, especially in abandoned lands, close to urban and peri- urban areas as well as in mountainous areas considering regional siteand changing climatic condition
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Union to comply with the principle of policy coherence for development and to ensure consistency between its development, trade, agriculture, energy and climate policies; recognises the positive economic, societal and environmental contribution of the forest industry and ask for further investment in research, innovation and technological advancement;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that the sustainability chapters of trade agreements must contain binding and enforceable forest-specific, human rights and responsible business conduct provisions; calls for strengthening standards and certification schemes that already exist instead of new ones and that those standards and certification need to comply with WTO rules