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European Parliament2019-2024

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

2020/2273(INI)

22.2.2021

AMENDMENTS1 - 1215Draft reportCésar Luena(PE662.048v01-00)

EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Bringing nature back into our lives(2020/2273(INI))

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Amendment 1Fulvio Martusciello, Salvatore De Meo, Antonio Tajani

Motion for a resolutionCitation 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 8 October 2020 on the European Forest Strategy - The Way Forward1a,_________________1a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0257.

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Amendment 2Jessica Polfjärd



- having regard to its resolution of 8 October 2020 on the new EU Forest Strategy1a,_________________1a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0257

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Amendment 3Nils Torvalds, Billy Kelleher, Irena Joveva, Andreas Glück, Ulrike Müller, Asger Christensen


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- having regard to its resolution on the new EU Forest Strategy of 8 October 20201a,_________________1a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0257

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Amendment 4Teuvo Hakkarainen



- having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 8 October 2020 on the European Forest Strategy - The Way Forward1a,_________________1a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0257.

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Amendment 5Alexander Bernhuber, Petri Sarvamaa, Christophe Hansen, Christine Schneider, Marlene Mortler, Edina Tóth, Dolors Montserrat

Motion for a resolutionCitation 17 b (new)


- having regard to its report on the European Forest Strategy - The Way Forward1a,_________________1a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0257

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Amendment 6Aurelia Beigneux, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset, Annika Bruna

Motion for a resolutionCitation 2


— having regard to the Commission communication of 11 December 2019 entitled ‘The European Green Deal’ (COM(2019)0640),

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Amendment 7Nikolaj Villumsen, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Anja Hazekamp, Silvia Modig, Malin Björkon behalf of The Left Group



— having regard to the Commission communication of 11 December 2019 on the European Green Deal (COM(2019)0640),

— having regard to the Commission communication of 11 December 2019 on the European Green Deal (COM(2019)0640), and its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the same subject1a,_________________1a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0005,

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Amendment 8Catherine Chabaud, Frédérique Ries, Martin Hojsík, Pascal Canfin, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos


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- having regard to Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive)1a ,_________________1a OJ L 164, 25.6.2008, p. 19–40,

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- having regard to the report of FOREST EUROPE of 17 December 2020 on the State of Europe's Forests;

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Amendment 10María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Catherine Chabaud, Susana Solís Pérez, Martin Hojsík, Billy Kelleher, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Pascal Canfin, Frédérique Ries



- having regard to the report of FOREST EUROPE of 17 December 2020on the State of Europe's Forests,

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- having regard to the IPCC special report Global Warming of 1.5°C and the IPCC special report The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate;

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 2 c (new)


- having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea;

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Amendment 13Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Frédérique Ries, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Catherine Chabaud, Martin Hojsík



- having regard to the Commission report of 15 October 2020 on The state of nature in the European Union - the status and trends in 2013 -2018 of species and

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habitat types protected by the Birds and Habitats Directives of 15 October 2020 (COM(2020) 635);

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Amendment 14Antoni Comín i Oliveres



- having regard to the European Environment Agency (EEA) report of 19 October 2020 entitled "State of Nature in the EU - Results from reporting under the nature directives 2013-2018",

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– having regard to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) report of 27 October 2020 entitled ‘The Mediterranean: Mare plasticum’,

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- having regard to the EEA report of October 2020 on the State of nature in the EU Results from reporting under the nature directives 2013-2018;

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Amendment 17Frédérique Ries, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Catherine Chabaud, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Martin Hojsík, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță



- having regard to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), and the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS),

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Amendment 18Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Asger Christensen



- having regard to its resolution of 15 November 2017 on an Action Plan for nature, people and the economy1a,_________________1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0441

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Amendment 19Alexandr Vondra, Hermann Tertsch, Pietro Fiocchi, Anna Zalewska, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Andrey Slabakov



- having regard to its resolution of 15 November 2017 on an Action Plan for nature, people, and the economy1a,_________________1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0441 (2017/2819(RSP))

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Amendment 20Alexander Bernhuber, Jessica Polfjärd, Christophe Hansen, Christine Schneider, Marlene Mortler, Edina Tóth, Dolors Montserrat



- having regard to its resolution of 15 November 2017 on an Action Plan for nature, people and the economy1a,_________________1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0441

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- having regard to the Special Reports of the European Court of Auditors on "Sustainable use of plant protection products: limited progress in measuring and reducing risks" (05/2020), "Biodiversity on farmland: CAP contribution has not halted the decline" (13/2020), "Protection of wild pollinators in the EU — Commission initiatives have not borne fruit" (15/2020), and "Marine environment: EU protection is wide but not deep" (26/2020),

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- having regard to the European Court of Auditors special report 26/2020 of 26 November 2020 entitled 'Marine environment: EU protection is wide but not deep',

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Amendment 23Ville Niinistö



- having regard to the European Court of Auditors (ECA) special report of

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26 November 2020 entitled “Marine environment: EU protection is wide but not deep”,

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- having regard to the European Court of Auditors special report entitled Marine environment: EU protection is wide but not Deep, published on 26 November 2020,

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- having regard to the European Court of Auditors special report 15/2020 of 9 July 2020 entitled 'Protection of wild pollinators in the EU — Commission initiatives have not borne fruit',

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Amendment 26

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Nikolaj Villumsen, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Anja Hazekamp, Silvia Modig, Malin Björkon behalf of The Left Group



- having regard to the European Court of Auditors special report 13/2020 of 5 June 2020 entitled 'Biodiversity on farmland: CAP contribution has not halted the decline',

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Amendment 27Delara Burkhardt



- having regard to the European Court of Auditors’ Special Report 13/2020: Biodiversity on farmland: CAP contribution has not halted the decline,

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- having regard to the Directorate-General for Internal Policies report of December 2020 entitled "The link between biodiversity loss and the increasing spread of zoonotic diseases",

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Amendment 29Christine Schneider, Christian Doleschal, Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Petri Sarvamaa



- having regard to the Commission Communication of 11 October 2018 on a sustainable Bioeconomy for Europe: strengthening the connection between economy, society and the environment (COM/2018/673);

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– having regard to the European Environment Agency (EEA) report of 23 November 2020 entitled ‘Air quality in Europe - 2020 report’,

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- having regard to the European Environment Agency report of 19 October 2020 entitled 'The State of Nature in the EU',

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- having regard to the European Environment Agency (EEA ) report of 19 October 2020 entitled “The State of Nature in the EU”,

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- having regard the European Environment Agency briefing of 13 January 2021 entitled 'Growth without economic growth',

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Motion for a resolution

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Citation 8 c (new)


- having regard to the Commission Communication of 26 February 2016 on an EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking (COM/2016/087),

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 11 d (new)


- having regard to the Commission Communication of 26 February 2016 on an EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking(COM/2016/087);

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Amendment 36Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Michal Wiezik, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Catherine Chabaud



- having regard to the Commission Communication of 26 February 2016 on an EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking(COM/2016/087);

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Amendment 37Alexander Bernhuber, Jessica Polfjärd, Christine Schneider, Marlene Mortler, Edina Tóth, Dolors Montserrat



— having regard to the IPBES Workshop Report on Biodiversity and Pandemics of 29 October 2020,

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Amendment 38Mick Wallace, Clare Daly



- having regard to the IPCC reports, particularly the Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC), the Special Report on climate change and land (SRCCL), and the Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C (SR15),

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- having regard to the outcome of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on Gene Drives and living

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modified fish,

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- having regard to the Commission report of 2 October 2015 on the mid-term review of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 (COM/2015/0478),

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Amendment 41Anja Hazekamp, Nikolaj Villumsen



- having regard to its resolution of 6 July 2016 on Japan’s decision to resume whaling in the 2015-2016 season1a and to its resolution of 12 September 2017 on whale hunting in Norway1b,_________________1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)03131b Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0317

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Amendment 42María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Catherine Chabaud, Susana Solís Pérez, Martin Hojsík, Billy Kelleher, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae

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Ştefănuță, Pascal Canfin, Frédérique Ries



- having regard to the European Environment Agency assessment report of 6 October 2020entitled Management effectiveness in the EU's Natura 2000 network of protected areas,

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- having regard to its resolution of 22 October 2020 with recommendations to the Commission on an EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation1a,_________________1a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0285

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- having regard to the JRC Science for policy report of 13 October 2020

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entitled Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services: An EU ecosystem assessment, published,

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Amendment 45Anna Zalewska, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Grzegorz Tobiszowski



— having regard to its resolution of 28 November 2019 on the climate and environment emergency2 ,

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_________________2 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2019)0078.

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Amendment 46Alexander Bernhuber, Christine Schneider, Marlene Mortler, Edina Tóth, Dolors Montserrat



— having regard to its resolution of 28 November 2019 on the climate and environment emergency2 ,

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Amendment 47Michal Wiezik, Radan Kanev, Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Lídia

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Pereira, Martin Hojsík



- having regard to the Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests1a

_________________1a COM(2019) 352 final

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Amendment 48Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Frédérique Ries, Michal Wiezik, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Catherine Chabaud



- having regard to its resolution of 10 July 2020 on a Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability,1a

_________________1a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0201.

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Amendment 49Michal Wiezik, Radan Kanev, Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Lídia Pereira, Martin Hojsík



- having regard to its resolution of 16 September 2020 on the EU’s role in

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protecting and restoring the world forests1a ,_________________1a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0212

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Amendment 50Stanislav Polčák



- having regard to Decision No 1386/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 2020 ‘Living well, within the limits of our planet’ and the proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on a new General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030,

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– having regard to the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention),

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- having regard to its resolution of 9 September 2020 on the European Year of Greener Cities 20221a,_________________1a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0241

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- having regard to Title XX of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

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- having regard to the statement of the President of the European Parliament on 12 September 2020 at the meeting of Speakers of the G7 countries on climate

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change,

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- having regard to the Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution (Barcelona Convention), the Bucharest Convention on the protection of the black sea, the Helsinki Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea, and the OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic;

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- having regard to the 2020 edition of the report of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA 2020)

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Amendment 57

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Mick Wallace, Clare Daly



- having regard to the decision of the European Ombudsman in case 640/2019/FP on the transparency of the Council of the European Union’s decision-making process leading to the adoption of annual regulations setting fishing quotas (total allowable catches),

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Motion for a resolutionRecital A


A. whereas Parliament has declared a climate and environmental emergency and approved an ambitious Climate Law report; whereas biodiversity loss and climate change represent equal threats to life on our planet;

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A. whereas Parliament has declared a A. whereas Parliament has declared a

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climate and environmental emergency and approved an ambitious Climate Law report; whereas biodiversity loss and climate change represent equal threats to life on our planet;

climate and environmental emergency and committed to urgently take the concrete action needed in order to fight and contain this threat before it is too late; whereas Parliament approved a more ambitious Climate Law report than the Commission's proposal; whereas biodiversity loss and climate change represent equal threats to life on our planet and are intrinsically linked crises;

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A. whereas Parliament has approved an ambitious Climate Law report;

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A. whereas Parliament has declared a climate and environmental emergency and approved an ambitious Climate Law report; whereas biodiversity loss and climate

A. whereas the European Parliament has declared a climate and environmental emergency and approved an ambitious Climate Law report; whereas biodiversity

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change represent equal threats to life on our planet;

loss and climate change, reinforce each other, representing equal threats to life on our planet, and as such, should be urgently tackled together;

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Amendment 62Sirpa Pietikäinen




A. whereas Parliament has declared a climate and environmental emergency and approved an ambitious Climate Law report; whereas biodiversity loss and climate change represent equal threats to life on our planet; stresses that biodiversity loss is the most critical and acute crisis we are facing;

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A. whereas Parliament has declared a climate and environmental emergency and approved an ambitious Climate Law report; whereas biodiversity loss and climate change represent equal and strongly interwoven threats to life on our planet;

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Amendment 64Chrysoula Zacharopoulou




A. whereas Parliament has declared a climate and environmental emergency and approved an ambitious Climate Law report; whereas biodiversity loss and climate change are linked to and represent equal threats to life on our planet;

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Amendment 65María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Catherine Chabaud, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Martin Hojsík, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Motion for a resolutionRecital A a (new)


Aa. whereas the European Court of Auditors has highlighted serious shortcomings in Union policies related to the protection or restoration of biodiversity, including but not limited to inadequate measures to protect or restore biodiversity, lack of implementation and funding, and inappropriate indicators to measure progress; whereas future Union policies should remedy and address said shortcomings;

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Aa. whereas plant- and animal species have an intrinsic value and should be conserved simply because they exist, as they are the product of a long history of continuing evolution by means of ecological processes and have the right to a continued existence; whereas biodiversity and the conservation of species, genetic resources and ecosystems is important for the maintenance of natural ecological processes;

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Amendment 67Michal Wiezik, Radan Kanev, Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Martin Hojsík



Aa. whereas the One Planet Summit in 2021 saw the President of the European Commission outlining a detailed vision for forests protection and having the EU leading the world in the fight against global deforestation; whereas this now needs to be acted upon;

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Aa. whereas indigenous peoples and local communities play an essential part to preserve the world’s biodiversity and global biodiversity targets cannot be achieved without the recognition of their rights;

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Aa. whereas humans are part of nature and not separate from it;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital A b (new)


Ab. whereas the planet has thresholds for the pressures it is able to contain; whereas endless economic growth logic does not respect planetary boundaries and 'sustainable growth' poses the exact same problem; whereas the planned future of economic growth constitutes only more pressures on the planet which it cannot contain;

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Amendment 71María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Catherine Chabaud, Susana Solís Pérez, Martin Hojsík, Billy Kelleher, Asger Christensen, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Pascal Canfin, Frédérique Ries



Ab. whereas key ecosystems deliver numerous services essential to food and agriculture, including supply of freshwater, protection against hazards and provision of habitats for species such as fish and pollinators, which are declining at a sharp rate;

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Ab. whereas extinction of species is forever, threatening the existence of ecosystems and ecosystem services, and posing a threat to human wellbeing and survival and should be prevented by all means available;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital A c (new)

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Ac. whereas biodiversity is crucial for food security, human well-being and development worldwide; whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted areas of inequalities across agri-food systems, and the necessity to adapt and improve smallholder production sustainably, ensure that the livelihoods of rural populations are more resilient, transform agri-food-systems, and reorient agriculture towards climate sustainability;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B


B. whereas the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the upcoming international agreement under the CBD aim to establish the European and global framework on biodiversity up to 2030;

B. whereas the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the upcoming international agreement under the CBD aim to establish the European and global framework on biodiversity up to 2030; whereas the EU must seize these occasions to incorporate the lessons drawn from the Sars-CoV-2 outbreak into its policies and objectives, with a view to restoring and maintaining healthy environments and functioning ecosystems;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B


B. whereas the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the upcoming international agreement under the CBD aim to establish the European and global framework on biodiversity up to 2030;

B. whereas the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the upcoming international agreement under the CBD aim to establish the European and global framework on biodiversity up to 2030; whereas 2021 represents a decisive year for biodiversity and COP15 must be a Paris Agreement moment for biodiversity;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B a (new)


Ba. whereas agriculture supports 9.6 million jobs in Europe, Natura 2000 has been estimated to support 52 000 direct and indirect jobs in conservation management, and 3.1 million (a quarter) of tourism jobs have links to protected areas;1a

_________________1a IEEP(2017). Natura 2000 and Jobs Scoping Study. Executive summary.

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Ba. whereas according to the findings of the 2020 ECA and EEAs reports, there is a lack of an effective, well-managed and well-connected network of marine protected areas resulting in limited protection of marine biodiversity;

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Amendment 78Frédérique Ries, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Catherine Chabaud, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Martin Hojsík, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir



Ba. Whereas close to 80% of the biodiversity of the EU currently lives in its Outermost Regions (ORs) and Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs);

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B b (new)


Bb. whereas according to the JRC 2020 report, invasive alien species (IAS) are now present in all ecosystems and are threatening urban ecosystems and grasslands in particular;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B b (new)


Bb. whereas the security of supply of food and the production of renewable energy has to be ensured when setting new targets on the Biodiversity Strategy;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B c (new)


Bc. whereas Europe accounts for more protected areas than any other region of the world and the last decades saw a great increase in both the number of protected areas and the total surface area that has received protected status;1a

_________________1a European Environment Agency (2012). Protected Areas in Europe – an Overview.

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Motion for a resolutionRecital C


C. whereas the evidence available suggests that it is not too late to halt and reverse current trends in the decline of biodiversity4 ;

C. whereas the evidence available suggests that it is not too late to halt and reverse current trends in the decline of biodiversity4 ; whereas the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2030 presents the opportunity to incorporate the lessons learned from the Sars-CoV-2 outbreak by switching from a “reactive” model to a “proactive” and precautionary model, initiating a decisive change of the EU policies away from the exploitation of wildlife for domestic and international trade;

_________________ _________________4 Global Biodiversity Outlook 5. 4 Global Biodiversity Outlook 5.

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Amendment 83Frédérique Ries, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Catherine Chabaud, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță




C. whereas the evidence available suggests that it is not too late to halt and reverse current trends in the decline of biodiversity provided very substantial changes and innovations are implemented on a short timescale, while involving a wide range of actors at all scales and across all sectors of society 4;


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C. whereas the evidence available suggests that it is not too late to halt and reverse current trends in the decline of biodiversity4 ; whereas this requires resolute action integrating biodiversity into all economic sectors;


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C. whereas the evidence available suggests that it is still possible to halt and reverse current trends in the decline of biodiversity if significant efforts are made4 ;


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Motion for a resolutionRecital C a (new)


Ca. whereas the unfortunate one-year delay in the 2020 Conferences of Parties to the UNFCCC and the CBD caused by the Sars-CoV-2 outbreak provides a unique opportunity to switch from a reactive model to a proactive and precautionary model and ultimately bring about the transformative change needed; whereas new scientific advances should inform and strengthen the links between both international agendas and their national implementation;

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Amendment 87Christine Schneider, Christian Doleschal, Jessica Polfjärd, Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins



Ca. whereas the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 is one of the key initiatives of the European Green Deal, which aims at making the EU’s economy sustainable and climate-neutral by 2050, protecting, conserving and sustainably using biodiversity, improving the health of citizens and ensuring the sustainability, circularity and inclusiveness of our economy;

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Ca. Whereas the recent SARS-CoV-2 outbreak has dramatically demonstrated that the growing exploitation of animals for intensive agriculture and also domestic and international trade not only places biodiversity under unsustainable pressure, but also results in increased risks to human and animal health and welfare;

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Ca. whereas the European Parliament adopted a resolution on EU Pollinators Initiative 1a, which confirms its strong position regarding the importance of pollinators protection, particularly in context of risk and exposure to chemicals and transformative change of agricultural practices;_________________1a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2019)0104

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Amendment 90Michal Wiezik, Radan Kanev, Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Martin Hojsík, Ville Niinistö

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Ca. whereas the current network of legally protected areas, including those under strict protection, is not sufficiently large to safeguard biodiversity, whereas 30% of area protected, both at land and at sea, is an absolute minimum needed according to experts;

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Amendment 91Inese Vaidere



Ca. whereas biodiversity is fundamental to both the planet and people as it provides us with clean air and water, food and medicines; whereas only 23% of species and 16% of habitats under the EU Nature Directives are in sustainable status, according to the Commission;

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Ca. whereas forests harbour more than 75% of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity; whereas the Parliament

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provided recommendations to the Commission on an EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation, forest and ecosystem degradation1a,_________________1a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0285

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Ca. whereas the IUCN has declared 160 species to be extinct over the last decade alone and that no level of restoration will be able to bring back extinct species; whereas IPBES estimates that globally 1 million species are at risk of extinction as well;

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Ca. whereas the current climate change is unparalleled in human history in terms of its rate and extent and whereas the rate of climate change is one of the major threats to biodiversity;

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Ca. whereas the use of forests and forestry fall within the competence of the Member States, and the EU must not establish a transnational administrative framework for guidance on matters that are the competence of the Member States;

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Ca. whereas the EU’s Green Deal strategy seeks to ensure decent living conditions for farmers, fishermen and their families;

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Ca. whereas the growing internalisation of economies through

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delocalised processes of production and consumption exert multiple impacts on nature at a global scale and beyond the EU territory;

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Ca. whereas the international trade fostered by the free trade agreements that are ratified by the Commission affects biodiversity and ecosystems;

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Amendment 99Pietro Fiocchi



Ca. whereas the EU’s Green Deal strategy seeks to ensure decent living conditions for farmers, fishermen and their families;

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Ca. Whereas the blue economy, supposed to double by 2030, represents a real opportunity for the sustainable development of maritime and coastal activities,

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Amendment 101Pascal Canfin, Catherine Chabaud, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Martin Hojsík



Ca. whereas 70% of emerging diseases and pandemics have an animal origin1a;_________________1a https://ipbes.net/sites/default/files/2020-12/IPBES%20Workshop%20on%20Biodiversity%20and%20Pandemics%20Report_0.pdf

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Motion for a resolutionRecital C b (new)


Cb. whereas the ocean is one, and its good environmental status is vital to ensuring its resilience and its continued provision of ecosystem services such as CO2 absorption and oxygen production; whereas the IPCC special report entitled

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"The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate", specifies that climate mechanisms depend on the health of the ocean and marine ecosystems currently affected by global warming, pollution, overexploitation of marine biodiversity, acidification, deoxygenation and coastal erosion; whereas the IPCC recalls that the ocean is part of the solution to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change and underlines the necessity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and pollution on ecosystems, as well as to enhance natural carbon sinks;

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Amendment 103Christine Schneider, Christian Doleschal, Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins



Cb. whereas the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the Farm to Fork Strategy together with other policies such as the upcoming Common Agricultural Policy, the Common Fisheries Policy, and the Cohesion Policy, within their respective legal frameworks, as well as the Circular Economy Action Plan will shape the change to protect nature and conserve habitats and species;

