18 Amendments of Andrés PERELLÓ RODRÍGUEZ related to 2010/2106(INI)
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas, when fires affect Natura 2000 sites, the subsequent regeneration does not always succeed in restoring habitats and species satisfactorily, which hinders considerably achievement of the network’s original goals,
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas, on average , 500.000 ha of forests are burned every year in the EU, often at great cost to human life, property, biodiversity and the protective functions of forests,
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises, however, that pursuant to Article 5 of the Lisbon Treaty, the EU may act in areas where demonstrably the objectives of the proposed action cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States.
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Congratulates the Commission on the exhaustive analysis of biotic and abiotic threats in its Green Paper, and draws attention to the need to examine, in addition, other factors directly linked to the impact of climate change on forests, such as defoliation, recalling that the defoliated treetop surface in southern European forests has doubled in the last twenty years, resulting, in terms of direct consequences, in reduced capacity and efficiency in the carbon-fixing processes and in the reduction of forests' tempering effect in periods of drought or heatwaves thanks to trees' premature loss of leaves;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Welcomes the recognition, in the Green Paper and by the Council itself, that the threats to the European forest heritage are clearly crossborder in nature, and that it is therefore essential to develop all reasonable means of preventing or reducing hostile phenomena such as fires or diseases, which do not stop at Member States' borders;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers that the northern boreal forests (taiga) and the Mediterranean forests are of immense value for European biodiversity and as sinks of atmospheric carbon and should benefit from enhanced protection;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Regrets the current obstacles to sustainable forest management arising from the absence of a common definition of forests at EU level or a Community classification of types of protective forest;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that SFM reconciles production and protection aspects of forests, ensuring the continuity of their economic, social and environmental functions according to national and regional priorities; stresses, in this connection, that any future policy for forests or Community forest protection programme must also regulate the various aspects of forestry and wood production in a form that is sustainable and complies with the EU environmental legislation;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the Commission as a matter of urgency to present a legislative proposal for Forest Fire Prevention incorporating funding for the European Forest Fires Information System (EFFIS), infrastructure, training and prevention planning; forestation and forest recovery after fires;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the Commission to present a legislative proposal for Forest Information taking into account climate threats and the need for a standard system of harmonised and comparable data in the context of the UNFCCC, CBD, and environmental accounts;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Urges the Commission, for the purposes of all its future legislative proposals on forests, to take over the EEA classification of forest types and use it as the standard frame of reference at European level;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Points out that the new challenges entailed in climate change make it plain that forest protection requires greater funding and new forms of assistance beyond those covered by the rural development pillar of the CAP;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Welcomes the fact that the latest Commission communication on CAP reform recognises the important role that farmers play as indispensable actors of forest fire prevention, stewards of forest ecosystems who protect them from threats to biodiversity – such as pests – and, above all, territorial mainstays, since the continuation of their livelihood is the most effective way to avert depopulation;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Draws attention, as the Council did in its June 2010 conclusions, to the fact that serious problems can arise from forest abandonment in so far as it may no longer be possible to ensure that forests continue to perform their functions;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Urges the Commission and Member States to control forguarantee the long-term horizons of forestry and forest protection projects in all EU financing;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Considers that forest fire prevention through landscape planning and connectivity, infrastructure and training should be firmly anchored in the EU’s forest protection, adaptation and civil protection policies;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to develop legally binding sustainability criteria for woody biomass and ILUC factors for all forms of biomass for energy and for forest timber;