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Cb. whereas the EFSA Bee Guidance Document has not been adopted yet and its review has not been successfully finalised, and the process of Biocides - Pollinators Guidance Document by ECHA is ongoing; whereas even full application of the 2013 EFSA Bee Guidance would leave butterflies, moths and hoverflies unprotected by the pesticide approval regime;

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Cb. whereas the EU’s Green Deal strategy seeks to ensure decent living conditions for farmers, livestock farmers, fishermen, hunters and their families, and taking into account the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 relating to primary food producers;

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Cb. whereas the Secretariat of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity has strongly encouraged local and subnational action for biodiversity, on the

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understanding that decentralised planning serves as an effective support to deploy global biodiversity strategies;

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Cb. whereas the European Union still faces large implementation gaps to effectively manage the Natura 2000 network; whereas current and future climate change impacts should be also incorporated under management guidelines of Natura 2000;

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Cb. whereas next to nature conservation and restoration, action on drivers of biodiversity loss especially in the land-use sectors and food system transformation are central to an effective post-2020 biodiversity strategy1a

_________________1a Leclère, D., Obersteiner, M., Barrett, M. et al. Bending the curve of terrestrial

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biodiversity needs an integrated strategy. Nature 585, 551–556(2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2705-y

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Amendment 109Ville Niinistö, Nikolaj Villumsen



Cb. whereas new challenges for the protection of biodiversity might arise from the release of genetically engineered organisms which can persist and propagate within populations of wildlife species;

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Cb. whereas the Aarhus Convention is an effective means of accessing information, promoting public participation in decision-making and accessing justice in environmental matters;

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Cb. whereas biodiversity makes a fundamentally positive contribution to human health, given that up to 80% of the medicines used by humans are of natural origin;

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Cb. whereas forest account for 43% of the EU’s land area and contain 80% of its terrestrial biodiversity;

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Cb. whereas nature is deteriorating at a rate and scale unprecedented in human history;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital C c (new)


Cc. whereas forestry activities are the second largest pressure category reported for species, affecting in particular arthropods, mammals and non-vascular plants; whereas many forest-dependent species are reported to be affected by the removal of dead, dying and old trees (including salvage logging), forest management reducing old-growth forests and clear-cutting;

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Cc. whereas the successful implementation of the Strategy requires an effective cooperation at EU and Member States level including civil society, public authorities and business, in particular stakeholders specifically affected by the measures foreseen in the Strategy, especially in the agriculture, fisheries, forestry and extractive sectors;

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Amendment 116Ville Niinistö, Eleonora Evi, Francisco Guerreiro

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Cc. Whereas light pollution alters the natural night light levels for humans, animals and plants, thus negatively affecting biodiversity by, for example, unbalancing the migratory, nocturnal and reproductive activity of animals, leading also to the loss of insects and pollinators, who are fatally drawn to artificial light;

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Cc. whereas, according to the 2019 IPBES Global Assessment Report, both the illegal and legal trade in, and use of, wildlife significantly contributes to biodiversity decline, and the destruction of natural habitats and the exploitation of wildlife are linked to the emergence and spread of infectious diseases;

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Cc. whereas soil is a shared resource and its biodiversity is under increasing pressure; whereas EU-wide monitoring of soil biodiversity, trends in its range and volume, should complement regular LUCAS survey of physico-chemical parameters in long-term;

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Cc. whereas the good ecological status of our environment is vital to fight climate change; whereas the ocean and forests are two major ecosystems playing a fundamental role in climate mitigation and adaptation;

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Cc. whereas IPBES estimates that 90% of land is projected to be significantly altered by 2050 and 75% of land has already been significantly altered; whereas 85% of wetlands areas

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have already been lost;

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Cc. whereas densification generally entails the risk of cutting city dwellers off from nature and exposing them to multiple nuisances (air pollution, noise, etc.);

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Cc. whereas approximately 75% of the world’s food crop is dependent on insect pollinators and whereas pollinator numbers have dramatically declined in recent decades;

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Cc. whereas there is a need to include pro-active management actions to enable the recovery of wild species of fauna and flora across habitats;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital C d (new)


Cd. whereas conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystems have potential direct and indirect economic benefits for most sectors of the economy; whereas all businesses depend on natural capital assets and ecosystem services either directly or indirectly, including through their supply chains; whereas an improved biodiversity policy with effective measures has the potential to strengthen the competitiveness of the economy and industry and to open new job and economic opportunities, for instance in the fields of environmental technology, bio-economy, tourism and recreation, nature conservation and the provision of ecosystem services;

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Cd. whereas according to the IPBES, pollution is one of the five drivers of biodiversity loss; whereas it is estimated that robust information exists for about 500 chemicals and by April 2019, ECHA considered 450 substances as being sufficiently regulated; whereas another 10 000 substances are considered to have their risks fairly well characterised, while limited risk information is available for around 20 000 substances; whereas the majority, around 70 000 substances have hardly any information on their hazards or exposures; whereas significant knowledge gaps regarding all impacts of chemicals on the biodiversity and environment need to be urgently closed;

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Cd. whereas climate change affects biodiversity as climate variables largely determine the geographical distribution ranges of species; whereas in areas where the climate is no longer suitable, some species shift their geographical ranges and others go extinct locally, depending on their dispersal capacities; whereas species phenology and physiology, community structures and ecosystem functions are also exacerbating the challenge to manage and conserve biodiversity;

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Cd. whereas biodiversity loss associated with transformation of landscapes can lead to increased emerging disease risk in some cases, where species that adapt well to human-dominated landscapes are also able to harbour pathogens that pose a high risk of zoonotic transmission;

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Amendment 128Catherine Chabaud, Frédérique Ries, Martin Hojsík, Pascal Canfin, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos



Cd. whereas the Outermost Regions and Overseas Countries and Territories are biodiversity hotspots and host 80% of the EU marine biodiversity, and their economies are largely based on fishing and tourism activities;

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Cd. whereas biodiversity is an integral part of the world’s cultural heritage, often representing a symbol and an element of high value;

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Cd. whereas of all the mammals on Earth, 60% are livestock and only 4% are wild1a;_________________1a Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - May 21, 2018

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Motion for a resolutionRecital C e (new)


Ce. whereas biodiversity conservation and conservation of insects are inextricably linked; whereas the framework and actions of the current EU Pollinators Initiative require reinforcement and effective integration

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across EU sectoral policies; whereas monitoring, research and other activities related to insect protection are fragmented, often inadequate, under-funded or non-existing on national level; whereas it proves beneficial to stimulate joint activities of citizens, municipalities, farmers, associations, businesses, educational institutions, other societal players and authorities to engage in nature conservation and restoration;

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Ce. whereas Nature-based solutions (NbS) have the potential to provide a strong policy connection between the three Rio Conventions on Biodiversity, Climate Change and Desertification providing an opportunity for Presidencies and Secretariats of all three agreements to work together to achieve closer linkages towards the 2021 Year for Nature to address climate change and biodiversity loss in an integrated and coherent manner;

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Ce. whereas ecological restoration, which is critical for conservation, climate adaptation and provision of ecosystem services, should integrate health considerations to avoid potential increased disease risk resulting from increased human-livestock-wildlife contact;

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Ce. whereas marine hotspots such as coral reefs, mangroves and seagrass beds are strongly degraded and threated by climate change and pollution;

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Ce. whereas 70% of birds are farmed chickens or other poultry, with a worryingly low level of genetic diversity, and only 30% of birds are wild;

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Ce. whereas biodiversity is important for food security, the world economy and the traditional lives of local communities and indigenous peoples;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital C f (new)


Cf. whereas resilient ecosystems are rich in species; whereas Natura 2000 contributes to the conservation of species but many other threatened species remain outside this network; whereas the widening of protected areas is intended to safeguard biodiversity, contribute to climate change mitigation and adaption and generate substantial returns in investment and job opportunities;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital C f (new)


Cf. whereas loss of biodiversity is tightly coupled to economic activities and economic growth as highlighted by the EEA; whereas there is no evidence of economy-wide, national or international absolute resource decoupling, and no evidence of the kind of decoupling needed for ecological sustainability;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital C g (new)


Cg. whereas current negative trends in biodiversity and ecosystems will undermine progress towards not only SDG targets explicitly related to these, but also towards SDG targets related to poverty, hunger, health, water, cities, climate, oceans and land; whereas failure to achieve progress in these areas will most severely affect the world's poorest communities, including indigenous peoples; whereas loss and degradation of biodiversity must therefore be considered not only as environmental issues but also as developmental, economic, social and moral ones;

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Motion for a resolutionSubheading 1


Current biodiversity status Current biodiversity and ecosystem status

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Amendment 141Marco Dreosto, Silvia Sardone, Lucia Vuolo, Simona Baldassarre, Danilo Oscar Lancini, Vincenzo Sofo, Annalisa Tardino, Luisa Regimenti, Gianantonio Da Re

Motion for a resolutionParagraph 1


1. Welcomes the new EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and its level of ambition;

1. Welcomes the new EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and its level of ambition; recognises, however, the need to set balanced targets in each Member State, given the diversity of farming and forestry practices and the efforts made to date to observe the principles of economic, environmental and social sustainability;

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1. Welcomes the new EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and its level of ambition; recognises, however, the need to set balanced targets in each Member State, given the diversity of farming and forestry

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practices and the efforts made to date to observe the principles of economic, environmental and social sustainability;

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Amendment 143Alexander Bernhuber, Jessica Polfjärd, Agnès Evren, Marlene Mortler, Christine Schneider, Edina Tóth, Dolors Montserrat




1. Welcomes the new EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and its level of ambition; recognises, however, the need for a realistic and balanced approach in the implementation of the Strategy in which all three dimensions (Society, Environment and Economy) of sustainability are acknowledged;

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Amendment 144Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Andreas Glück, Asger Christensen, Norbert Lins




1. Welcomes the new EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and its level of ambition; stresses the strong link to the European Green Deal including the Farm to Fork Strategy and the need to reach coherence and a sound balance between the different high-level policy goals;

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Amendment 145Petros Kokkalis




1. Welcomes the new EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and its level of ambition, in order to achieve further nature protection, restoration of degraded ecosystems, addressing the negative effects of intensive agriculture;

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1. Welcomes the new EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the ambition to reverse biodiversity loss by ensuring that by 2050 all of the world’s ecosystems are conserved, resilient and adequately protected;

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Amendment 147Norbert Lins, Christine Schneider, Ulrike Müller, Christian Doleschal, Stefan Berger, Marlene Mortler, Jens Gieseke, Alexander Bernhuber, Hildegard Bentele



1. Welcomes the new EU Biodiversity 1. Welcomes the new EU Biodiversity

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Strategy for 2030 and its level of ambition; Strategy for 2030 and its level of ambition ; recalls that there should be a coherent approach with the Farm to Fork strategy and the new EU Forest strategy;

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1. Welcomes the new EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and its level of ambition; stresses that is has to based on facts and underpinned by sound science and its goals need to be realistic;

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1. Welcomes the new EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 but warns that its level of ambition is insufficient to deal with the current threats and to preserve and restore biodiversity;

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1. Welcomes the new EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 but warns that its level of ambition is insufficient to overcome current threats and fully preserve and restore biodiversity;

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Amendment 151Nils Torvalds, Billy Kelleher, Irena Joveva, Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Andreas Glück, Ulrike Müller, Asger Christensen




1. Welcomes the new EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and its level of ambition; with respect to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality;

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Amendment 152Christine Schneider, Christian Doleschal, Jessica Polfjärd, Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Marlene Mortler

Motion for a resolutionParagraph 1 a (new)


1a. Welcomes the achievements reached over the last 25 years; stresses that the EU has built the largest coordinated network of protected areas in the world; recalls that Natura 2000 stretches across all Member States and

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currently covers over 18% of the EU’s land area and more than 6% of its seas territories; highlights that the Natura 2000 biogeographical process encourages cooperation and makes sure that protection measures can be tailored to suit specific regional needs;

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Amendment 153Norbert Lins, Christine Schneider, Ulrike Müller, Christian Doleschal, Stefan Berger, Marlene Mortler, Alexander Bernhuber, Jens Gieseke



1a. Calls on the Commission before proposing any targets to conduct a comprehensive evidence-based impact assessment of all strategies combining the individual and cumulative impacts on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture in the EU, generational renewal, food security and prices, and the potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural production with imports;

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1a. Welcomes the new EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and its level of ambition; recognises, however, the need to set targets in each Member State, given

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the diversity of farming and forestry practices and the efforts made to date to observe the principles of economic, environmental and social sustainability;

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1a. Welcomes the new EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and its level of ambition; stresses, however, that it has to respect the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality and to maintain balance of all three dimensions of sustainability; calls for a thorough impact assessment for any legislative proposal from the Commission and a very careful approach towards any new legally binding instruments;

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Amendment 156Francesca Donato, Marco Dreosto



1a. Calls on the Commission to carry out holistic and cumulative assessments of the impact of the implementation of the strategy’s measures and targets on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture and forestry within and outside the EU, on food safety and on prices;

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1a. Expresses regret that this is the third Biodiversity Strategy or Action Plan with a headline objective of halting loss of Europe's biodiversity; stresses the importance of this Biodiversity Strategy to fully deliver on its headline target;

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1a. Notes that the assessment in the state of nature in the European Union report shows that the EU has not yet managed to stop the decline of protected habitat types and species of EU conservation concern;

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Paragraph 1 b (new)


1b. Takes note of the fact that there already exists a substantial network of protected areas within the Union; welcomes the fact that the Union is a global leader when it comes to environmental protection;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 1 b (new)


1b. Points out that numerous protected areas and habitats only emerged through human use; stresses that for the preservation of these protected areas and habitats further management is essential;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 1 c (new)


1c. Calls on the Commission to provide thorough impact assessments of the implementation of the strategy’s measures and targets on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture and forestry in and outside of the EU, food

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security and prices;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 1 d (new)


1d. Calls on the Commission to establish regular evidence-based evaluations of the implementation of the Strategy, in order to adjust the measures and targets to a more restraint or ambitious approach; stresses the importance of appropriate target-related measures taking into account active market demand; calls on the Commission to submit mid-term reviews for every legislative proposal corresponding to the strategy;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 1 e (new)


1e. Stresses that biodiversity is also crucial for safeguarding food security in the EU; highlights the important role of the European agricultural sector regarding the production of healthy, safe and affordable foods;

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2. Recalls the conclusions of the IPBES report of 2019, according to which nature is declining at a rate unprecedented in human history and around 1 million species are threatened with extinction; strongly regrets that the Union has neither fully met the 2020 biodiversity strategy objectives nor the global Aichi Biodiversity Targets;

2. Recalls the conclusions of the IPBES report of 2019, according to which nature is declining at a rate unprecedented in human history and around 1 million species are threatened with extinction; strongly regrets that the Union has neither fully met the 2020 biodiversity strategy objectives nor the global Aichi Biodiversity Targets; urges the Commission and the Member States to commit to immediate, substantial and additional measures on biodiversity conservation and restoration in order to achieve of all the objectives;

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Amendment 165Agnès Evren




2. Recalls the conclusions of the IPBES report of 2019, according to which nature is declining at a rate unprecedented in human history and around 1 million species are threatened with extinction; strongly regrets that the Union has neither fully met the 2020 biodiversity strategy objectives nor the global Aichi Biodiversity Targets; considers that better monitoring of the implementation of targets, be they European or global, will be needed in the future;

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2. Recalls the conclusions of the IPBES report of 2019, according to which nature is declining at a rate unprecedented in human history and around 1 million species, out of an estimated total of 8.1 million, are threatened with extinction; strongly regrets that the Union has neither fully met the 2020 biodiversity strategy objectives nor the global Aichi Biodiversity Targets;

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2. Recalls the conclusions of the IPBES report of 2019, according to which nature is globally declining at a rate unprecedented in human history and around 1 million species are threatened with extinction; strongly regrets that the Union has neither fully met the 2020 biodiversity strategy objectives set in 2010 nor the global Aichi Biodiversity Targets;

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2. Recalls the conclusions of the IPBES report of 2019, according to which nature is declining and around 1 million species are threatened with extinction; strongly regrets that the Union has neither fully met the 2020 biodiversity strategy objectives nor the global Aichi Biodiversity Targets;

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2. Recalls the conclusions of the IPBES report of 2019, according to which nature is declining at a rate unprecedented in human history and around 1 million species are threatened with extinction; indicates, that in Europe climate change is the main driver behind biodiversity loss;1a

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F. & Dullinger, S. 2020: A socio-ecological model for predicting impacts of land-use and climate change on regional plant diversity. Global Change Biology.

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2. Recalls the conclusions of the IPBES report of 2019, according to which nature is declining at a rate unprecedented in human history and numerous species are threatened with extinction; strongly regrets that the Union has neither fully met the 2020 biodiversity strategy objectives nor the global Aichi Biodiversity Targets;

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2a. Notes the significant achievements of sustainable forest management (SFM) since the 1990s in increasing the land-area covered by forests in Europe by 9 per cent and simultaneously strengthening of carbon storage in the European forests by 50 per cent, while maintaining the populations of common bird species (State of Europe's Forests 2020); highlights the importance of long-term sustainable

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management and use of peatlands and forests, as well as protection; considers that SFM is an effective way to maintain and enhance biodiversity, the vitality of forests and the adaptation to changing conditions, as well as to prevent damages, such as pests, non-native species and diseases, also in the protected areas;

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2a. Acknowledges the efforts made to date by the EU Member States and by the various sectors involved and stakeholders, in particular in the agriculture and forestry sector; emphasises that sustainable and effective management of natural processes is of the utmost importance for maintaining biodiversity, and that, in particular, greater efforts should be made to link different urban, agricultural and protected areas that support biodiversity in relation to the negative impact of climate change; recognises that the EU already has the largest coordinated network of protected areas in the world;

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2a. Highlights the poor status of European Forests; stresses that in some biogeographical regions as little as 5% of Annex I forest habitats are in favourable conservation status1a;underlines that the Biodiversity Strategy requires Member States to ensure no deterioration in conservation trends and status of all protected habitats and species; notes significant levels of further deterioration of forest ecosystems in unfavourable conservation status across the most of biogeographical regions2a;_________________1a Boreal biogeographical region with 4,84% and Atlantic with 4,94% in favourable status, in accordance with data (2019) reported pursuant to the Art. 17 of Habitats Directive for the period 2013-20182a data(2019) reported pursuant to the Art. 17 of Habitats Directive for the period2013-2018

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2a. whereas the 2020 report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) states that human activities causing climate change and biodiversity loss also fuel the risk of pandemic through their impacts on our environment, that the risk of pandemic can be significantly reduced by reducing the human activities that fuel biodiversity

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loss, and that the estimated cost of reducing the risk of pandemics is 100 times less than the cost of responding to them1a;_________________1a https://ipbes.net/sites/default/files/2020-12/IPBES%20Pandemics%20Report%20Media%20Release.pdf

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2a. Acknowledges the efforts made to date by the EU Member States and by the various sectors involved and stakeholders, in particular in the agriculture and forestry sector; emphasises that sustainable and effective management of natural processes is of the utmost importance for maintaining biodiversity, in particular in relation to the negative impact of climate change; recognises that the EU already has the largest coordinated network of protected areas in the world;

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2a. Acknowledges the efforts made to

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date by EU Member States and by the various sectors involved and stakeholders, in particular in the agriculture and forestry sector; emphasises that sustainable and effective management of natural processes is of the utmost importance for maintaining biodiversity, in particular in relation to the negative impact of climate change; recognises that the EU already has the largest coordinated network of protected areas in the world;

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2a. regrets that EU Member States have not met the 2020 objective of a good environmental status for marine waters as specified in the Marine Strategic Framework Directive; recalls that the MSFD will play a crucial role in the implementation of the biodiversity strategy objectives;

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2a. Emphasises the strong interconnection between biodiversity loss,

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climate change and theCOVID-19 pandemic; highlights the close links between human, animal and planet health, in the context of increased human - livestock - wildlife contacts and ecosystem degradation;

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2a. Points out that, according to the latest figures, there are 1 525 ecoregions on the planet, divided into three categories: terrestrial ecoregions, freshwater ecoregions and coastal and marine ecoregions; stresses that each ecoregion is home to a variety of ecosystems and natural environments;

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2a. Notes the importance of sustainable forest management (SFM) as an effective way to maintain and enhance biodiversity and the vitality of forests and to prevent pests and diseases also in protected areas.

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Amendment 181Alexander Bernhuber, Jessica Polfjärd, Christophe Hansen, Agnès Evren, Marlene Mortler, Christine Schneider, Edina Tóth, Dolors Montserrat



2a. Stresses the need for a well-balanced Biodiversity Strategy taking into account both environmental, economic and health aspects;

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Amendment 182Nils Torvalds, Billy Kelleher, Irena Joveva, Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Andreas Glück, Ulrike Müller



2b. Highlights the importance of taking into account the different biogeographical areas and notes the differences in calculated biodiversity loss; recalls that only one biodiversity hotspot (the Mediterranean basin) is located in Europe and calls for prioritising actions in this hotspot;

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2b. Emphasises that ecosystems not only support the life of the organisms living within them but also provide services of benefit to humans; recalls that these services account for the equivalent of USD 33 000 billion per year (1.8 times the global gross national product);

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2b. Regrets that while the Union has neither fully met the 2020 biodiversity strategy objectives nor the global Aichi Biodiversity Targets, good progress has been achieved in protecting and sustainably using biodiversity both in marine and terrestrial areas1a;_________________1a https://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/press/sustainable-fisheries-commission-takes-stock-progress-implementation-eus-common-fisheries_en

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2b. Notes with concern the substantial losses of forests species and habitats reported, recalls that five forest tree species are extinct in the wild, 42 forest tree species are critically endangered and 107 forest tree species are endangered in Europe;

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2b. Emphasises the role of climate change as a key driver behind biodiversity loss;

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Amendment 187Michal Wiezik, Radan Kanev, Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Sirpa Pietikäinen



2c. Underlines that changes in land use, and production and consumption patterns are one of the biggest drivers of biodiversity loss; notes that the 10% target of non-productive elements in agricultural areas represents a challenge and without transformative changes of the CAP this is unlikely to be realised; notes the absence of linear landscape features1a, total absence of extensive pastures2a, a steep decrease in low input farming3ain some EU agricultural areas and notes with concern rare occurrences of positive

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statistically relevant changes in the last decade;_________________1a from the SWD -Commission recommendations for Slovakia’s CAP strategic plan 2a from the SWD -Commission recommendations for the Netherlands CAP strategic plan 3a halving from 2010 to 2017, SWD- Commission recommendations for Romania’s CAP strategic plan

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Amendment 188Alexander Bernhuber, Petri Sarvamaa, Jessica Polfjärd, Christophe Hansen, Marlene Mortler, Christine Schneider, Edina Tóth, Dolors Montserrat



2c. Recognises the efforts made until now by the EU Member States and by different sectors and stakeholders, especially in agriculture and forestry; highlights the fact that sustainable and effective management of natural processes is of the utmost importance for maintaining biodiversity, particularly in relation to the negative impact of climate change; acknowledges that the EU already has the largest coordinated network of protected areas in the world;

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2d. Notes the significant achievements of sustainable forest management since the 1990s in increasing the land-area covered by forests in Europe by 9 % and simultaneously strengthening carbon storage in the European forests by 50 %, while maintaining the populations of common bird species1a; highlights the importance of long-term sustainable management and use of peatlands and forests, as well as protection; considers sustainable forest management as an effective way to maintain and enhance biodiversity, the vitality of forests and the adaptation to changing conditions, as well as to prevent damages, such as pests, non-native species and diseases, also in the protected areas;_________________1a State of Europe's Forests 2020

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2d. Expresses concern over the state of freshwater ecosystems and specie;, notes that globally, migratory freshwater fish have declined by an average of 76% between 1970 and 2016 while declines in Europe have been the most serious at the level of 93% 1a;_________________

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1a Deinet, S., Scott-Gatty, K., Rotton, H., Twardek, W. M., Marconi, V., McRae, L., Baumgartner, L. J., Brink, K., Claussen, J. E., Cooke, S. J., Darwall, W., Eriksson, B. K., Garcia de Leaniz, C., Hogan, Z., Royte, J., Silva, L. G. M., Thieme, M. L., Tickner, D., Waldman, J., Wanningen, H., Weyl, O. L. F., Berkhuysen, A. (2020) The Living Planet Index (LPI) for migratory freshwater fish - Technical Report. World Fish Migration Foundation, The Netherlands

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Amendment 191Michal Wiezik, Radan Kanev, Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Ville Niinistö



2e. Notes that logging is a factor posing a threat to the greatest number of species in some of the EU Member States1a as it causes loss of habitat, structures and substrates that species require, through the conversion of ancient woodlands to industrial stands;_________________1a in Sweden, data from the Swedish Species Information Centre

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Amendment 192Michal Wiezik, Radan Kanev, Róża Thun und Hohenstein

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2f. Notes that large-scale clearcutting is a legally applied forestry practice in number of Member States, including in protected areas in some cases; highlights that this practice negatively affects the symbiotic interdependent network of trees with fungi; stresses that according to science likeliness of reestablishment of this web after clearcut is almost non-existent; reiterates that clearcutting does not mimic natural disturbances by wildfire as, unlike a clearcut site, a site disturbed by wildfire is characterised by a very high amount of deadwood, by a number of living trees and soil open for colonisation of species; calls for a ban on clearcutting forest management across the EU;

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3. Stresses that the pandemic has demonstrated the importance of the ‘One Health’ principle in policy-making and that transformative changes are needed; calls for an urgent rethinking of how to align the Union’s current policies with the changes needed;

3. Stresses that the pandemic has demonstrated the importance of the ‘One Health’ principle in policy-making and that transformative changes are needed; calls for an urgent rethinking of how to align the Union’s current policies with the changes needed; stresses that bold political action is required if we are to transform humanity's relationship with nature, which is what is required in order to escape from the very real prospect of an ever increasing number of pandemics; urges Member States and the Commission to urgently adopt and implement the policy options and recommendations in the IPBES' 2020 report on biodiversity loss and pandemics; notes that one of the recommendations is the formation of a

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high-level intergovernmental council on pandemic prevention that would facilitate cooperation among governments and work at the crossroads of the three Rio conventions;

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3. Stresses that the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the importance of holistically recognising the linkages between human health, animal health and biodiversity through the ‘One Health’ principle in policy-making and that transformative changes are needed; calls for an urgent rethinking of how to align the Union’s current policies with the changes needed; further calls on the Commission to present, in collaboration with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, a European Strategy against pandemics, including pandemics from zoonotic origins; believes that such a Strategy should put in place pandemic preparedness and prevention, further address the drivers of biodiversity loss, ensure long-term resilience, and ultimately contribute to the overall objectives of the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030;

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Amendment 195Nikolaj Villumsen, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Anja Hazekamp, Silvia Modig,

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3. Stresses that the current COVID-19 pandemic has once again demonstrated the importance of the ‘One Health’ principle in policy-making and that far-reaching, transformative changes are urgently needed in order to prevent future pandemics; highlights in this regard the conclusions from the 2020 IPBES report on biodiversity and pandemics stating that activities driving the biodiversity and climate crises are also increasing the risk of pandemics; calls therefore for an urgent rethinking of how to align the Union’s current policies with the transformative changes needed with particular attention to food systems and trade;

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3. Stresses that the pandemic has demonstrated the importance of the ‘One Health’ principle in policy-making and that transformative changes in the lifestyle of the whole society are needed; calls for an urgent rethinking of how to align the Union’s current policies with the changes needed; highlights how the pandemic has also demonstrated the importance of a resilient food system to ensure that European citizens have access to safe,

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affordable and high quality products even under challenging conditions and this should not be taken for granted;

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Amendment 197Catherine Chabaud, Pascal Canfin, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir




3. Stresses that the pandemic has demonstrated the importance of the ‘One Health’ principle in policy-making which aims at addressing both human and environmental factors together in a health risk management framework and that transformative changes are needed to build an effective risk management strategy to limit the threat of such infectious episodes occurring in the future; calls for an urgent rethinking of how to align the Union’s current policies with the changes needed;

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Amendment 198Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Frédérique Ries, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Catherine Chabaud




3. Stresses that the pandemic has demonstrated the importance of the ‘One Health’ principle in policy-making and that transformative changes are needed; underlines that adhering to the ‘One Welfare’ framework would further enhance global health and wellbeing;

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calls for an urgent rethinking of how to align the Union’s current policies with the changes needed;

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3. Stresses that the pandemic has demonstrated the importance of the ‘One Health’ principle in policy-making and that transformative changes are needed; underlines that adhering to the ‘One Welfare’ framework would further enhance global health and wellbeing; calls for an urgent rethinking of how to align the Union’s current policies with the changes needed;

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3. Stresses that the pandemic has demonstrated the importance of the ‘One Health’ principle in policy-making and that transformative changes are needed; calls for an urgent rethinking of how to align the Union’s current policies, including its external action and development cooperation, with the changes needed;

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3. Stresses that the pandemic has demonstrated the importance of the ‘One Health’ principle in policy-making and that transformative changes are needed; calls for an urgent rethinking of how to align the Union’s current policies with a holistic and systematic approach to EU food policy, with the changes needed;

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3. Stresses that the pandemic has demonstrated the importance of the ‘One Health’ principle in policy-making and that transformative changes are needed throughout society; emphasises the need to align the Union’s biodiversity initiatives with other climate and environmental policies;

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3. Stresses that the pandemic has demonstrated the importance of the ‘One Health’ principle in policy-making and that transformative changes are needed to be made; calls for an urgent alignment of the Union’s current policies with the changes needed;

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3. Stresses the importance of the ‘One Health’ principle in policy-making and that changes are needed; calls for an urgent rethinking of how to align the Union’s current policies with the changes needed in line with the principle of proportionality;

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3. Stresses that the pandemic has demonstrated the importance of the ‘One Health’ principle in policy-making and that transformative changes are needed; calls

3. Stresses that the pandemic has demonstrated the importance of the ‘One Health’ principle in policy-making and that far-reaching changes are needed; calls for

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for an urgent rethinking of how to align the Union’s current policies with the changes needed;

an urgent rethinking of how to align the Union’s current policies with the changes needed;

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3. Stresses that the pandemic has demonstrated the importance of the ‘One Health’ principle in policy-making and that changes are needed; calls for an urgent rethinking of how to align the Union’s current policies with the changes needed;

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Amendment 207Lídia Pereira




3. Stresses that the pandemic has demonstrated the importance of the ‘One Health’ principle in policy-making and that transformative changes are needed; calls for an urgent alignment of the Union’s current policies with the changes needed;

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Amendment 208

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Michal Wiezik, Radan Kanev, Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Martin Hojsík, Ville Niinistö



3a. Notes the sudden increase in the mean value of intensity of harvest for the years 2016–2018 with respect to the mean of the years 2004–2015 (by 43%) and 2011–2015 (49%); stresses that increased rates of natural disturbances from windstorms or fires have been factored out from the analysis and that the observed abrupt increase has been due to change in management1a; notes that this increase in harvested area is threatening ecosystems which primarily have had other functions other than wood production, including those not harvested for centuries; expresses serious concern over this continuous loss of irreplaceable natural values and bio-cultural legacy;_________________1a Ceccherini, G., Duveiller, G., Grassi,G. et al. Abrupt increase in harvested forest area over Europe after 2015. Nature 583, 72–77 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2438-y

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3a. Notes that healthy ecosystems are fundamental to human existence and well-being and that the right to food, health and security are human rights that cannot be provided without them; stresses

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that access to critical ecosystem services such as clean water, food, forest products, flood control, and natural resources can be a cause or exacerbate poverty and that the equal access to the services provided by healthy ecosystems needs to be an important element to eliminate inequalities in Europe;

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Amendment 210Alessandra Moretti



3a. Calls on the Commission to carry out holistic and cumulative assessments of the impact of implementation of the strategy’s measures and objectives on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture and forestry inside and outside the EU, on food safety and on prices, in view of their potentially significant economic, social and environmental effects;

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3a. Recalls that biodiversity and ecosystem preservation is fundamental to the achievement of the SDGs; stresses the need and calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement effective

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nature and biodiversity mainstreaming with biodiversity targets across all sectors, to change the economic model towards more sustainability;

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Amendment 212Christine Schneider, Christian Doleschal, Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Petri Sarvamaa, Hildegard Bentele, Marlene Mortler



3a. Underlines the importance of resilient and healthy forest ecosystems including fauna and flora, in order to maintain and enhance the delivery of the multiple ecosystem services that forests provide, such as biodiversity, clean air, clean water, water holding capacities, healthy soil and wood and non-wood raw materials;

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3a. Stresses that all GDP ultimately relies on nature and natural resources and believes it is very sad that the Commission feels the need to provide a business case for biodiversity in order to protect it; fundamentally believes that the value of nature is not limited to its use or exchange value to humans;

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3a. whereas, in order to preserve the full scale of forest biodiversity and provide crucial microhabitats on which a number of species, including protected ones, are dependent, it is essential to strictly protect a proportion of forest areas from any form of active human intervention;

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3a. Notes that only one target from the Biodiversity Strategy 2020 was met (to protect 10% of marine areas and 17% of terrestrial areas), and underlines therefore that all targets from the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 should be clearly defined and measurable in order to be achieved;

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3a. Believes that capitalism ignores and ultimately destroys ecological systems and that nature-society relations under capitalism lead to self-destruction; is highly critical of environmental economic valuation schemes and believes that the EU must not advocate for natural capital accounting;

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3a. Points out that, according to the latest edition of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species (version 2020.3), of the 128 918 species studied, 35 765 are classified as threatened;

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3a. Recognises that different

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environments (land, sea, air) are suffering different challenges; considers that detailed approaches should be taken into consideration depending on the domain;

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3a. Stresses the link between biodiversity loss and human health, and underlines that the novel coronavirus has its origins in encroaching nature;

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Amendment 220Alexander Bernhuber, Jessica Polfjärd, Christophe Hansen, Christine Schneider, Marlene Mortler, Edina Tóth



3a. Calls on the Commission to carry out an Impact Assessment on every single target set within the Biodiversity Strategy, to ensure that every measure set increases biodiversity by itself;

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Amendment 221Alexander Bernhuber, Jessica Polfjärd, Christophe Hansen, Agnès Evren, Marlene

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3a. Recommends that a thorough scientific investigation be carried out at EU level to assess the effectiveness and enforcement of EU legislation in the fight against wildlife trafficking and the measures taken against it; calls for a broad international approach and cooperation on pandemic prevention and for enhanced law enforcement on all aspects of the illegal wildlife trade;

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Amendment 222Christine Schneider, Christian Doleschal, Jessica Polfjärd, Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Petri Sarvamaa, Hildegard Bentele, Marlene Mortler



3b. Points out that achieving the EU´s goals for the environment, climate and biodiversity will never be possible without forests that are multifunctional, healthy and sustainably and managed applying a long-term perspective, together with viable forest-based industries;

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3b. Recalls that around 20 % of the world’s coral reefs disappeared and a further 20 % became degraded during the last decades of the 20th century, and that around 35 % of mangrove areas were lost over the same period;

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3b. Highlights that there is a direct link between biodiversity loss, deforestation, destruction of habitats and risk of zoonotic diseases or pandemics;

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3b. Recalls that nature's contributions to people are deteriorating worldwide;

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Amendment 226

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Alexander Bernhuber, Jessica Polfjärd, Christophe Hansen, Agnès Evren, Marlene Mortler, Christine Schneider, Edina Tóth, Dolors Montserrat



3b. Calls on the Commission to carry out holistic and cumulative impact assessments of the implementation of the strategy’s measures and targets on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture and forestry in and outside of the EU, and on food security and prices;

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Amendment 227Alexander Bernhuber



3c. Recalls the One Health principle, which reflects the fact that the health of people, animals and the environment are interconnected and that diseases may be transmitted from people to animals and vice versa; stresses, therefore, that diseases have to be tackled in both people and animals, while also taking into special consideration the food chain and the environment as well as illegal wildlife trade, which can be another source of resistant microorganisms; underlines the important role of the Commission in coordinating and supporting the One Health approach to human and animal health and the environment in the EU;

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3c. Stresses that biodiversity and nature should not be merely considered as 'natural capital' or considered only in relation to their use or value to humans, but should instead be recognised as a common heritage of all on this planet of incalculable value; calls for an approach to biodiversity and nature that protects and restores it also for its intrinsic value in and of itself; rejects any attempt to monetise nature or calculate its value; believes any such attempt is only detrimental to nature;

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3c. Highlights that conservation of protected areas and measures that reduce unsustainable exploitation of high biodiversity regions will reduce the wildlife-livestock-human contact interface and help prevent the spill over of novel pathogens;

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3c. Points out the need to develop a coherent approach to bring together biodiversity protection and climate protection in a thriving forest-based sector and bio-economy;

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Protection and restoration Protection and restoration in the light of the threats to all ecosystems

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Protection and restoration Protection, restoration and sustainable management

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Amendment 233Alexander Bernhuber, Christine Schneider, Marlene Mortler, Dolors Montserrat



4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented;

4. Notes the targets of protecting a maximum of 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas; believes that these targets should be set at Union level and should be achieved through a bottom-up approach through Member States’ designations while taking into account the different characteristics of each Member State such as size, share of natural areas and sustainable forest management as well as the national and local circumstances, voluntary approaches and internationally recognised definitions to ensure consistency of collected data; notes the target of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary forests and other carbon-rich ecosystems and extensive agricultural land; while the references to strictly protected areas and primary forests require further clarification regarding their definitions; stresses that these should implemented at Member States’ level in accordance with science-based and site-specific criteria as well as biodiversity and climate needs; expresses strong support for these targets to be part of a clear international framework to ensure a level playing field; highlights the need of additional financial support for land owners of protected areas; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented and proper compensation for impacted stakeholders provided;

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Amendment 234Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Jan Huitema, Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Andreas Glück, Asger Christensen, Norbert Lins




4. Takes note of the proposed targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary forests based on internationally recognised definitions; stresses that before proposing relevant legislation, targets should be based on a holistic evaluation of the effectiveness of current protected areas and implemented Union-wide in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation and management plans implemented; insists that those activities that are compatible with protection goals or even positively contribute to biodiversity protection must remain admissible in areas under strict protection; notes with concern that the Commission considers extractive activities such as fishing, hunting or forestry incompatible with strict protection, as expressed in a draft technical note on criteria and guidance for protected areas designations; echoes paragraph 10 of the Council Conclusions of 16 October 2020 on Biodiversity which highlights that stricter level of protection may allow for certain human activities, which are in line with the conservation objectives of the protected area;

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Amendment 235

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Ville Niinistö




4. Expresses strong support for the targets of effectively protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, including through fish recovery areas, as provided for under the Common Fisheries Policy, covering a sufficiently diverse range of habitats and ecosystems such as forests, wetlands, peatlands, grasslands and coastal ecosystems, and strictly protecting at least 10 % of the Union's marine and terrestrial areas, including all remaining primary and old-growth forests, and other carbon rich ecosystems such as sea grass meadows; stresses that these targets should be binding and implemented by Member States at national level in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs and should create an ecologically coherent and representative network of protected areas; stresses that in line with international standards set out by the IUCN, all industrial and extractive activities (including inter-alia mining, industrial fishing and destructive fishing techniques, oil and gas extraction) and infrastructure development should be prohibited in protected areas; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured through the implementation of clear and effective conservation plans;

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4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of the Union's marine and terrestrial areas, including all remaining primary and old-growth forests, seagrass meadows and other carbon rich ecosystems, including coastal and marine ones; calls on the Commission to present a definition for strict protection, guided by the IUCN definition of protected areas and for such a definition to prohibit industrial and extractive activities in protected areas; stresses that the network of protected areas must be ecologically coherent and represent the full range of biodiversity in EU terrestrial and marine areas; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States at national level, without effort-sharing in the implementation and in a timely manner in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas must be ensured through implementing fully financed, clear and effective conservation and management plans; calls for more ambitious targets to be set for the medium-long term, ensuring that 50% of marine and terrestrial areas are protected;

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4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, including primary and old-growth forests, carbon rich ecosystems including coastal and marine ones; stresses that in line with international standards all industrial and extractive activities should be prohibited in protected areas; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; calls for more ambitious targets to be set in the medium-long term to ensure that at least 50% of marine and terrestrial areas are protected and to ensure that non-protected areas are ecologically managed, underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured, protected areas should be ecologically connected and clear conservation plans implemented;

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4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; underlines that in addition to increasing protected

4. Expresses strong support for the implementation targets of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and for stricter protection of the areas recognised by Member States as more fragile and at risk, including primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should be based on scientifically detectable data, proportionate, balanced and implemented by Member States in accordance with

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areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented;

science-based criteria and specific biodiversity needs, in line with the principle of subsidiarity and taking into account the various sustainable economic activities compatible with existing protected areas; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented, involving proper management that intelligently combines conservation targets with sustainable use and promotion of the corresponding environmental and economic benefits;

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Amendment 239Norbert Lins, Christine Schneider, Ulrike Müller, Christian Doleschal, Stefan Berger, Marlene Mortler, Jens Gieseke, Alexander Bernhuber




4. Takes note of the proposed targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests; highlights that sustainable agriculture and forestry practices do not contradict the objectives of strict protection, : stresses that before any targets are proposed, an impact assessment should be conducted, the targets should be science based and also take into account aspects like food security, generational renewal and access to land for young farmers as well as the benefits of sustainable management for biodiversity and carbon sequestration; underlines that the 10% should not mean non-intervention management as this is contradictory to biodiversity; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should

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be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented;

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4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented; emphasises that the protection and restoration of rural areas and the protection of wild animal species must be consistent with local economic development, providing for sustainable management policies based on containment and careful monitoring of the spread of wildlife in the areas concerned;

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4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30% of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10% of these areas, including in priority remaining primary and old-growth forests and other ecosystems with high potential to store carbon; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by each Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs, create a network of protected areas and be in line with the IUCN definition of protected areas; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured through effective monitoring and adaptive management and the implementation of clear conservation plans implemented;

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Amendment 242Pernille Weiss




4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should be implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs after agreeing on definitions of central concepts such as “protected” and “strictly protected” in consultation with relevant stakeholders and Member States.; emphasizes the importance of location-specific conservation objectives and measures as basis for the future management; underlines that in addition to increasing

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protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented;

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Amendment 243Hermann Tertsch




4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should be binding, accompanied by voluntary measures and incentives, and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented so that the protection of biodiversity can be combined with productive activities that are beneficial for the environment, such as agricultural, livestock and forestry activities;

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targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented;

targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, including primary and old-growth forests, seagrass meadows and other carbon rich ecosystems; stresses that according to international standards by the IUCN all environmentally damaging industrial activities should be prohibited in protected areas; stresses that these targets should be binding and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented;

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Amendment 245Nils Torvalds, Irena Joveva, Andreas Glück, Ulrike Müller




4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, stresses that the targets should be implemented by Member States, taking into account the national circumstances and internationally recognised definitions of the forest in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented; considers that measures already taken in Member States should be fully acknowledged in the implementation of the Biodiversity Strategy; stresses the need to respect and

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support the rights of landowners;

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4. Notes the targets of protecting 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should be based on scientific, proportional and calibrated data and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and local biodiversity needs and with the principle of subsidiarity, also taking into account the different types of agriculture that characterise the protected areas; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented to allow the continuation of economic activities;

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4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth

4. Notes the targets of protecting 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should be based

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forests; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented;

on scientific, proportional and calibrated data and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and local biodiversity needs and with the principle of subsidiarity, also taking into account the different types of agriculture that characterise the protected areas; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented to allow the continuation of economic activities;

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Amendment 248Christine Schneider, Christian Doleschal, Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Marlene Mortler




4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs taking into account the national and local circumstances, voluntary approaches, and internationally recognized definitions to ensure consistency of collected data; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented; calls for appropriate compensation in case of management;

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4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests; proposes the implementation of commitments by Member States to achieve these targets in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented, respecting the will of the EU Member States, as they alone will be able to take realistic and appropriate measures to protect nature and biodiversity in their national territory;

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Amendment 250Jytte Guteland, Günther Sidl





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areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented;

areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented; emphasises the need for ambitious targets and appropriate monitoring and evaluation mechanisms; further emphasises the importance of connectivity between protected areas;

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4. Notes the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas; stresses that these targets must be preceded by the establishment of clear criteria and definitions and implemented in accordance with science-based criteria;

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4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of

4. Notes the target of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas; stresses that impact

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strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented;

assessments should evaluate the effects of increasing the protected areas, including losses; stresses that this target should be implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs, socio-economic aspects, and respect for the property rights of farmland and forest owners; underlines that, in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation and management plans implemented, together with adequate compensation for the effects suffered by stakeholders;

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4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests and other carbon-rich ecosystems; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria that are specific to each site and biodiversity needs at local and regional level, as well as climate needs; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans, specific to each site, implemented;

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4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented; emphasises that primary forests are irreplaceable and the loss of primary forests cannot be compensated by a new forest-based approach;

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4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should

4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of the Union's marine and terrestrial areas, including all primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; underlines that in addition to increasing protected

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be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented;

areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured through the implementation of clear conservation plans, proper management, monitoring, controls and legal enforcement of relevant legislation;

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Amendment 256María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Catherine Chabaud, Susana Solís Pérez, Martin Hojsík, Billy Kelleher, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Frédérique Ries




4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States, in cooperation with their local and regional authorities, in accordance with the whole-of-government approach, science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality and effective management of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented and monitored;

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4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas which are the most vulnerable to climate change, focussing on carbon-rich ecosystems, such as primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity and climate targets for each area; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the aim of the protection should be well-defined and realistic and clear conservation plans implemented;

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4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented, as well as the proper management of these areas thanks to better human and financial resources;

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Amendment 259Esther de Lange, Jan Huitema




4. Expresses support for an EU-wide target of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and natural areas, on the basis of a favourable impact assessment which also assesses the need of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should be in accordance with science-based criteria which take into account biodiversity needs as well as cultural and socioeconomic aspects; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented;

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4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans

4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, with a priority for primary and old-growth forests, and other carbon-rich ecosystems; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based and site-specific criteria as well as biodiversity needs; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the

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implemented; quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear site-specific conservation plans implemented;

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4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented in order to stop the extinction of animal, bird and plant species;

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Amendment 262Christian Doleschal



4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth

4. Affirms support for the targets of protecting at least 30% of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10% of these areas, including primary and old growth forests;

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forests; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented;

stresses that a thorough impact assessment should take place before these targets are implemented by Member States following science-based criteria, biodiversity needs and food security aspects; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear practicable conservation plans implemented;

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4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; underlines that in addition to increasing the number and size of protected areas, representativeness, good management and the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented;

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4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30% of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10% of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; stresses that, in addition to increasing the number of protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented;

4. Expresses support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests, if ecologically, socially and economically possible; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; stresses that, in addition to increasing the number of protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented;

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4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans, with effective surveillance and monitoring, introduced.

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Amendment 266

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4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should fully reflect national and local circumstances and be implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented;

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4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, their quality and connectivity of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented;

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4a. Underlines that a majority of terrestrial biodiversity is in forested areas and that the conservation status of forest habitats and species covered by EU nature legislation shows no significant signs of improvement; stresses that 80 % of the forests in the EU with protected status are in an unfavourable or bad conservation state; recognises that protection of part of the forests will not alone halt the decline of forest biodiversity and that therefore it is necessary to also move towards more biodiversity inclusive management practises in managed forests such as proforestation and increasing the diversity of tree species and that practises such as clearcutting, must be phased out; calls for regular monitoring of the real impact of forestry on forest habitats and species across Europe; calls on a European Commission definition of sustainable and biodiversity inclusive forest management to protect and restore biodiversity in managed forests;

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Amendment 269Michal Wiezik, Radan Kanev, Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Martin Hojsík, Ville Niinistö



4a. Underlines that a high fraction (54%) of mapped primary forests is not

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under strict protection currently and that timber harvesting or salvage logging may jeopardise the untouched nature of these forests; recalls that wide patches of primary forest are being currently logged in many mountain areas, for instance in Romania and Slovakia or in several Balkan countries1a; considers ensuring strict protection of the remaining primary and old-growth forests most urgent and calls on the Commission and Member States to harmonise existing data and fill in the gaps regarding the location of these forests, and to create a database of all potential sites fulfilling the quality of old-growth and primary forests retroactively in the year 2020 with a temporary moratorium on logging of all the respective sites to prevent their purposeful destruction and to legally ensure the non-intervention status of the confirmed ones without delay;_________________1a Sabatini FM, Burrascano S, Keeton WS, et al. Where are Europe’s last primary forests? Divers Distrib. 2018;24:1426–1439. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12778

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Amendment 270Alexander Bernhuber, Jessica Polfjärd, Christophe Hansen, Agnès Evren, Marlene Mortler, Christine Schneider, Edina Tóth, Dolors Montserrat



4a. Underlines that for the successful conservation of protected areas, including strictly protected areas, decision-making at the site level together with the Member States should be promoted, taking into account regional characteristics within

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the EU and the international obligations resulting from the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework to be agreed at the upcoming 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity;

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Amendment 271Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Jan Huitema, Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Andreas Glück, Asger Christensen, Norbert Lins



4a. Highlights that an effective implementation of the strategy depends on its acceptance in rural communities which are often economically and socially dependant on land- and forest-use; underlines in this regard the need to take into account economic and social aspects along with the environmental pillars of sustainability in a balanced way and to include local stakeholders in the process of protected area designation;

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4a. Emphasises that successful conservation of protected areas, including strictly protected areas, requires decision-making at the level of, and based on the

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needs of, the individual sites, taking into account the regional, socio-economic and cultural characteristics of the areas within the EU, with a view to promoting community-based conservation;

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Amendment 273Marlene Mortler



4a. Emphasises the importance of sustainable fish production and fisheries for the preservation of natural habitats for many endangered species; acknowledges the management tasks and ecosystem services which are fulfilled through these activities; recognises that these habitats can only be maintained by active, close-to-nature cultivation;

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4a. Emphasises that the protection and restoration of rural areas and the protection of wild animal species must be consistent with local economic development, providing for sustainable management policies based on containment and careful monitoring of the spread of wildlife in the areas concerned;

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4a. Stresses that this network of protected areas should be based on the Natura 2000 network and may be complemented by additional designations by Member States, where existing national categories of protected areas and certain other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs, as defined by the CBD) should be recognised;

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Amendment 276Alexandr Vondra, Hermann Tertsch, Pietro Fiocchi, Anna Zalewska, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Andrey Slabakov, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Rob Rooken



4a. Highlights that the criteria and definitions for strictly protected areas should recognise that each Member State has different local and regional characteristics, and that decision-making should be in accordance with the site-specific conservation objectives of each protected area;

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4a. Urges the Commission to consider the threats that legal wildlife trade poses to biodiversity, human and animal health and welfare, within the framework of the evaluation of the EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking and the planned related initiatives;

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4a. Welcomes the ongoing participatory processes of defining, mapping and monitoring primary and old-growth forests, aiming to ensure their conservation; believes that these efforts and the implementation of the Strategy should take into account national conditions;

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Amendment 279Ondřej Knotek, Asger Christensen


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4a. Stresses that a clear definition of strict protection needs to be established in agreement between Member States and the Commission leaving Member States enough flexibility to take into account specificities of their natural conditions and national legislations

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4a. Points out that the European Union already has the largest coordinated network of protected areas in the world; calls for an in-depth evaluation of the effectiveness of current protected terrestrial areas to be carried out before extending the boundaries of those areas;

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4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the network of Marine protected areas through enhanced management, stronger spatial planning, evaluations and enforcement in order to increase ecological coherence

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and connectivity of marine protected areas;

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4a. Stresses that, instead of area-related targets, Member States should establish and monitor the fulfilment of qualitative criteria in protected areas, so that the end results are as good as possible from a qualitative point of view, i.e. in terms of biodiversity;

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4a. Recognises the positive impact of sustainable forest management has on European forest biodiversity; notes that forest protection and production are not in contradiction, but rather complementary goals and can be coupled;

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Amendment 284Tudor Ciuhodaru

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4a. Considers that it is necessary to organise a Europe-wide awareness campaign on protecting biodiversity and extending protected areas, targeting different age categories, and young people in particular;

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4a. Stresses the need for the strategy to observe the principle of subsidiarity as well as to recognise the EU’s competences in the area of protection of the environment, including forests;

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4a. Welcomes the emphasis on setting up ecological corridors to prevent genetic isolations, allow for species migration, and maintain and enhance healthy

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ecosystems;

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4a. Stresses the importance of European cross-border biodiversity projects such as REDVERT (the Green and Blue Network of the Basque Eurocity);

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Amendment 288Christine Schneider, Christian Doleschal, Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Hildegard Bentele, Marlene Mortler



4a. Stresses the importance of healthy and resilient forest ecosystems, which fulfil multiple functions, and of the protection of remaining primary forests;

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4a. Insists that hunting should be prohibited in marine and terrestrial protected areas

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4a. Further believes that the 10 % of land should be set aside for wilderness and non-intervention management;

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Amendment 291Alexander Bernhuber, Jessica Polfjärd, Christophe Hansen, Christine Schneider, Marlene Mortler, Edina Tóth



4a. Expresses its concern about a possible common EU-level definition on old-growth forests;

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4a. Calls for specific measures to address biodiversity loss outside protected nature areas;

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Amendment 293Ville Niinistö, Michal Wiezik



4b. Stresses that for forest restoration, pro-forestation (allowing natural forests to grow older and larger, and re-naturalising plantation forests), as recognised by the European Parliament report on the EU’s role to protect and restore the world’s forests, is the quickest way to recover biodiversity, resilience, ecosystem integrity and stability, long-lived carbon stocks in forests; underlines that reforestation can play a role, but must focus on re-establishing natural forests; highlights that afforestation (planting forests in non-forest biomes), should only be contemplated if needed to improve ecological connectivity between protected areas and to improve landscape scale resilience, whilst promoting planting of mixed native species as opposed to monoculture plantations; underlines that to incentivise forest restoration, new mechanisms for payment for ecosystem services must be developed, which can help add value to nature conservation protection;

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4b. Emphasises that it is important for the EU and the global biodiversity strategies to have the same level of ambition, particularly with regard to the level of protection; emphasises that the updated zero draft of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, which takes into account the results of the second meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, does not include a reference to strict protection; calls, therefore, on the Commission to ensure that any soil protection targets are sufficiently flexible to allow their implementation to take account of the specific conditions and opportunities in each country and the rights of land and forest owners, with strict protection being a voluntary option for land and forest owners;

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4b. Deplores the content of the Commission's 'Draft technical note on criteria and guidance for protected areas designations"; regrets that fishing and hunting activities, are not compatible with the targets of the EU Biodiversity Strategy; believes that the

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recommendation for the Member States to exclude hunting and fishing activities is a disproportionate act and should be revised; calls on the Commission, together with the Member States, to revise its recommendations for the ‘Criteria for the identification of areas under strict protection’;

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4b. Stresses that restoration efforts should to a maximum possible extent support natural regeneration; emphasises that for forest ecosystems this means respecting early seral stages, including those produced by natural disasters, as these, together with late seral stages are characterised by the highest levels of biodiversity, which correlates with a high amount of dead wood as crucial habitat and substrate for number of specialised species;

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4b. Underlines that for a successful

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conservation of protected areas, including strictly protected areas, decision-making at the site level should be promoted to ensure community conservation can be incentivised, while taking into account the international obligations from the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework at the upcoming 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity;

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4b. Recalls the European Parliament Resolution of 15 November 2017 on an Action Plan for nature, people and the economy and reiterates its call to the Commission to fully implement the Habitats Directive by developing an assessment procedure to enable the protection status of species in particular regions to be amended as soon as the desired conservation status is reached;

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territory is home to an extremely rich wildlife ecosystem of flora and fauna, which are already subject to many cumulative pressures such as marine pollution, climate change, increasing ocean temperatures: calls therefore on the establishment of marine protected areas in the Southern (Antarctic) Ocean;

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4b. Calls on the Commission to address threats to biodiversity posed by the legal wildlife trade through the adoption of new, preventive legislation to better regulate this trade according to strict and precautionary criteria, with the “do no harm” principle at its very core;

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4b. Calls on the Commission to update the Adaptive management guidance in Natura 2000, which involves the consideration of potential regional impacts of climate change on species and ecosystems and the design of management

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actions that take those impacts into account;

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4b. Highlights that the stricter level of protection may allow for certain human activities, which are compatible with the conservation and management objectives of the protected area, such as photo tourism, bird watching, sustainable hunting and recreational fishing;

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4b. Emphasises the importance, across the whole European territory, of different networks of environmental corridors with a green component (natural spaces, permanent plant cover) and blue component (water courses, canals, wetlands);

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Amendment 304Christine Schneider, Christian Doleschal, Jessica Polfjärd, Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins,

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Petri Sarvamaa, Hildegard Bentele, Marlene Mortler



4b. Stresses that the promotion of sustainable forest management in the EU has had a positive impact on forests and forest conditions and on livelihoods in rural areas, as well as on the biodiversity of forests in the EU;

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Amendment 305Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Andreas Glück, Martin Hojsík, Asger Christensen, Norbert Lins



4b. Stresses that where conservation measures restrict the use of privately owned land or negatively affect its value, adequate compensation should be granted to the owner;

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4b. Emphasises that any forthcoming initiatives must respect fundamental legal principles such as land and forest ownership rights;

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4b. Underscores the Overseas Countries' and Territories' need to have equal or equivalent rules;

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Amendment 308Ville Niinistö, Jutta Paulus



4c. Stresses that according to the latest data from the reporting period 2013-2018 of the Habitats Directive, only 10,71 % of the EU´s bogs, mires and fens are in a good shape, the rest is either in a bad (51,79 %) or poor (35,71 %) shape; highlights that the EU is the second largest emitter of greenhouse gases (GHG) from drained peatlands globally, corresponding to around 5% of the official EU greenhouse gas emissions total per year; highlights the urgent need to phase out the use of peat in horticulture (vegetable gardening, plant breeding, professional as well as con-professional use) and in combustion for energy generation or heating; calls for an EU wide ban on peat extraction as soon as possible, excluding peat extraction for

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certain limited use such as medical or scientific purposes; considers that restoration of peatlands is a cost-effective approach to biodiversity restoration as well as climate change mitigation and adaption and, highlights the importance of ecosystem-based solutions; calls for a European Wetland and Peatland Strategy which should provide a basis for coherent peat- and wetland management and policymaking.

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4c. Strongly supports ‘strictly protected areas’ that, in a controlled manner, allow activities such as fishing, hunting, and tourism; is of the opinion that human beings and nature are inseparable and should be considered as allied in preserving fauna and flora in order to deliver the targets of the EU Biodiversity Strategy in 2030; underlines that especially families’ access to the nature is the very foundation to teach children about the nature and the importance of biodiversity; reminds the Commission that nature-related activities in forests and coastal areas are central elements in our shared cultural heritage and thus our ‘European Way of Life’;

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Amendment 310Alexander Bernhuber, Christophe Hansen, Agnès Evren, Marlene Mortler, Christine Schneider, Edina Tóth, Dolors Montserrat

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4c. Notes that urban areas accounted for 22.5%of the EU’s total land area in 2014, of which cities represented 4%1a and suburbs and towns 13%, together covering one sixth of the land area, and are expected to grow; calls for a proportional share of at least one sixth of protected areas to be realised in urban areas, as this is not only crucial to contribute to the overall protection targets, but also for improving air quality, providing opportunities for recreation, and increasing overall well-being;_________________1a OECD: https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=BUILT_UP and Eurostat: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Territorial_typologies_manual_-_degree_of_urbanisation

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4c. Underlines that in order achieve the objective of halting and reversing the loss of Europe's biodiversity the remaining 70% of Union marine and terrestrial area not protected will also need contribute by being ecologically managed; recalls that restoring nature

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and ecosystems in protected areas cannot make up for continued destruction and degradation of ecosystems elsewhere; calls for the 'do no harm' as well as the precautionary principle to be fully integrated throughout EU policies;

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4c. Recalls its resolution of 15 November 2017 on an Action Plan for nature, people, and the economy1a and reiterates its call on the Commission to develop an assessment procedure to enable the protection status of species in particular regions to be amended as soon as the desired conservation status is reached;_________________1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0441

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4c. Stresses the important role of the EU in the Danube Convention; highlights the value of the Carpathian region in

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terms of biodiversity and notes that the EU accession to the Carpathian Convention would be of relevance to support the policy development and planning of the region which holds irreplaceable natural values in continental Europe;

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4c. Recognises that long-term public and private investments in a reinforced sustainable forest management which places equal focus on the social, environmental and economic benefits of forests can help ensure forests´ resilience and adaptive capacity, as well as achieving the transition to a circular bio-economy and the promotion of biodiversity;

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4c. Stresses that according to the EEA report, existing management effectiveness standards are insufficiently known and

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understood among practitioners; therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States for more targeted capacity building and better EU guidance on management effectiveness;

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4c. Stresses the need to clarify the definitions of the different elements of the strategy in consultation with Member States and stakeholders, in particular in the areas of agriculture, fisheries and forestry;

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4c. Emphasises that many Member States have a long history of sustainable human activities in protected areas; is of the opinion that new targets for designated protected areas should reflect this fact;

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Amendment 318

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Catherine Chabaud, Frédérique Ries, Martin Hojsík, Pascal Canfin, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos



4c. Welcomes national and transnational projects of restoration of primary forests and calls on the commission to support such projects;

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4d. Strongly deplores that the Commission's draft technical note on criteria and guidance for protected areas designations defines fishing and hunting activities as ‘extractive activities’ similarly to mining activities; believes that mining activities and fishing and hunting activities cannot be compared;

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Amendment 320Michal Wiezik



4d. Stresses the crucial role of functional protected areas in maintaining, protecting and restoring biodiversity, and

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especially so in non-intervention zones and of promoting traditional excessive management of grasslands and wood pastures;

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4d. Notes with concern the current direction of processes in the Commission to define strictly protected areas; in particular, opposes the draft proposal to define fishing and hunting activities as 'extractive activities';

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Amendment 322Alexander Bernhuber, Christophe Hansen, Agnès Evren, Marlene Mortler, Christine Schneider, Dolors Montserrat



4d. Calls on the Commission to set targets for using renaturation in urban areas as an opportunity;

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4e. Underlines that awareness of the values of a diverse nature, recreational access and the use of nature are important prerequisites for public support and assistance to the promotion and success of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030; considers that recreational activities such as training, hiking, fauna watching, sustainable collection of food items, sustainable recreational fishing and hunting should be supported, also in future strictly protected areas, in a controlled manner, as part of the implementation of the strategy;

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4e. Is of the opinion that recreational activities such as hiking and sustainable recreational fishing and hunting are compatible with the protection and conservation of the environment, even in strictly protected areas; emphasises that public access to and interest in Europe's nature is an important part of a successful implementation of the Union's environmental and biodiversity objectives;

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Amendment 325Alexander Bernhuber, Christophe Hansen, Christine Schneider, Marlene Mortler, Edina Tóth, Dolors Montserrat

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4e. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, to clarify and harmonise the definitions and terminology, concepts and statistics in use (e.g. intact forests) and to ensure the coherence of the policies and measures adopted;

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4f. Emphasises that it is important that the EU and global biodiversity strategies have the same level of ambition, especially when it comes to the level of protection; underlines that the updated zero draft of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, which takes into account the outcomes of the second meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, doesn’t include a reference to strict protection; therefore, calls the Commission to ensure that any land protection target is flexible enough to allow implementation to take into account the precise conditions and opportunities of each country and rights of land and forest owners, with strict protection being a voluntary option for land and forest owners;

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4g. Emphasises the importance of peatlands, which are the largest (fossil) carbon reservoirs on earth, although they occupy only 3% of the land surface; calls for species' protection and climate reasons, that the protection of peatlands and wetland habitats should be given a particularly high priority;

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5. Welcomes the upcoming legislative proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan and reiterates its call for a restoration target of at least 30 % of the EU’s land and seas, which should be implemented by each Member State consistently throughout their territory; considers that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem-specific targets should be set, with a particular emphasis on ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be allowed;

5. Strongly welcomes the commitment for a legislative proposal on legally binding restoration targets that should be additional to the EU’s existing legislation, with targets that are effective and quickly enforceable through the adoption of a European restoration law; reiterates its call for a legally binding restoration target of at least 30 % of the EU’s land and seas as well as a separate forest restoration target to increase and restore connectivity between blocks of older and aging forests and to integrate climate and biodiversity action, which should be implemented by each Member State consistently throughout their territory; considers that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem-specific targets should be set, with a

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particular emphasis on ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and ecosystem-based solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation; calls on the Commission to consider the potential role of re-wilding and stresses that after the restoration of habitats to high quality and resilient nature, no ecosystem degradation should be allowed;

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5. Welcomes the upcoming proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan and reiterates its call for a restoration target of at least 30 % of the land and seas, which should be implemented by each Member State consistently throughout all of their territory and based on thorough and convincing impact assessments; considers that in addition to an overall target for restoration, ecosystem-specific opportunities should be considered, with a particular emphasis on ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be allowed; stresses the need to prioritise positive incentives and the voluntary participatory bottom-up process with a view to increasing acceptance, motivation and commitment to protecting and restoring biodiversity; calls, therefore, for a very careful approach to any new legally binding instruments;

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5. Strongly welcomes the upcoming legislative proposal for a legally binding Nature Restoration Plan and reiterates its call for a large-scale restoration target of at least 30 % of the EU’s land and seas, setting them on a clear path to restoration by 2030 through enforceable and effective targets, which should be implemented by each Member State consistently throughout their territory; highlights that new nature restoration legislation must be supplementary and additional to the existing EU legislation, notably the EU Birds and Habitats Directives, Water Framework Directive and Marine Strategy Framework Directive; considers that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem-specific targets should be set within each Member State, with a particular emphasis on ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and nature-based solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be allowed;

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5. Welcomes the upcoming proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan and reiterates its call for an EU-wide restoration target of degraded ecosystems, while taking into account the different characteristics of each Member State, such as its size and the percentage of its territory comprising natural areas, which should be implemented by each Member State consistently throughout their territory; considers that in addition to an overall restoration objective, other carbon-rich ecosystem specific opportunities for restauration could be considered, with a particular emphasis on ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses the need to prioritise positive incentives and voluntary bottom-up participatory process in order to increase the acceptance, motivation and commitment to biodiversity protection and restoration, and thus, calls for a careful approach towards any new legally binding instruments;

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Amendment 332Nils Torvalds, Andreas Glück



5. Welcomes the upcoming legislative proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan and reiterates its call for a restoration target of at least 30 % of the EU’s land and seas, which should be implemented by each Member State consistently throughout their territory; considers that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem-specific

5. Welcomes the upcoming legislative proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan, which should be implemented by each Member State throughout their territory;

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targets should be set, with a particular emphasis on ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be allowed;

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5. Welcomes the upcoming legislative proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan and reiterates its call for a restoration target of 30 % of the EU’s land and seas, which should be implemented by each Member State consistently throughout their territory; considers that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem-specific targets should be set, with a particular emphasis on ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be allowed; strongly believes that innovation is a key part of the solution to tackle the decline in biodiversity; calls for an enabling regulatory environment and incentives to facilitate market access and uptake of innovative technologies;

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5. Welcomes the upcoming legislative proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan and reiterates its call for a restoration target of at least 30 % of the EU’s land and seas, which should be implemented by each Member State consistently throughout their territory inside and outside of the already protected areas; considers that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem-specific targets should be set, with a particular emphasis on ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and climate change mitigation and adaptation to prevent and reduce the impact of natural disasters; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be allowed; believes that progress in this regard must be assessed regularly at both Member States’ and EU level;

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5. Welcomes the upcoming legislative proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan and reiterates its call for a restoration target of at least 30 % of the EU’s land and seas, which should be implemented by each Member State consistently throughout their territory; considers that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem-specific targets should be set, with a particular emphasis on ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration

5. Welcomes the upcoming legislative proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan and reiterates its call for a restoration target of at least 30 % of the EU’s land and seas, which should be implemented by each Member State consistently throughout their territory; considers that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem-specific targets should be set, with a particular emphasis on carbon-rich ecosystems and biodiversity targets should

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and climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be allowed;

be set accounting for already established shifts in ecosystems due to for example climate change and anthropogenic effects; stresses that recognising climate change impacts is paramount for setting targets to ensure appropriate and realistic biodiversity targets in the long run and ensure no further ecosystem degradation;

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5. Welcomes the upcoming proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan, which should be based on scientific assessments; considers that in addition to an overall restoration target, targets should be set for ecosystems, with a particular emphasis on ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be allowed;

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5. Welcomes the upcoming proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan, which should be based on scientific assessments; considers that in addition to an overall restoration target, targets should be set for ecosystems, with a particular emphasis on ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be allowed;

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5. Welcomes the upcoming proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan, which should be based on scientific assessments; considers that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem-specific targets should be set, with a particular emphasis on ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be allowed;

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Amendment 339Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Jan Huitema, Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Norbert Lins




5. Takes note of the upcoming legislative proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan for a restoration target of at least 30 % of the EU’s land and seas, which should be implemented Union-wide; considers that particular emphasis should be put on the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be allowed;

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5. Welcomes the upcoming legislative proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan and reiterates its call for a restoration target of at least 30 % of the EU’s land and seas, which should be implemented by each Member State consistently throughout their territory; considers that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem-specific targets should be set, with a particular emphasis on ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses that after restoration,

5. Strongly welcomes the upcoming legislative proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan and reiterates its call for a restoration target of at least 30 % of the EU’s land and seas, which should be implemented by each Member State consistently throughout their territory; considers that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem-specific targets should be set, with a particular emphasis on implementing nature-based solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation including restoring

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no ecosystem degradation should be allowed;

habitats that can capture and store carbon and restoring coastal ecosystems to reduce the impact of natural disasters; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be allowed;

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5. Welcomes the upcoming legislative proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan and reiterates its call for a restoration target of at least 30 % of the EU’s land and seas, which should be implemented by each Member State consistently throughout their territory, and through transnational cooperation where protected areas straddle the territories of several countries; considers that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem-specific targets should be set, with a particular emphasis on ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be allowed;

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5. Welcomes the upcoming legislative proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan and reiterates its call for a restoration target of at least 30 % of the EU’s land and seas, which should be implemented by each Member State consistently throughout their territory in line with site-specific conservation objectives; considers that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem-specific targets should be set, with a particular emphasis on old-growth forest and other carbon-rich ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be allowed;

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5. Welcomes the upcoming legislative proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan and notes its call for a restoration target of at least 30 % of the EU’s land and seas, which should be implemented by each Member State consistently throughout their territory taking into account different ownership and land-uses systems; considers that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem-specific targets could be considered, with a particular emphasis on ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be allowed;

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5. Welcomes the upcoming legislative proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan and reiterates its call for a restoration target of at least 30 % of the EU’s land and seas, which should be implemented by each Member State consistently throughout their territory; considers that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem-specific targets should be set, with a particular emphasis on ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and climate change mitigation and adaptation to prevent and reduce the impact of natural disasters; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be allowed;

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5. Welcomes the upcoming legislative proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan and reiterates its call for a restoration target of at least 30 % of the EU’s land and seas, which should be implemented by each Member State consistently throughout their territory; considers that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem-

5. Welcomes the upcoming legislative proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan and reiterates its call for a restoration target of at least 30 % of the EU’s land and seas, which should be implemented by each Member State consistently throughout their territory; considers that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem-

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specific targets should be set, with a particular emphasis on ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be allowed;

specific targets should be set, with a particular emphasis on ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and climate change mitigation and adaptation through the use of nature-based solutions; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be allowed;

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5. Strongly welcomes the upcoming legislative proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan and reiterates its call for a restoration target of at least 30 % of the EU’s land and seas, which should be implemented by each Member State consistently throughout their territory; considers that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem-specific targets should be set, with a particular emphasis on ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and nature-based solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be allowed;

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Amendment 347César Luena


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5. Welcomes the upcoming legislative proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan and reiterates its call for a restoration target of at least 30 % of the EU’s land and seas, which should be implemented by each Member State consistently throughout their territory on the basis of biodiversity needs; considers that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem-specific targets should be set, with a particular emphasis on ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be allowed;

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5. Takes a neutral view of the upcoming legislative proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan and reiterates its call for a general restoration target of at least 30 % of the EU’s land and seas, taking into account the three pillars of sustainability, the special conditions in the Member States and their sovereign competence in the matter of forestry policy; considers that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem-specific targets should be set, with a particular emphasis on ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be

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allowed;

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5. Welcomes the upcoming legislative proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan and reiterates its call for a restoration target of at least 30 % of the EU’s land and seas, which should be implemented by each Member State consistently throughout their territory; considers that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem-specific targets should be set, with a particular emphasis on promoting natural processes for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be allowed;

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5. Welcomes the upcoming legislative proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan and reiterates its call for a restoration target of at least 30 % of the EU’s land and seas, which should be implemented by each Member State consistently throughout their territory; considers that in addition to

5. Welcomes the upcoming legislative proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan and reiterates its call for a legally-binding restoration target of at least 30 % of the EU’s land and seas, which should be implemented by each Member State consistently throughout their territory;

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an overall restoration target, ecosystem-specific targets should be set, with a particular emphasis on ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be allowed;

considers that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem-specific targets should be set, with a particular emphasis on ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be allowed;

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5. Welcomes the upcoming legislative proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan, subject to an impact assessment leading to a favourable conservation status or at least a positive trend of 30% for natural habitats and species; considers that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem-specific objectives may be set, with a particular emphasis on ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be allowed;

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5a. Stresses that, according to a study published in Global Change Biology, 1 200 ‘green infrastructure projects’ have been built in sensitive or protected areas of Western Europe and they have a direct impact on flora and fauna and on protected ecosystems as a whole; emphasises that, in addition to the installation of an exponential number of infrastructure projects such as wind turbines in sensitive or protected areas, the unbridled race to establish infrastructure for these installations must be halted as it is directly or indirectly affecting these protected areas, creating irreversible imbalances; believes that an impact study must be carried out for any new facilities in sensitive or protected areas from the moment they are installed, taking into consideration harm occurring throughout their entire life cycle from pre-project stage through to end-of-life destruction and the return to environmental standards in the area;

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Amendment 353Michal Wiezik, Radan Kanev, Sirpa Pietikäinen



5a. Welcomes the restoration target of 25 000 km of free-flowing rivers through the removal of barriers and the restoration of floodplains; underlines that the work and planning should be coordinated at the river basin level for a multiplier and highest possible effect and to prevent dead ends; notes that while on the longest European river the Danube there is openness to refurbish both a stage around Iron Gate and barriers in Austria, Slovakia has so far not made any

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indication to eliminate the barrier caused by Gabčíkovo power plant; stresses that in case of non-action, the effect of restoration will be limited and any action on Austrian side would, e.g. regarding sturgeons, be rendered meaningless;

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5a. Notes that, as stated in the state of nature in the European Union Report on the status and trends in 2013 -2018 of species and habitat types protected by the Birds and Habitats Directives, in spite of Member States’ measures, conservation status and trends did not improve over the reporting period; in fact, for many species and habitat types, including those for which Natura 2000 designation is a key conservation delivery mechanism, they deteriorated further; notes that some Member States failed to take the necessary conservation measures, or at least to the extent required, and in some cases even to adequately identify them;

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5a. Emphasises that blue carbon which represents the carbon stored in marine and coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, salt marshes and seagrasses, offers a wide range of mitigation and adaptation benefits; underlines that when degraded or destroyed, these ecosystems emit into the atmosphere and the ocean the carbon they have stored for centuries and become sources of greenhouse gas emissions, calls therefore for the reinforced protection and restoration of these ecosystems;

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5a. Calls on the Commission to include in the legislative proposal on nature restoration a framework setting out intermediate nature restoration targets on the road to restoration by 2030 at Member State level; believes that this framework should include a mechanism obliging the Commission and the Member States to present plans for stepping up action if assessment shows that the current trajectory is insufficient for the EU to meet its goals;

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Amendment 357Frédérique Ries, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Catherine Chabaud, Chrysoula

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Zacharopoulou, Martin Hojsík, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță



5a. Welcomes the upcoming Action plan to conserve fisheries resources and protect marine ecosystems; believes it necessary to take measures to limit the use of the fishing gears most harmful to biodiversity, including bottom trawling restrictions in coastal areas, to rapidly phase out all harmful fisheries subsidies, and to scale up the fight against sea-based sources of plastic pollution including mitigation measures;

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Amendment 358Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Łukasz Kohut, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Francisco Guerreiro



5a. Takes note of the conclusions of the “Fitness Check of the Birds and Habitats Directives” published by the Commission in 2017; however, refers to recent studies of scientists and experts which show that over the last 25 years birds have suffered from significant declines and show no sign of recovery; in light of this, calls on the Commission to update and enlarge the Directives’ Annexes without undue delay;

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Amendment 359Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Michal Wiezik,

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5a. Believes that the new legislative instrument for nature restoration should be additional and complementary to the existing EU legislation focused on the restoration and should cover at least the restoration of ecosystems including forests, peatlands, floodplains, free-flowing rivers, wetlands, biodiversity-rich grasslands, coastal areas and marine ecosystems such as seagrass meadows or biogenic reefs;

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5a. Stresses the importance of consistency between the policy of preserving and safeguarding protected areas and other Community policies, particularly economic policies; calls, therefore, for a gradual approach, with consistent and realistic performance indicators and measures that favour the adoption of incentives aimed at guiding businesses, instead of a purely prescriptive and punitive approach;

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5a. Notes, too, that there are risks to biodiversity from the growing fragmentation of habitats and emphasises the need to create ecological corridors that prevent genetic isolation, enable species migration and promote healthy ecosystems; calls in this context for the construction of green and blue infrastructure and cross-border cooperation between Member States;

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5a. Strongly highlights the importance of fully integrating the nature restoration objectives into other related policies and strategies, including on forests, soils and climate change; supports also the inclusion of the objective of restoring 25000 km of rivers into free-flowing rivers within the Restoration Plan;

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5a. Stresses the need for a mosaic masterplan to protect biodiversity and healthy ecosystems from global to local level, entailing the concept of leaving 1/3 of all green areas at local, regional and EU levels in their natural state, to complement the Natura 2000 network;

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5a. Calls on the Commission to offer support in the framework of the Common Agricultural Policy, for changing farming practices, especially for rewetting peatlands and restoring high diversity grasslands, and avoid operating against its restoration objectives;

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5a. Highlights that specific national conditions as well as measures already in place in the individual Member States have to be taken into account with regard to the accomplishment of the EU-level

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targets mentioned in the Strategy in terrestrial and marine areas;

Or. en




5a. Stresses that Mediterranean and insular ecosystems are the most vulnerable to climate change impacts and biodiversity loss; urges the Commission to prioritise actions and recommendations for the protection of nature in these areas;

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5a. Expresses concerns that genetically engineered organisms might, for different reasons, be released into the environment, and continue to persist and propagate within wild species without sufficient spatio-temporal control;

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5a. Calls on the Member States to safeguard the genetic diversity of wild species through in situ and ex situ conservation measures and to apply these measures in an integrated manner, following the One Plan Approach;

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5a. Strongly supports the proposed actions and commitments under the EU Nature Restoration Plan and calls upon the Member States for a thorough and swift implementation thereof;

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Amendment 370Andreas Glück



5a. Highlights the potential of “temporary nature” for additional biodiversity gains; calls on the Commission to assess its potential and avenues to foster its application.

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5a. Stresses the importance of national efforts to protect and restore freshwater ecosystems and the natural flow of rivers;

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5a. Welcomes the commitments to ensure no deterioration in conservation trends and status of all protected habitats and species by 2030 and to ensure that on Member States level at least 30 % of species and habitats not currently in favourable status are in that category or show a strong positive trend; calls on the Member States to adopt national Restoration Plans offering supporting measures and activities to deliver environmental recovery on both national and EU level; considers it essential to foresee clear measurable time-bound targets, to publish the plans and their assessments in due time and to ensure their reinforcement with other sectoral policies, their planning and financial instruments;

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5b. Considers that while peatlands can store twice as much carbon as all the world's forests, covering only 3% of the world’s land area yet holding nearly 30% of the soil carbon and are a home to fragile biodiversity that cannot exist elsewhere, damaged peatlands are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions; calls therefore for an urgent introduction of legally binding targets for restoration of bogs, mires and wetlands in the EU as foreseen in the EU Biodiversity Strategy, implemented at Member State level; highlights that wetlands are essential ecosystems that provide many services, for people, the planet and the climate—including their vital role as a natural carbon sink;

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5b. Considers that there are major deficiencies in all EU Member States and at all levels of the law enforcement chain that prevent criminal environmental law from being effective, such as the lack of

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prioritisation of environmental crimes, lack of human and financial resources for law enforcement authorities, and low level of sanctions imposed in practice; calls for wildlife and forest crimes to be treated as serious crimes, both within the EU through the revision of the Environmental Crime Directive and through development assistance programmes, and in line with the objectives and definitions of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC);

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Amendment 375María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Catherine Chabaud, Susana Solís Pérez, Martin Hojsík, Billy Kelleher, Asger Christensen, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Frédérique Ries



5b. Stresses the importance of protected area governance and cooperation that engages landowners, fishermen, users and local stakeholders for the successful implementation of the Strategy at all levels; believes that Member States should carefully evaluate compensation measures, when the financial income and ownership rights are being compromised, as a result of additional designation of protected areas;

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5b. Recalls that light pollution is increasing in the European Union today; emphasises that the Milky Way is no longer visible to 60 % of Europeans, in summer or winter;

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5b. Stresses that the protection targets and associated measures should take into account the precise conditions and opportunities of each country;

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Amendment 378Catherine Chabaud, Frédérique Ries, Pascal Canfin, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir



5b. Underlines the great role played by whales in carbon sequestration, and calls for their enhanced protection;

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Amendment 379Martin Hojsík, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Frédérique Ries, Michal Wiezik,

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Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Catherine Chabaud



5b. Believes that the 30% conservation improvement target should be set on national level for all species and habitats reported under Article 17 of the Habitats Directive; calls on the Commission to set a clear baseline, to ensure harmonized and regular reporting, and work away shortcomings in the current methodology for trend estimates;

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5c. Stresses the need for cooperation with all users at all stages and appropriate compensation for restrictions in protected and strictly protected areas;

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Amendment 381Martin Hojsík, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Frédérique Ries, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Catherine Chabaud



5c. Calls on the Commission and Member States to refrain from supporting

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activities, which lead to significant pressure on ecosystems, including hydromorphological pressures on water or are significantly altering the forests, in protected areas and which are at increased risk of doing harm to the environment and biodiversity-rich areas;

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5c. Recalls that artificial light is increasing by around 2 % each year globally;

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5d. Recalls that light pollution has a direct impact on land, air and marine diversity, and particularly on insects, as demonstrated in the study ‘Light pollution is a driver of insect declines’;

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5d. Underlines that the network of well-managed protected areas should be based on the Natura2000 network and should be complemented by additional protected areas designations by Member States on the basis binding legal requirements; stresses that the verification of the targets is only possible if the underlying data is comparable;

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5d. Strongly regrets the alarming decline of pollinators, which are a key indicator of the health of the environment and provide crucial ecosystem services; calls on the Commission and Member States to address all requests expressed in its resolution of 18 December 2019 on the EU Pollinators Initiative without further delays; calls for an urgent revision of the Initiative and development of a new EU strategy for pollinator protection with sufficient resources devoted to this end; believes that the new cross-sectoral strategy must entail a new EU-wide Pollinator Monitoring Framework with robust schemes deployed on Member States level, interim milestones, clear time-bound objectives, indicators and targets, including new legal pollinator restoration target and impact indicator1a, and necessary capacity building;

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_________________1a As per the commitment made in the EU Pollinators Initiative: Action 5C https://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/conservation/species/pollinators/documents/EU_pollinators_initiative.pdf

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Amendment 386Christine Schneider, Christian Doleschal, Jessica Polfjärd, Pernille Weiss



5e. Calls for the development of definitions and criteria for the designation of “protected areas” as well as “strictly protected areas”; highlights in this respect that in protected areas sustainable agriculture and forestry could be performed and in areas with a stricter level of protection certain human activities may be allowed, which are essential to maintain cultural landscapes and which stand in line with the conservation objectives of the protected area;

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5e. Expresses its concern that the Commission has no plans to propose that Member States recognise a right to darkness or to establish a network of Dark

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Sky Reserves or a European action plan on light pollution;

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5f. Expresses its concern at the inappropriate use of lighting, which can cause disturbance to protected species, including in areas protected by the Natura 2000 network;

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5f. Highlights the success of the Habitats Directive and the Birds Directive as effective instruments for the conservation of biodiversity; stresses the need for more flexibility in protection measures to effectively protect humans and livestock if predators pose a danger or if birds cause significant impairment, and allow for changes in conservation status;

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Amendment 390

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Anja Hazekamp, Nikolaj Villumsen



5a. Recalls that the illegal killing of birds and particularly of migratory species in the Mediterranean, as well as of birds of prey in some Member States, remains a cause for concern; stresses the need for a plan coordinated at European level, on the basis of scientific data, to improve the protection of migratory bird species passing through more than one Member State;

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6. Underlines that the Biodiversity Strategy’s actions must adequately tackle all five main direct drivers of change in nature: changes in land and sea use; direct exploitation of organisms; climate change; pollution; and invasive alien species;

6. Underlines that the Biodiversity Strategy’s actions must adequately tackle all five main direct drivers of change in nature: changes in land and sea use; direct exploitation of organisms; climate change; pollution; invasive species, including alien, introduced, naturalised or any type of non-native species; notes that it is essential for the protection and restoration of native biodiversity to ensure the balance of animal species, particularly those that are now overabundant as a result of strict protection in past decades, leading to excellent reproduction and exponential increases of individuals, but today posing problems of damage to fish stocks, crops, livestock farms, as well as safety problems affecting the mobility of persons; underlines, too, that invasive

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species pose a danger to, and are detrimental to, native species that are often less resilient and more fragile; notes that proper control of overabundance of animal species can be achieved through ethical and sustainable hunting, including within protected areas, as a useful instrument for control and balance instrument, helping to prevent one species from competing with or prevailing over another, especially invasive alien species in relation to native species;

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6. Underlines that the Biodiversity Strategy’s actions must adequately tackle all five main direct drivers of change in nature: changes in land and sea use; direct exploitation of organisms; climate change; pollution; invasive species, including alien, introduced, naturalised or any type of non-native species; notes that it is essential for the protection and restoration of native biodiversity to ensure the balance of animal species, particularly those that are now overabundant as a result of strict protection in past decades, leading to excellent reproduction and exponential increases of individuals, but today posing problems of damage to fish stocks, crops, livestock farms, as well as safety problems affecting the mobility of persons; underlines, too, that invasive species pose a danger to, and are detrimental to, native species that are often less resilient and more fragile;

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6. Underlines that the Biodiversity Strategy’s actions must adequately tackle all five main direct drivers of change in nature: changes in land and sea use; direct exploitation of organisms; climate change; pollution; and invasive alien species; stresses that climate change has been assessed globally, with differences emerging between regions, and that its impact on nature is already being felt by ecosystems and by the genetic base of their component species; notes that this impact is expected to increase over the coming decades, in some cases outweighing the impact of changes in the use of the land and sea and other factors; emphasises that acting early in these areas is a priority;

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6. Underlines that the Biodiversity Strategy’s actions must adequately tackle all five main direct drivers of change in nature: changes in land and sea use; direct exploitation of organisms; climate change; pollution; and invasive alien species; calls for the balance between wild and domestic species to be guaranteed, thereby

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ensuring decent living conditions for farmers, fishermen and their families, while protecting their businesses from economic damage and safeguarding biodiversity, of which human beings and their activities are a part;

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6. Underlines that the Biodiversity Strategy’s actions must adequately tackle all five main direct drivers of change in nature: changes in land and sea use; direct exploitation of organisms; climate change; pollution; and invasive alien species; calls for the balance between wild and domestic species to be guaranteed, thereby ensuring decent living conditions for farmers, fishermen and their families, while protecting their businesses from economic damage and safeguarding biodiversity, of which human beings and their activities are a part;

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6. Underlines that the Biodiversity Strategy’s actions must adequately tackle

6. Underlines that the Biodiversity Strategy’s actions must adequately tackle

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all five main direct drivers of change in nature: changes in land and sea use; direct exploitation of organisms; climate change; pollution; and invasive alien species;

all five main direct drivers of change in nature in the European Union: climate change and invasive alien species; pollution; changes in land and sea use and direct exploitation of organisms; notes that these five drivers stem from a combination of current production and consumption patterns, population dynamics, trade, technological innovations and governance models;1a

_________________1a IPBES (2020), The global assessment report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

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6. Underlines that the Biodiversity Strategy’s actions must adequately tackle all five main direct drivers of change in nature: changes in land and sea use; direct exploitation of organisms; climate change; pollution; and invasive alien species; recognises the detrimental impacts of industrial animal farming on biodiversity, the environment, climate, animal welfare and human health;

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6. Underlines that the Biodiversity Strategy’s actions must adequately tackle all five main direct drivers of change in our relationship with nature: changes in land and sea use; direct exploitation of organisms; climate change; pollution; and invasive alien species;

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6. Underlines that the Biodiversity Strategy’s actions must adequately tackle all five main direct drivers of biodiversity loss and ecosystem change: changes in land and sea use; direct exploitation of organisms; climate change; pollution; and invasive alien species;

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Amendment 400João Ferreira



6a. Recalls that the main causes of environmental destruction leading to biodiversity loss include habitat destruction and fragmentation, climate change and the introduction of invasive

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alien species, which form an integral part of the dominant economic model and its underlying policies rooted in the concentration of production for the sake of profit at any cost; notes that the environmental crisis is not a crisis of nature, but a crisis of society that becomes worse whenever other crises worsen or increase, and that the core policies cannot continue to be unfettered use of natural resources and increased production to cope with economic and financial losses; points out that inconsistencies in EU common policies, which promote intensive export-oriented production models, deregulation and free trade, and the weakening of local production and consumption, and which have not changed at their core or in their market orientation, undermine any claims to protect biodiversity, which suggests that the issue is not economic growth, but its underlying objective;

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Amendment 401Michal Wiezik, Radan Kanev, Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Ville Niinistö



6a. Stresses that economic activities directly affecting and exploiting ecosystems and their biodiversity shall incorporate all the possible safeguards to mitigate the negative impact on these ecosystems; notes that the fact that both the value of biodiversity lost and value of carbon released from the ecosystems leads to choices and positive accounts even in cases where significant natural values are being lost; underlines that in particular exploitation of forest ecosystems whether

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for products or bioenergy use should be based on measurable indicators and robust sustainability criteria; highlights that currently that is not the case and practically any management and use is simply declared and treated as sustainable without this claim having been credibly earned;

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Amendment 402Pascal Canfin, Catherine Chabaud, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță



6a. Calls on Member States to address those direct drivers in their CAP Strategic Plans, and asks the Commission to assess them on the basis of the relevant quantified objective of the Biodiversity Strategy as voted by the European parliament on October 23, 2020; in addition, calls on the Commission, once national Strategic Plans are approved, to carry out an independent assessment of their aggregated expected impact; considers that, in case this analysis reveals an insufficient joint effort in relation to the ambition of the European Green Deal, the Commission should take appropriate action, such as requesting Member States to modify their CAP strategic plans or tabling amendments to the CAP Strategic Plan regulation as voted by the European parliament on October 23, 2020;

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Amendment 403Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Frédérique Ries, Véronique Trillet-

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Lenoir, Catherine Chabaud, Martin Hojsík



6a. Notes that illegal logging is a driver of the loss of biodiversity in the EU; stresses the need for the EU to do more to stop illegal logging practices; urges the Commission to take urgent action through close monitoring of measures taken by the Member States and through the enforcement of existing EU laws; calls on the Commission to swiftly pursue infringement procedures when breaches occur as well as to follow through on illegal logging cases through organisms such as the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF);

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Amendment 404Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Jan Huitema, Andreas Glück, Martin Hojsík, Asger Christensen, Norbert Lins



6a. Highlights the importance of taking a shared responsibility approach including all relevant sectors on tackling the main direct anthropogenic drivers that duly takes into account all relevant activities such as the significantly increasing land sealing in urban areas; stresses that focussing on agriculture and forestry alone would fall short of addressing the causes appropriately; underlines the importance of taking into account specific local circumstances and to include all relevant local stakeholders

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in decision making processes;

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6a. Considers that animal agriculture is one of the key drivers of land-use change worldwide, directly leading to biodiversity loss and climate change and that current European consumption patterns are therefore unsustainable; underlines the need for the further development within the EU of plant protein production and alternative sources of protein for feed and food to address such challenges;

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6a. Welcomes that the mandate of the European Parliament on the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) makes the protection and enhancement of biodiversity a cornerstone by enshrining the improvement of biodiversity principles in its conditionality criteria and supporting agricultural practices that contribute to the protection of biodiversity in the ecoschemes and national climate plans;

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6a. Stresses the need for the active involvement of all stakeholders at European, national, regional and local level so that they can take concrete action to effectively implement the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and to address any implementation gaps in the Habitats and Birds Directives;

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6a. Stresses that free trade agreements have a direct impact on the degradation of European and global ecosystems due to an increased carbon footprint and to over-exploitation of the natural resources of the poorest countries, which seriously affect biodiversity;

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6a. Reiterates that the Common Agricultural Policy should be fully in line with the EU’s increased climate and biodiversity ambitions, and should take into account the objective of reducing the Union’s global footprint, including reducing unsustainable land use and ending land-grabbing in third countries;

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6a. Stresses that in order for the Biodiversity Strategy 2030 to be successful it is of paramount importance to also tackle the indirect drivers underpinning the direct drivers, particularly the unsustainable production and consumption patterns at their root;

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6a. Recalls that one of the main

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threats to biodiversity is the gradual abandonment of agricultural and livestock activities as a result of urban pressures, the rural exodus and low profitability;

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6a. Stresses that the Biodiversity Strategy has to adopt a global perspective and take into account the Union's external responsibility and the extra-territorial dimension of biodiversity loss;

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Amendment 413Michal Wiezik, Radan Kanev, Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Lídia Pereira



6b. Stresses that it is imperative that legality of production based on exploitation of ecosystems is properly enforced, that illegal practices are adequately and dissuasively sanctioned and liability, including if applicable criminal liability, established; highlights the recent case of the largest sanction ever received for forest operators for cartel behaviour1a, aiming to artificially lower the wood price from Romanian forests; notes that the real cost of values lost could

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be hundreds of millions of euros / year caused by the illegal activity;_________________1a fine of 25 mil EUR as reported, e.g. https://newsbeezer.com/romaniaeng/fines-of-25-million-euros-for-the-wood-industry-schweighofer-kronospan-and-egger-eggers-reaction/?fbclid=IwAR2ifUkF5WEaBvEeFbFvuq16RWHOdsFUg1MDMHdxUCgePXrTdqTa4czOPP0

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6b. Recalls that only a policy that defends localism will enable environmental preservation, through a smaller environmental footprint from movements of people and goods;

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6b. Calls on the Commission to step up efforts to promote healthy, sustainable plant-based diets among EU citizens;

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6c. Stresses that a Common Agricultural Policy that is not in line with the climate and biodiversity goals, the European Green Deal and the Farm to Fork strategy, and the Sustainable Development Goals is unacceptable; urges the co-legislators to review their stance on this crucial file and to align the funds, policies and legislation with the targets, goals and ambitions needed to ensure a sustainable food policy;

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Changes in land and sea use Changes in land, subsoil and sea use

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Welcomes that the mandate of the European Parliament on the future

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Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) makes the protection and enhancement of biodiversity a cornerstone by enshrining the improvement of biodiversity principles in its conditionality criteria and supporting agricultural practices that contribute to the protection of biodiversity in the ecoschemes and national climate plans;

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7. Highlights that soil biodiversity is the basis for key ecological processes; notes with concern the increased soil degradation and the lack of specific EU legislation; calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal for the establishment of a common framework for the protection and sustainable use of soil that includes a specific decontamination target;

7. Highlights that soil biodiversity is the basis for key ecological processes; notes with concern the increased soil degradation and the lack of specific EU legislation; recognises the key role that agriculture already plays in soil carbon sequestration; calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal for the establishment of a common framework for the protection and sustainable use of soil that includes a specific decontamination target; calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal that includes adequate financial resources to compensate farmers for any increased costs or loss of income they incur in pursuing the decontamination target and to ensure greater ambition in relation to carbon sequestration and the use of biodegradable products in the soil;

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7. Highlights that soil biodiversity is the basis for key ecological processes and crucial to meet climate and biodiversity goals under the European Green Deal; notes with concern the increased soil degradation and the lack of specific EU legislation ;calls on the Commission to explore the usefulness of a common framework for the protection and sustainable use of soil with regard to practicability, proportionality, costs, administrative burden and subsidiarity and to report back to the European Parliament and the Council; stresses the need to prioritise positive incentives and voluntary bottom-up participatory process in order to increase the acceptance, motivation and commitment of biodiversity protection;

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7. Highlights that soil biodiversity is the basis for key ecological processes; notes with concern the increased soil degradation and the lack of specific EU legislation; calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal for the establishment of a common framework for the protection and sustainable use of soil and for the integration of soil protection in all relevant EU policies; stresses that this common framework should include a

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specific decontamination target, tackle diffuse pollution from all sources including microplastics, and should support the research to bridge the knowledge gaps that remain about the real potential of soil biodiversity in tackling soil pollution problems;

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7. Highlights that soil biodiversity is the basis for key ecological processes; notes with concern the increased soil degradation and the lack of specific EU legislation; calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal for the establishment of a common framework for the protection and sustainable use of soil that includes specific decontamination targets for all relevant contaminants, including PFAS, stresses that authorisation procedures, both on EU and on Member State level, should take soil contamination and pollution accumulation comprehensively into account; regrets the negative impact of intensive animal farming on soil and water pollution;

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7. Highlights that soil biodiversity is the basis for key ecological processes; notes with concern the increased soil degradation and the lack of specific EU legislation; calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal for the establishment of a common framework for the protection and sustainable use of soil that conceptualises soil and major threats, including loss of soil’s biodiversity, sets out objectives, indicators, measurable targets and timeline in order to preserve soil functions and tackle all main soil threats, establishes a legal obligation to act and take precautions to prevent or minimise adverse effects;

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Amendment 424Pascal Canfin




7. Highlights that soil biodiversity is the basis for key ecological processes; notes with concern the increased soil degradation and the lack of specific EU legislation; calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal for the establishment of a common framework for the protection and sustainable use of soil that includes a specific decontamination target; invites the Commission to review Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions (IED) and Directive 2006/21/EC on the management of waste from extractive industries in order to better take into account soil degradation by industrial and mining activities;

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7. Highlights that soil biodiversity is the basis for key ecological processes; notes with concern the increased soil degradation and the lack of specific EU legislation; acknowledges that there are provisions in legislation on agriculture, industry and water that are indirectly contributing to its protection, but considers that this has resulted in a highly fragmented soil governance in the EU; therefore, calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal for the establishment of a common framework for the protection and sustainable use of soil that includes a specific decontamination target;

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7. Highlights that soil biodiversity is the basis for key ecological processes; notes with concern the increased soil degradation and the lack of specific EU legislation; calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal for the establishment of a common framework for the protection and sustainable use of soil

7. Highlights that soil biodiversity is the basis for key ecological processes; notes with concern the increased spoil degradation as a basic and irreplaceable natural resource and the lack of specific EU legislation to protect it; calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal for the establishment of a

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that includes a specific decontamination target;

common framework for the protection and sustainable use of soil that includes specific objectives to protect soil against deterioration in quality and occupation for purposes without vegetation and to restore contaminated or otherwise degraded soil;

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7. Highlights that soil biodiversity is the basis for key ecological processes; notes with concern the increased soil degradation, soil sealing and the decline in European agricultural area and therefore calls on the Commission to establish a common framework for the protection, conservation and restoration of soil quality; recalls the need to provide for specific indicators and an EU-wide comparable measuring system; highlights that soil fertility and soil structure are crucial to promote high-quality standards in the European agricultural food sector;

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7. Highlights that soil biodiversity is the basis for key ecological processes;

7. Highlights that soil biodiversity is the basis for key ecological processes;

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notes with concern the increased soil degradation and the lack of specific EU legislation; calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal for the establishment of a common framework for the protection and sustainable use of soil that includes a specific decontamination target;

notes with concern soil degradation and the lack of specific EU legislation; recognises the positive role that agriculture and forestry can play through good practices in managing and safeguarding biodiversity; calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for the establishment of a common framework for the protection and sustainable use of soil based on scientific data and economic, environmental and social impact assessments;

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7. Highlights that soil biodiversity is the basis for key ecological processes; notes with concern soil degradation and the lack of specific EU legislation; recognises the positive role that agriculture and forestry can play through good practices in managing and safeguarding biodiversity; calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for the establishment of a common framework for the protection and sustainable use of soil based on scientific data and economic, environmental and social impact assessments;

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7. Highlights that soil biodiversity is the basis for key ecological processes; notes with concern the increased soil degradation and the lack of specific EU legislation; recognises the positive role that agriculture and forestry can play through good practices in managing and safeguarding biodiversity; calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal for the establishment of a common framework for the protection and sustainable use of soil that includes a specific decontamination target;

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7. Highlights that soil biodiversity is the basis for key ecological processes; notes with concern the increased soil degradation and the lack of specific EU legislation; calls on the Commission to explore the usefulness of and if deemed appropriate submit an impact-assessed legislative proposal for the establishment of a risk-based common framework for the protection and sustainable use of soil that includes specific decontamination requirements in the case of large-scale negligent conduct based on the polluter pays principle;

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Amendment 432

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Hermann Tertsch




7. Highlights that soil biodiversity is the basis for key ecological processes; notes with concern the increased soil degradation and the lack of specific EU legislation; calls for a legislative proposal for the establishment of a common framework for the protection and sustainable use of soil that includes a specific decontamination target; recognises that the various EU soil initiatives should be guided by the principle of subsidiarity and give a prominent role to local authorities;

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7. Highlights that soil biodiversity is the basis for key ecological processes; notes with concern increased soil degradation and the lack of specific EU legislation; calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal as well as clear and practical guidelines for Member States for the protection and sustainable use of soil that includes a specific decontamination target; recalls within this context that soil falls under the competence of Member States;

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7. Highlights that the loss of Europe's build heritage1a, which provides an important refuge for many species has contributed to a biodiversity loss; calls on the Commission to take this key factor in consideration in other sectoral policies; stresses that soil biodiversity is a key indicator of ecological processes; notes with concern the increased soil degradation; calls on the Commission to propose a specific decontamination target;

_________________1a In the past, old houses and buildings with traditional attics, old churches, cows' and other animals' sheds, offered a refuge to small animals and birds.

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Amendment 435Alexander Bernhuber, Christophe Hansen, Christine Schneider, Marlene Mortler, Edina Tóth



7. Highlights that soil biodiversity is the basis for key ecological processes; notes with concern the increased soil degradation and the lack of specific EU legislation; calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal for the establishment of a common framework for the protection and sustainable use of soil that includes a specific decontamination

7. Highlights that soil biodiversity is the basis for key ecological processes; notes with concern the increased soil degradation and sealing; calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for the establishment of a new Soil Strategy for the protection and sustainable use of soil;

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target;

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7. Highlights that soil biodiversity is the basis for key ecological processes; notes with concern the increased soil degradation and the lack of specific EU legislation; calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for a new soil strategy for the protection and sustainable use of soil, to be implemented in a manner consistent with other policies;

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7. Highlights that soil biodiversity is the basis for key ecological processes; notes with concern the increased soil degradation and the lack of specific EU legislation; calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal for the establishment of a common framework for the protection and sustainable use of soil that includes a specific decontamination target, including against microplastic pollution;

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7. Highlights that soil and subsoil biodiversity is the basis for key ecological processes; notes with concern the increased soil and subsoil degradation and the lack of specific EU legislation; calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal for the establishment of a common framework for the protection and sustainable use of soil that includes a specific decontamination target;

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Amendment 439Norbert Lins, Christine Schneider, Christian Doleschal, Stefan Berger, Marlene Mortler, Jens Gieseke, Alexander Bernhuber




7. Highlights that soil biodiversity is the basis for key ecological processes; notes with concern the increased soil degradation and the lack of specific EU legislation; calls on the Commission to prepare guidelines for Member States for protection and sustainable use of soil that includes a specific decontamination target; recalls that soil is a national competence and falls under subsidiarity;

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7a. Highlights that both intensive animal agriculture and intensive aquaculture impact disproportionately on land-use requirements and terrestrial biodiversity due to their inefficient use of feed, notes that intensive aquaculture has additional impacts on marine biodiversity due to its use of feed including fishmeal and oil and the pollution it causes; calls on the Commission to develop a strategy to substantially reduce consumption of animal products including meat, dairy and fish;

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7a. Notes with high concern that the number and variety of species on farmland in Europe has declined over many years1a; encourages Member States to consider the reform of the Common Agriculture Policy as a minimum standard and to implement the objectives of the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the Farm to Fork Strategy through their CAP national strategic plans;_________________1a

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https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADocuments/SR20_13/SR_Biodiversity_on_farmland_EN.pdf

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7a. Stresses that soil biodiversity plays an important role in providing vital ecosystem services and mitigating climate change as it is also an important element of terrestrial carbon sinks, whereas for example in boreal forests 50-70% of the carbon is stored in the soils1a; stresses therefore that forest harvesting and agriculture methods that are less invasive on soils should be implemented;_________________1a 2019 IPBES report

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Amendment 443Manuela Ripa



7a. Calls on the Commission to design an EU-wide common framework for the protection of soil that shall include common definitions on soil functions and criteria for good status, objectives, indicators, measurable targets and ambitious timelines (based on proper

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impact assessments), harmonised indicators to monitor soil quality and reporting, ensuring integration with relevant policy instruments;

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7a. Recalls that continuing decline in biodiversity has had negative consequences for the delivery of many ecosystem services over the last decades and continuing decline in regulating services can have detrimental consequences for quality of life; stresses that these declines have occurred in part because of the intensive agriculture and forestry practices1a;_________________1a IPBES(2018):Summary for policymakers of the regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Europe and Central Asia of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

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7a. Calls on the Member States to build on the recommendations of the Commission1b which facilitate reaching compliance of national Strategic Plans with the goals of the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030; believes that the Plans should foresee adequate financial resources earmarked for environmental restoration of agricultural and rural landscape area;_________________1b Staff Working Documents: https://ec.europa.eu/info/publications/staff-working-document-com-2020-846-recommendations-member-states-regards-their-strategic-plan-cap_en

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7a. Recalls that water pollution and water exploitation are a major threat to global biodiversity; notes that rivers, wetlands as well as marine and coastal ecosystems play a fundamental role in regulating water and the climate as they serve as important carbon sinks; welcomes the Commission’s commitment to restore 25.000 km of free-flowing rivers in the EU and flood-plains;

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7a. Recalls that the emergence of new maritime activities and the development of the blue economy requires the European Union to promote a paradigm shift in the maritime spatial planning taking into account the spatial dimension of maritime and coastal activities together with biodiversity; encourages innovative urban and coastal planning relying in particular on the development of infrastructures with positive impacts, such as marine renewable energies with artificial reefs and other innovations promoting reef effect and reserve effect, contributing to the restoration of ecosystems;

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7b. Recalls that there is an urgent need to strengthen the maritime vision in the new strategies of the European Union, in particular in the follow-up of the Green Deal for Europe, the Biodiversity Strategy and the Farm-to-Fork strategy;

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7a. Emphasises that, according to the results of the CORINE programme (coordination of information on the environment) monitoring, land use in Europe has remained relatively stable since 2000, with approximately 25 % covered by permanent arable and crop land, 17 % by pasture and 34 % by forest;

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7b. Notes that, first and foremost, towns and concrete infrastructure continue to spread and, although artificial surfaces cover less than 5 % of all EEA territory, a considerable proportion (an area slightly smaller than Slovenia) was nonetheless concreted or asphalted over between 2000 and 2018;

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7c. Points out that while the rate of growth of artificial surfaces has slowed

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from 1 086 km² per year between 2000 and 2006 to 711 km² per year between 2012 and 2018, the most significant losses have been recorded in agricultural land, due largely to urban expansion and the withdrawal of land from agriculture, while the total forested area has remained stable; notes that this reduction in the area of agricultural land, pastureland and natural meadow is similar in size to the increase in artificial surfaces;

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Amendment 452Aurelia Beigneux, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset



7d. Points out that since most European cities are built on and surrounded by fertile land, the land occupied and covered by artificial surfaces is generally productive agricultural land; notes, however, that the loss of agricultural land seems to have slowed significantly and almost stopped over the 2012-2018 period;

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7e. Recalls that urban areas are expanding in Europe, often to the detriment of fertile agricultural land;

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points out that concrete and asphalt surfaces make the ground impermeable, preventing it from performing its functions such as storing water, producing food and biomass, regulating the climate, providing protection from harmful chemicals and providing habitats;

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7a. Highlights the need to consider urban and territorial planning as a key tool for nature conservation, since it can lay out landscape and ecological connectivity measures and effectively integrate green infrastructure;

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7a. Recalls that soils waste accounted for more than 520 million tonnes in the EU in 2018; suggests therefore to set a material recovery target for excavated soils as a way to restore degraded soils;

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7b. Underlines that changes in land use, the expansion and intensification of agriculture, and the unsustainable trade and consumption of wildlife are key drivers of biodiversity loss and increase contacts between wildlife, farm animals, pathogens and people, which create the conditions for emerging infectious diseases;

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7b. Highlights that a sustainable use of soil must rely on a comprehensive monitoring of soil quality; suggests as a result mandatory soil diagnosis and tracing to guarantee a safe, sustainable and circular use of European soils.

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7b. Is aware of the difficulties regarding sea use through marine spatial planning, especially to design marine protected areas beyond the jurisdictional waters of Member States; calls on Member States to fully implement the Marine Spatial Planning Directive;

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7c. Notes that the EU's food and agricultural system drives biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse globally through direct and indirect land use change, especially through imported soya used for animal feed and palm oil used for biofuels and food, which both cause massive tropical and subtropical deforestation and habitat conversion;

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8. Recalls that the EU has committed to achieving land degradation neutrality by 2030, but that this target is unlikely to be achieved; calls on the Commission, therefore, to present an EU-level strategy on desertification and land degradation;

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8. Recalls that the EU has committed to achieving land degradation neutrality1a by 2030 in the framework of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), but that this target is unlikely to be achieved as concluded by the European Court of Auditors special report2a; regrets that despite the threat that desertification poses to biodiversity, soil fertility, land’s natural resilience, food production or water quality, and despite the fact that thirteen Member States have declared themselves to be affected by desertification under the UNCCD, the Commission is not effectively and efficiently addressing it; calls on the Commission, therefore, to present an EU-level strategy on desertification and land degradation;

_________________1a Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) has been defined by the Parties to the Convention as: A state whereby the amount and quality of land resources, necessary to support ecosystem functions and services and enhance food security, remains stable or increases within specified temporal and spatial scales and ecosystems.2a Special report n°33/2018 of the European Court of Auditors “Combating desertification in the EU: a growing threat in need of more action”. https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocI

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8. Recalls that the EU has committed to achieving land degradation neutrality by 2030, but that this target is unlikely to be achieved; calls on the Commission, therefore, to present an EU-level strategy on desertification and land degradation, strengthening as far as possible the measures on prevention and on the monitoring of areas most exposed to soil degradation, such as those affected by abandonment, hydrogeological instability or coastal erosion;

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8. Recalls that the EU has committed to achieving land degradation neutrality by 2030, but that this target is unlikely to be achieved; sees forestry as a demonstrator for a green infrastructure that provides indispensable ecosystem services for people, nature and the economy and delivers the preconditions for a smart green and regional economy; calls on the

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Commission, therefore, to present an EU-level strategy on desertification and land degradation;

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8. Recalls that the EU has committed to achieving land degradation neutrality by 2030, but that this target is unlikely to be achieved; emphasises the importance of the multifunctionality of agriculture for soil conservation and calls on the Commission to support such practices; calls on the Commission to present an EU-level strategy on desertification and land degradation;

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8. Recalls that the EU has committed to achieving land degradation neutrality by 2030, but that this target is unlikely to be achieved; calls on the Commission, therefore, to present without delay an ambitious EU-level strategy on desertification and land degradation that is fully compatible with the Strategy on

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Adaptation;

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8. Recalls that the EU has committed to achieving land degradation neutrality by 2030, but that this target is unlikely to be achieved; calls on the Commission, therefore, to include desertification and land degradation aspects in the regulatory development of the biodiversity strategy;

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8. Recalls that the EU has committed to achieving land degradation neutrality by 2030, but that this target is unlikely to be achieved; calls on the Commission, therefore, to present an EU-level strategy on desertification and land degradation and the abandonment of agricultural land;

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8. Recalls that the EU has committed to achieving land degradation neutrality by 2030, but that this target is unlikely to be achieved; calls on the Commission, therefore, to present an EU-level strategy on desertification and land degradation and the abandonment of agricultural land;

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8. Recalls that the EU has committed to achieving land degradation neutrality by 2030, but that this target is unlikely to be achieved; calls on the Commission, therefore, to step up its ambition and present an EU-level strategy on desertification and land degradation;

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8. Recalls that the EU has committed to achieving land degradation neutrality by 2030, but that this target is unlikely to be achieved; calls on the Commission,

8. Recalls that the EU has committed to achieving land degradation neutrality by 2030, but that this target is unlikely to be achieved; calls on the Commission,

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therefore, to present an EU-level strategy on desertification and land degradation;

therefore, to present at the earliest opportunity an EU-level strategy on desertification and land degradation;

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8. Recalls that the EU has committed to achieving land degradation neutrality by 2030; calls on the Commission to also present an EU-level strategy on desertification and land degradation;

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8. Recalls that the EU has committed to achieving land degradation neutrality by 2030, but that this target is unlikely to be achieved; calls on the Commission, therefore, to present a full strategy to Member States on desertification and land degradation;

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8. Recalls that the EU has committed to achieving land degradation neutrality by 2030, but that this target is unlikely to be achieved; calls on the Commission, therefore, to present an EU-level strategy to curb desertification and land degradation;

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8a. Highlights that both intensive animal agriculture and intensive aquaculture impact disproportionately on land-use requirements and respective biodiversity including through the external feed inputs; calls on the Commission and Member States to bring about the change including through the EAGF, EAFRD and EMFF;

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8a. Raises awareness for the upcoming economic exploration of coastal areas and oceans, and the consequent need to anticipate adequate European legislation that sets up rules and standards towards biodiversity protection by reducing the negative impacts eventual economic activities might provoke on marine habitats;

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8a. Calls on the Commission to address ocean degradation, ocean eutrophication and acidification, by presenting an ambitious action plan to protect marine ecosystems and conserve fisheries resources;

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8a. Notes that in the Union, urbanisation and leisure activities account for 13% of all reported pressures on nature overall, and 48 % of all marine pressures1a;

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_________________1a European Environment Agency (2020). State of the Nature in the EU.

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8b. Calls on Member States to encourage more conservation farming where possible, which reduces soil management practices to a minimum, through the use of innovative technologies such as ‘no-till-drills’, in order to help restore and build soil organic matter, soil moisture, carbon storage in the uppermost soil layers and prevent soil erosion overall;

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9. Calls on the Commission to set specific ambitious targets on urban biodiversity, nature-based solutions and green infrastructure and to develop a Trans-European Network for Green Infrastructure (TEN-G) linked to the Trans-European Nature Network (TEN-N);

9. Calls on the Commission to set specific ambitious targets on urban biodiversity, nature-based solutions and green infrastructure and to develop a Trans-European Network for Green Infrastructure (TEN-G) linked to the Trans-European Nature Network (TEN-N); calls, in particular, on the Commission to share the administration of these TEN-G and

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TEN-N areas with local communities and with forestry, agriculture and research operators and all other stakeholders, by setting up intermediate management structures to encourage shared approaches for adopting effective, participatory, transparent and consistent long-term solutions that tackle biodiversity loss in a tangible manner;

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9. Calls on the Commission to set specific ambitious targets on urban biodiversity, nature-based solutions and green infrastructure, and measures to combat land take, and to develop a Trans-European Network for Green Infrastructure (TEN-G) linked to the Trans-European Nature Network (TEN-N); highlights the need to systematically incorporate solutions based on nature and biodiversity protection into urban planning and architecture; supports the Commission’s creation of an European Platform for Urban Greening;

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9. Calls on the Commission to set specific ambitious targets on urban biodiversity, nature-based solutions and green infrastructure, including binding norms on a minimum amount of square meters of easily accessible green natural spaces per inhabitant - for instance an Urban Green Norm of at least 9m2 per capita and access to green spaces of at least 1 ha within 300 meters of home for all urban population - and to develop a Trans-European Network for Green Infrastructure (TEN-G) linked to the Trans-European Nature Network (TEN-N);

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9. Calls on the Commission to set specific ambitious targets on urban biodiversity, nature-based solutions and green infrastructure and to develop a Trans-European Network for Green Infrastructure (TEN-G) linked to the Trans-European Nature Network (TEN-N); highlights that green infrastructure provides ecosystem services that support biodiversity, by for example increasing the quantity of ecological corridors in urban environments;

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Amendment 483Silvia Modig, Nikolaj Villumsen


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9. Calls on the Commission to set specific ambitious targets on urban biodiversity, nature-based solutions and green infrastructure and to develop a Trans-European Network for Green Infrastructure (TEN-G) linked to the Trans-European Nature Network (TEN-N); urges the Commission to reduce substantially the inequalities in access to urban green areas within cities;

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Amendment 484Nils Torvalds, Billy Kelleher, Ulrike Müller




9. Calls on the Member States to set specific ambitious targets on urban biodiversity, nature-based solutions and green infrastructure;

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9. Calls on the Commission to set 9. Calls on the Commission to set

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specific ambitious targets on urban biodiversity, nature-based solutions and green infrastructure and to develop a Trans-European Network for Green Infrastructure (TEN-G) linked to the Trans-European Nature Network (TEN-N);

specific ambitious targets on urban biodiversity, nature-based solutions, the reinforcement of terrestrial and marine ecological corridors, green infrastructure and to develop a Trans-European Network for Green Infrastructure (TEN-G) linked to the Trans-European Nature Network (TEN-N);

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9. Calls on the Commission to set specific ambitious targets on urban biodiversity corresponding to the reduction targets stated in the Strategy, nature-based solutions and green infrastructure and to develop a Trans-European Network for Green Infrastructure (TEN-G) linked to the Trans-European Nature Network (TEN-N);

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9. Calls on the Commission to set specific ambitious targets on urban biodiversity, nature-based solutions and green infrastructure and to develop a Trans-European Network for Green Infrastructure (TEN-G) linked to the Trans-

9. Calls on the Commission to set specific ambitious targets on urban biodiversity, as well as short timeframes for the implementation of these nature-based solutions and green infrastructure, and to develop a Trans-European Network

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European Nature Network (TEN-N); for Green Infrastructure (TEN-G) linked to the Trans-European Nature Network (TEN-N);

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9. Calls on the Commission to set specific ambitious targets on urban and peri-urban biodiversity, nature-based solutions and green infrastructure and to develop a Trans-European Network for Green Infrastructure (TEN-G) linked to the Trans-European Nature Network (TEN-N);

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9. Calls on the Commission to set specific ambitious targets on urban biodiversity, nature-based solutions and green infrastructure and to include Green Infrastructure in the Trans-European Nature Network (TEN-N);

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9. Calls on the Commission to set realistic targets on urban biodiversity, nature-based solutions and green infrastructure and to develop a Trans-European Network for Green Infrastructure (TEN-G) linked to the Trans-European Nature Network (TEN-N);

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9a. Calls on the Commission to develop environmental regeneration processes by restoring natural areas in built-up zones, thereby encouraging the removal of unused, outdated or dilapidated buildings and infrastructure by private and public bodies; notes that this process would also help to improve the landscape and relieve citizens and local authorities of the tax burdens potentially involved in maintaining such properties;

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9a. Embraces the ambitions set out in the Water Framework Directive and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and calls for their full and swift implementation ; recalls in this respect that the2020 objective to achieve Good Environmental Status (GES) for European Seas has not been achieved; highlights that the river and basin management plans are supposed to achieve the objectives of the Water Framework Directive by 2027;

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9a. Encourages the development of nature based solutions and green infrastructure in coastal cities, which are generally located near wetlands, to preserve biodiversity and coastal ecosystems as well as to strengthen the sustainable development of the economy, tourism and coastal landscapes, which also help to improve resilience to climate change in these vulnerable areas, particularly affected by sea level rise;

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9a. Recalls that innovation and new technologies are vital tools allowing farmers to adapt their practices to the new demands of improving biodiversity in the EU; highlights that the legislative framework should encourage and incentivise the adoption of new and innovative practices and the digitisation of agriculture;

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Amendment 495Dolors Montserrat, Alexander Bernhuber



9a. Underlines the importance of urban green areas and green infrastructures for the physical and mental well-being of the population, especially the most vulnerable groups such as children and the elderly, and for the adequate education of future generations in healthy lifestyles;

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Amendment 496Christine Schneider, Christian Doleschal, Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Hildegard Bentele


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9a. Highlights the importance of systematically integrating green infrastructure and nature-based solutions in urban planning, including in public spaces, public infrastructure, and the design of buildings and their surroundings to reduce soil sealing;

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9a. Stresses the importance of improving the ‘nature in the city’ concept; notes that nature is a means of mitigating all city-related pressures, whether they are harmful to humans or to the environment;

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Amendment 498Cyrus Engerer



9a. Urges the Commission to ensure that the sensitivity of species and habitats to different human pressures in all sea areas are accounted on national marine spatial plans;

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Amendment 499Christine Schneider, Christian Doleschal, Pernille Weiss



9b. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features, extensive farmland as well as sloping and terraced vineyards in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biological control of pests; calls on the Member States to develop the necessary measures under their Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plans to promote non-productive areas and features, extensive farmland as well as sloping and terraced vineyards; points out that extensively managed farmland and the cultivation of vines on slopes or terraces with drystone walls need to be taken into account as high-diversity landscape as those unique habitats can only be preserved if they are cultivated;

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9b. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to restore 25,000 km of free-flowing rivers in the EU through the removal of primarily obsolete barriers and the restoration of floodplains and wetlands; considers that obsolete dams should be removed to increase the natural

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flow of rivers whilst new hydropower plants should not be allowed in protected areas; stresses that where barriers are already built, the obligations for owners of such facilities must be strengthened in order to help migratory fish pass such barriers;

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9b. Recognises that extensively grazed pasture, regardless of the intended use of grazing livestock, is a highly valuable and seriously threatened ecosystem that needs appropriate European-wide protection and management in order to safeguard biodiversity;

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9b. Points out that, in order to bring nature into our lives, the environment must be at the heart of the numerous European projects, and not the reverse;

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Amendment 503Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Jan Huitema, Andreas Glück, Norbert Lins



10. Expresses its support for the 2030 targets of bringing at least 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management, which should become the norm in the long term, and ensuring that at least 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level, targets which should both be incorporated into EU legislation; considers it imperative that farmers receive support and training in the transition towards agroecological practices;

10. Takes note of the 2030 targets of bringing at least 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management and ensuring that at least 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features; acknowledges the benefits of organic farming for biodiversity while stressing the need to consider trade-offs regarding different aspects of sustainability; thus calls for exploiting the strengths of different farming models and further improving them on their weaknesses; stresses, that an area target approach threatens profitability of organic farming and hence could increase dependency on subsidies which would be in contradiction to the aim of the Farm to Fork Strategy to make sustainable farming a profitable business model for European farmers and calls for a market-driven uptake of organic farming instead; considers it imperative that farmers receive sufficient support and educational training as part of risk management- and advisory services offered by National Authorities in the transition towards agroecological and sustainable practices;

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10. Expresses its support for the 2030 10. Expresses its support for the 2030

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targets of bringing at least 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management, which should become the norm in the long term, and ensuring that at least 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level, targets which should both be incorporated into EU legislation; considers it imperative that farmers receive support and training in the transition towards agroecological practices;

targets of bringing 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management, which should become the norm in the long term, and ensuring that 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level, targets which should both be incorporated into EU legislation; considers it imperative that farmers receive support and training in the transition towards agroecological practices, with a view to responding to market demands, and to the objectives set out in this strategy, by expanding the supply of local organic products and reducing import volumes; invites the Commission to take the necessary action to support demand for organic products, maintaining a market balance in the face of the inevitable increase in supply; calls for the Action Plan and the new EU regulations to be integrated with European strategies and to help define a clear horizon for organic farming in the future;

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10. Expresses its support for the 2030 targets of bringing at least 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management, which should become the norm in the long term, and ensuring that at least 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level, targets which should both be incorporated into EU legislation; considers it imperative

10. Expresses its support for the 2030 targets of bringing at least 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management, which needs to go hand in hand with market developments and ensuring that at least 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features or extensively managed farmland (e.g. orchard meadows, alpine pastures and meadows, wet meadows) which should

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that farmers receive support and training in the transition towards agroecological practices;

be cumulatively assessed before incorporated into EU legislation, in particular in light of potential trade-offs for land availability and prices, which may result in more intensive production; considers it imperative that active farmers receive more support or are provided with knowledge and training, technology and innovation as well as legal certainty in the transition towards more agroecological practices as well as appropriate remuneration of their biodiversity-friendly produced products on market;

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Amendment 506Esther de Lange, Jan Huitema, Rob Rooken




10. Takes note of the proposed 2030 targets of bringing at least 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management, while pointing at the same time to the higher acreage needed for organic production, as well as the higher cost to the farmer, which is often not translated into a better price; therefore calls on the Commission to include other circular and sustainable farming methods in its 2030 target; supports the ambition to ensure through voluntary approach that at least 10 % of agricultural land at EU-level consists of high-diversity landscape features; considers it imperative that farmers receive financial and other support and training in the transition towards agroecological practices; underlines the importance of continued technological and biological innovation for the benefit of biodiversity and to enable farmers to maintain their

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production levels;

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10. Expresses its support for the 2030 targets of bringing at least 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management, which should become the norm in the medium-long term in each Member State, and ensuring that at least 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level in a timely manner, targets which should both be incorporated into EU legislation; considers it imperative that farmers receive support and training in the transition towards agroecological practices away from monocultures, agriculture dependent on external fossil and chemical input and intensive animal agriculture, and towards sustainable and higher-welfare animal farming practices that can drastically reduce the over-reliance on antimicrobial treatments, and contribute to restoring biodiversity instead of depleting it;

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10. Expresses its support for the 2030 targets of bringing at least 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management, which should become the norm in the medium-long term in each Member State, and ensuring that at least 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level, targets which should both be incorporated into EU legislation; considers it imperative that farmers receive support and training in the transition towards agroecological practices, away from monocultures, agriculture dependent on external fossil and chemical input and intensive animal agriculture, and towards sustainable and higher-welfare animal farming practices that can drastically reduce the over-reliance on antimicrobial treatments, and contribute to restoring biodiversity instead of depleting it;

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10. Expresses its support for the 2030 targets of bringing at least 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management, which should become the norm in the long term, and ensuring that at least 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level, targets which should both be incorporated into EU legislation; considers it imperative that farmers receive support and training in the transition towards agroecological

10. Expresses its support for the 2030 targets of bringing at least 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management, which should become the norm in the long term, and ensuring that at least 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level, targets which should both be incorporated into EU legislation and implemented by the CAP Strategic Plans which should set the binding midterm and 2027 farm

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practices; targets in this respect; considers it imperative that farmers receive support and training in the transition towards agroecological practices, where relevant also in synergy with improved animal welfare, and that early movers and farmers managing high-nature value areas receive support for the delivery of public goods;

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10. Expresses its support for the 2030 targets of introducing a market-oriented target corridor for agricultural land under organic farm management after a comprehensive impact assessment, and ensuring that at least 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level, targets which should both be cumulatively assessed before being incorporated into EU legislation in particular in light of potential trade-offs for food security, land availability and prices, which may result in more intensive production; considers it imperative that farmers receive support, training, innovation as well as appropriate financial support and legal certainty in the transition towards agroecological practices;

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10. Expresses its support for the 2030 targets of bringing at least 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management, which should become the norm in the long term, and ensuring that at least 10 %of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level, targets which should both be incorporated into EU legislation; strongly regrets that Parliament’s CAP Strategic Plan Regulation text sets a mandatory minimum target of just 5% of arable land, not 10% of agricultural area, at farm level, to be devoted to non-productive features or areas; considers it imperative that farmers receive support and training in the transition towards agroecological practices;

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10. Expresses its support for the 2030 targets of bringing at least 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management, which should become the norm in the long term, and ensuring that at least 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level, targets which should both be incorporated

10. Expresses its support for the 2030 targets of bringing at least 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management, which should become the norm in the long term, and ensuring that at least 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features - provided that food self-sufficiency and stability of the EU are not jeopardised and

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into EU legislation; considers it imperative that farmers receive support and training in the transition towards agroecological practices;

food imports from non-EU countries are not increased, which will be reduced in the EU as a result of organic farming - which should be implemented at farm level, targets which should both be incorporated into EU legislation; considers it imperative that farmers receive support and training in the transition towards agroecological practices;

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Amendment 513Ondřej Knotek




10. Expresses its support for the 2030 targets of bringing at least 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management, which should become the norm in the long term, and ensuring that at least 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features provided that food self-sufficiency and stability of the EU are not jeopardised and food imports from non-EU countries are not increased, which will be reduced in the EU as a result of organic farming, which should be implemented at farm level, targets which should both be incorporated into EU legislation; considers it imperative that farmers receive support and training in the transition towards agroecological practices;

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10. Expresses its support for the 2030 targets of bringing at least 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management - whilst noting that the geographic realities of some Member States make this difficult to achieve due to their size and the proximity of agricultural areas to contaminants outside of farmers' control - which should become the norm in the long term, and ensuring that at least 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level, targets which should both be incorporated into EU legislation; considers it imperative that farmers receive support and training in the transition towards agroecological practices;

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10. Takes note of the growing demand for organic agricultural products and expresses its support for the ambition to help European farmers and producers to meet this demand; considers it imperative that farmers receive support and training in the transition towards more sustainable practices;

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10. Notes the 2030 targets of bringing 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management, taking into account the progress already made by Member States as well as the real market outlets for organic products, and ensuring that at least 10 % of European agricultural land is given over to high-diversity landscape features, taking into account, too, the existing CAP regulations; considers it imperative that farmers receive support and training in the transition towards more sustainable practices and that these targets do not compromise strategic targets relating to the common agricultural policy, European food safety and protection of the level of supply of Member States;

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10. Expresses its support for the 2030 targets of bringing at least 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management, which should become the norm in the long term, and ensuring that at least 10 % of agricultural land consists of

10. Notes the 2030 targets of bringing 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management, taking into account the progress already made by Member States as well as the real market outlets for organic products, and ensuring that 10 %

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high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level, targets which should both be incorporated into EU legislation; considers it imperative that farmers receive support and training in the transition towards agroecological practices;

of European agricultural land is given over to high-diversity landscape features, taking into account, too, the existing CAP regulations; considers it imperative that farmers receive support and training in the transition towards more sustainable practices and that these targets do not compromise strategic targets relating to the common agricultural policy, European food safety and protection of the level of supply of Member States;

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10. Expresses its support for the 2030 targets of bringing at least 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management, which should become the norm in the long term, and ensuring that at least 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level, targets which should both be incorporated into EU legislation; considers it imperative that farmers receive support, particularly financial support, and training in the transition towards sustainable practices; believes that farmers must receive appropriate market prices for products produced sustainably;

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10. Expresses its support for the 2030 targets of bringing at least 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management, which should become the norm in the long term, and ensuring that at least 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level, targets which should both be incorporated into EU legislation and based on reliable scientific data and comprehensive impact assessments, which take into account economic impacts alongside impacts on food security and food safety; considers it imperative that farmers receive support and training in the transition towards agroecological practices;

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10. Expresses its support for the 2030 targets of supporting the development of organic farming in line with market trends, and ensuring, on a voluntary basis, that 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level; considers it imperative that farmers receive financial and other support as well as training in the transition towards more sustainable practices, and that products obtained in this way are properly promoted; notes, too, that all available production techniques should be used to

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ensure that there is sufficient supply to meet market demands;

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10. Expresses its support for the 2030 targets of bringing at least 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management, which should become the norm in the long term, if the same requirement is set for EU imports, so that European farmers are not placed at a disadvantage, and ensuring that at least 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level, targets which should both be incorporated into EU legislation; considers it imperative that farmers receive support and training in the transition towards agroecological practices;

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high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level, targets which should both be incorporated into EU legislation; considers it imperative that farmers receive support and training in the transition towards agroecological practices;

high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level, targets which should both be incorporated into EU legislation; considers it imperative that farmers receive support and training in the transition towards sustainable farming practices that contribute to the conservation of landscape elements, ecological continuity and local biodiversity;

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Amendment 523Dolors Montserrat




10. Expresses its support for the 2030 targets of bringing 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management, provided it is market driven, and ensuring that, through the voluntary approach, at least 10 % of agricultural land at EU level is under high-diversity landscape features, biodiversity-benefitting productive features and management practices; considers it imperative that farmers receive financial and other support, and training in the transition towards more sustainable practices, and appropriate market remuneration will be set for this way of production;

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10. Expresses its support for the 2030 targets of bringing at least 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management and proposing to the Member States that at least 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level; considers it imperative that farmers receive support and training in the transition towards agroecological practices;

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Amendment 525Christine Schneider, Christian Doleschal, Pernille Weiss, Marlene Mortler




10. Expresses its support for the 2030 targets of bringing at least 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management by introducing a targeted corridor whereby considering actual market demand; highlights that all targets should be incorporated into EU legislation; considers it imperative that farmers receive continuous support and training in the transition towards agroecological practices;

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10. Expresses its support for the 2030 targets of bringing at least 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management, which should become the norm in the long term, and ensuring that at least 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level, targets which should both be incorporated into EU legislation; in view of potential socioeconomic impacts, considers it imperative that farmers receive support and training in the transition towards agroecological practices;

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Amendment 527Alexandr Vondra, Pietro Fiocchi, Anna Zalewska, Andrey Slabakov




10. Expresses the need to have targets of reducing areas under highly-intensive/industrial agriculture and significantly reducing the use of agricultural land for purposes other than the production of food and feed, and ensuring that at least 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level, targets which should both be incorporated into EU legislation; considers that Member States should consider to offer farmers support and training in the transition towards agroecological practices;

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10. Expresses its support for the 2030 targets of bringing at least 25 % of agricultural land in each Member State under organic farm management, which should become the norm in the long term, and ensuring that at least 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level, targets which should both be incorporated into EU legislation; considers it imperative that farmers receive support and training in the transition towards agroecological practices;

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10. Expresses its support for the 2030 targets of bringing at least 30 % of agricultural land under organic farm management, which should increase and become the norm in the long term, and ensuring that at least 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level, targets which should both be incorporated into EU legislation; considers it imperative that farmers receive support and training in the transition towards agroecological practices;

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10. Notes the 2030 targets of bringing at least 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management and ensuring that at least 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level, targets which should both be incorporated into EU legislation; considers it imperative that farmers receive support and training in the transition towards more sustainable practices that guarantee biodiversity;

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10. Expresses its support for the 2030 targets of bringing at least 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management, which should become the norm in the long term, and ensuring that at least 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level, targets which should both be incorporated into EU legislation; considers it imperative that farmers receive support and training in

10. Notes the 2030 targets and is in favour of increasing agricultural land for organic production or for other agroecological practices that are in line with market developments, and of devoting, by way of a voluntary approach, agricultural land at EU level to high-diversity landscape features; considers it imperative that farmers receive financial and other support and training in the transition towards more sustainable

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the transition towards agroecological practices;

practices, including by establishing appropriate compensation for products grown in this way;

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Amendment 532Ville Niinistö, Eleonora Evi



10a. Recalls that livestock production is one of the main direct drivers of biodiversity loss; stresses that the current levels of meat and dairy consumption need to be significantly reduced by 2030 in order to reverse the current trend in biodiversity decline as well as reducing greenhouse gas emissions; calls on the European Commission to introduce EU targets on meat and dairy consumption reduction, which should reflect the urgent need to limit livestock production to within EU carrying capacity, whilst respecting high animal welfare standards, based on grazing and home grown fodder whilst eliminating deforestation-driving imports of feed; calls, in parallel, on the Commission and Member States to step up efforts to promote healthy, sustainable plant based diets among EU citizens;

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10a. Highlights the importance of Paludiculture as form of productive land use of wetlands and peatlands that stops degradation, subsidence and minimises emissions, calls for the large-scale implementation of Paludiculture in suitable bogs and mires that are used unsustainably today and for combination with incentives and support for landowners when they rewet drained agricultural peatlands; stresses that conservation strategies like rewilding can also play a crucial role in restoring keystone species and repairing damaged ecosystems; calls on the Commission to provide sufficient funding for sustainable use of peatlands and wetlands;

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Amendment 534Eleonora Evi



10a. Supports the Commission’s call to restore 25,000 km of free-flowing rivers in the EU through the removal of primarily obsolete barriers and the restoration of flood plains and wetlands; believes that hydropower can severely impact freshwater ecosystems, including fish migration and habitat loss; therefore, calls for a stop on EU subsidies to new hydroelectric plants as well as the exclusion of new plants from the list of renewable energies eligible for state aid and finally a ban on hydroelectric power plants in protected areas;

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10a. Notes that Member States will contribute differently to the organic Union-wide targets depending on the level of development of their organic sector and therefore calls for the setting of national targets; highlights that these targets will not be met without a strong financial support, solid training programmes and advisory services; calls on Member States to shape their CAP strategic plans in consequence and on the Commission to make sure these strategic plans are up to the task;

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10a. Calls on the Commission to urgently assess the impact of the natural pesticides commonly used in organic farming, such as copper and sulphur, in order to guarantee consistency between the new organic farming targets and the sustainability indicators suggested in both the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Biodiversity Strategy 2030;

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Amendment 537

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10a. Calls for the role of sustainable agricultural systems and practices in preserving landscape features, ensuring ecological continuity and conserving biodiversity to be recognised, and for the creation of mechanisms to further develop such systems and practices; stresses the need to incentivise the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices, but without rewarding systems that are more harmful to biodiversity, the landscape and ecological continuity;

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10a. Considers that EU agriculture needs to be streamlined towards a true ecological and climate transition in line with the objectives of the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 for which the new CAP strategic plans are a unique and the only opportunity; urges the Commission and the Member States to mobilise both resources and actors towards these priorities in an effective and consistent way;

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10a. Highlights that the efficient uptake of nutrients by plants simultaneously reduces losses to the environment and supports the target of reducing nutrient loss; calls for the promotion of optimizing plant nutrition by enhancing nutrient use efficiency; supports therefore the approach of precision and smart farming, plant nutrition advisory services and management support;

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10a. Stresses that agriculture is one of the biggest drivers of biodiversity loss; reiterates, following its resolution on the European Green Deal of 15th January 2020, that the common agricultural policy (CAP) should be fully in line with the EU's increased climate and biodiversity ambition and well as the Biodiversity and Farm to Fork Strategies;

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Amendment 541

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Dolors Montserrat, Alexander Bernhuber



10a. Calls on the Commission to propose measures to help Member States tackling the problem of coexistence of livestock farming with large carnivores; recalls the need to have clear guidelines to implement measures that comply with the Directive92/43/EU on Habitats and address the problem of wolf hybridisation;

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10a. Stresses that many Member States already follow as many ecological practices as possible; underlines that it must be taken into account that not all farmers have the possibility to switch to organic farming; mentions that conventional farming can also contribute to increasing biodiversity;

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10a. Calls for a halt to the construction of wind parks, which disturb marine and terrestrial ecosystems; emphasises that this infrastructure permanently alters some species and still presents recycling and replacement difficulties;

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10a. Emphasises that farmers have a key role in the success of this strategy as guardians of our shared environmental and cultural heritage and that this strategy should be aligned with the measures, goals and targets of the Farm to Fork strategy;

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Amendment 545Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Asger Christensen, Norbert Lins



10a. calls on Commission and Member States to take into account voluntary measures as well as pressure on the availability of agricultural land when implementing measures regarding high-diversity landscape features;

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10a. Stresses that a 25% target for organic farming is ambitious and laudable but considers that it cannot legally be imposed without addressing market developments and demand;

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10b. Deplores the fact that simplistic forestry concepts and definitions are used which define forests purely as a percentage of land with tree crown cover, which leads to the adoption of equally simplistic deforestation and reforestation concepts, with the result, for example, of vast monocultures being classified as reforestation; warns that forests cannot be considered solely as carbon sinks; calls for the adoption of a definition of forest that includes the biological, social and cultural diversity that genuine forests represent, where ecosystems, habitats and local communities are protected;

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10b. Highlights the role that public procurement can play in contributing to transition to more ecological farming practices in Europe and calls for the introduction of a minimum mandatory sustainability target under the EU public procurement legislative framework so as to ensure that at least 30 % of contracts for food and catering services are awarded based on compliance with Regulation (EU) 2018/8481a._________________1a Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 (OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 1).

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10b. Stresses the need to come up with suitable alternatives were restrictions are put in place, to ensure that farmers have access to a proper toolbox of safe, effective and affordable solutions to protect their crops and plants, as well as access to the latest knowledge, technology and the best advisory services;

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10b. Underlines the importance of biodiversity in ensuring dietary adequacy; considers that farmers should be supported to foster sustainable diets with an emphasis on nutritionally rich varieties of plants and breeds of animals that are best suited for the local environment and contribute to local biodiversity;

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10b. Supports the development of new genome editing techniques so that farmers can access more and better tools to ensure that their practices comply with the obligations under the Biodiversity Strategy 2030; calls on the Commission to amend the current legal framework so that it no longer forms a brake on innovation in plant breeding; highlights that chemical pesticides can only be eliminated if farmers have access to effective alternatives for combating the new pests and diseases that are devastating Mediterranean agriculture;

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10d. Notes that the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops is incompatible with organic farming, and thus undermines the aim to increase the amount of land under organic production in the EU, especially in light of the problem of cross-pollination with non-GM crops;

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10c. Notes that GM crops reduce genetic diversity and that the most common GM traits of herbicide tolerance and production of Bt proteins have adverse affects on biodiversity; underlines that herbicide tolerant crops result in an increased use of ‘complementary’ herbicides1a; notes that the first commercially available gene edited crop has been made herbicide tolerant;_________________1a See, for example, Bonny, S., ‘Genetically Modified Herbicide-Tolerant Crops, Weeds, and Herbicides: Overview and Impact’, Environmental Management, January 2016,57(1), pp. 31-48,

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10c. Emphasises that properly managed hunting is a valuable tool in biodiversity conservation; notes that populations of game species, if sustainably hunted, can be permanently conserved, which brings major benefits for natural ecosystems;

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11. Stresses that all fishing activities must be subject to maximum sustainable yield levels, with zero tolerance of illegal fishing practices and the elimination of by-catches of sensitive species;

11. Stresses that all fishing activities must be subject to maximum sustainable yield levels, with zero tolerance of illegal fishing practices and the elimination of by-catches of sensitive species; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take steps to develop and implement gentler methods of capture, landing and slaughter of fish in order to reduce stress and improve fish quality; notes that allowing fish populations to grow should have the goal of increasing biodiversity, not of increasing human consumption of fish; underlines that the capture of fish to feed carnivorous farmed fish is a driver of marine biodiversity loss as well as a major animal welfare issue, and is therefore a practice that should be ended;

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11. Stresses that all fishing activities must be subject to maximum sustainable yield levels, with zero tolerance of illegal fishing practices and the elimination of by-catches of sensitive species; calls for strategic management that includes, on the one hand, raising awareness among operators so as to create the right conditions for a new culture of waste management both at sea and in ports and, on the other hand, developing projects to incentivise operators in the fishing industry to collect maritime waste, by recognising the strategic role that they already play and can continue to play in

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making our seas cleaner;

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11. Regrets that the EU's commitment to fully respect Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) by 2020, which was a key objective of the Common Fisheries Policy, has not been achieved; stresses that all fishing activities must be subject to MSY levels, with zero tolerance of illegal fishing practices and the elimination of by-catches of sensitive species; calls on the Commission and Member States to commit to the full recovery of marine habitats and fish stocks below MSY using an ecosystem based approach to fisheries management by 2030;

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11. Stresses that all fishing activities must be subject to maximum sustainable yield levels, with zero tolerance of illegal fishing practices and the elimination of by-catches of sensitive species; recommends that data be continuously gathered so as to better evaluate the sustainability criteria and prevent fishing zones to be

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established where vulnerable marine ecosystems have been found to exist;

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11. Stresses that all fish populations should be restored to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield, exhibit a population age and size distribution indicative of a healthy stock and are managed in line with an ecosystem based approach, with zero tolerance of illegal fishing practices, the elimination of by-catches of sensitive species and minimisation of damages to seabed habitats;

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Amendment 560Nikolaj Villumsen, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig, Malin Björkon behalf of The Left Group




11. Stresses that an ecosystem based management should be implemented, restoring and maintaining all fish populations above biomass levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield (MSY), with zero tolerance of illegal fishing practices, elimination of by-catches of sensitive species and minimization of damage to seabed and benthic ecosystems;

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11. Stresses that all fishing activities must be subject to maximum sustainable yield levels, and calls for greater support for partner countries for sustainable fishing and zero tolerance of illegal, undeclared and unregulated fishing practices and the elimination of by-catches of sensitive species;

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11. Stresses that all fishing activities must be subject to maximum sustainable yield levels, or to maximum economic sustainable yield levels where possible, especially in the Mediterranean Sea; with zero tolerance of illegal fishing practices and the elimination of by-catches of sensitive species;

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11. Stresses that all fishing activities must be subject to maximum sustainable yield levels, with zero tolerance of illegal fishing practices and the elimination of by-catches of sensitive species, including, where applicable, severe penalties for those found in breach of the relevant bans;

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11. Stresses that no fishing activities may exceed the level set by the consistent application of the precautionary principle, but should remain below it, with zero tolerance of illegal fishing practices and the elimination of by-catches of sensitive species;

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Amendment 565Michal Wiezik, Radan Kanev, Sirpa Pietikäinen



11. Stresses that all fishing activities must be subject to maximum sustainable yield levels, with zero tolerance of illegal

11. Stresses that all fishing activities must be subject to maximum sustainable yield levels, with zero tolerance of illegal

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fishing practices and the elimination of by-catches of sensitive species;

fishing practices and the elimination of by-catches of sensitive species as well as capture of fish to feed carnivorous farmed fish;

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11. Stresses that all commercial fishing activities must be subject to maximum sustainable yield levels, with zero tolerance of illegal fishing practices and by-catches of sensitive species which should be avoided and reduced, as far as possible;

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11a. Recalls that the EU is committed to full recovery of marine life; calls on the Commission to halt ocean degradation and enhance ocean resilience and biodiversity by presenting an ambitious Action Plan to conserve fisheries resources and protect marine ecosystems by 2021; expresses particular concern about the conservation status of migratory fish, many species of which are threatened with extinction; stresses therefore that increased efforts must be put into their protection and restoring

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their numbers to healthy and sustainable levels;

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Amendment 568Michal Wiezik, Radan Kanev, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Lídia Pereira



11a. Stresses that any increase in aquaculture production should be based on extensive low trophic production such as algae, bivalves and pond-fish systems which provide ecosystem services, have lower carbon emissions and can reduce pressure on terrestrial and marine resources and biodiversity, and away from intensively reared farmed fish which are dependent on inefficient use of marine and terrestrial resources and produce higher carbon emissions;

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11a. Further calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure full and effective implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/23361a to close areas to protect Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems, including seamounts, where they are known or likely to occur in the deep sea;_________________

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1a OJ L 354, 23.12.2016, p. 1

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11b. Further calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure full and effective implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/23361a to close areas to protect Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems, including seamounts, where they are known or likely to occur in the deep sea;_________________1a OJ L 354, 23.12.2016, p. 1)

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11b. Further calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure full and effective implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2336 to close areas to protect Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems, including seamounts, where they are known or likely to occur in the deep sea;

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Amendment 572Alexander Bernhuber, Christophe Hansen, Marlene Mortler, Christine Schneider, Edina Tóth, Dolors Montserrat



11a. Underlines that the achievement of a protection objective through a conservation figure (percentage) has lower importance, than the quality of protection zones that are established, which really cover an area with an ecological value;

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11a. Highlights that certain biodiversity hotspots in the European Union are in a critical state such as the Mediterranean area and that preservation and restoration efforts, notably at regional level, should be intensified;

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11a. Demands that the Council of the European Union proactively make public all documents related to the adoption of total allowable catch (TAC) regulations, in line with the European Ombudsman’s recommendation in case 640/2019/FP;

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11a. Calls on the Commission to require ecosystem impact assessments of all fishing activities including on the marine ecosystem’s capacity to mitigate and adapt to climate change;

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11a. Calls on the Commission to require ecosystem impact assessments of all fishing activities including incorporating adaptation and mitigation of climate change;

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11a. Emphasises the importance of the role of the Member States in controlling their Exclusive Economic Zones and reaffirms Member States’ sovereignty in their waters;

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11a. Reiterates its call for full implementation of the CFP with the aim of restoring and maintaining fish populations above biomass levels capable of producing MSY;

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11b. Calls for a Fisheries Action plan to support productive, resilient fish populations by including precautionary buffers for climate change when setting fishing limits; environmental impact

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assessments of fishing activities that include considerations such as impacts on the food web, on non-target and associated species, protected species, physical disturbance, and the ecosystem’s capacity to mitigate or adapt to climate change; increased measures to minimise non-target bycatch; a clear and transparent set of environmental and social criteria for allocation of fishing quotas to maximise benefits for the environment and coastal communities; a drastic improvement in the control of fishing activities, including a transition to mandatory remote electronic monitoring systems (REM) for all fleets;

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11b. Recalls that the EU is committed to full recovery of marine life; calls on the Commission to halt ocean degradation and to address ocean eutrophication and acidification by presenting an ambitious action plan to conserve fisheries resources and protect marine ecosystems by 2021;

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11b. Stresses the importance of continuing and stepping up the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, fisheries control and penalties for associated criminal practices, given that intrinsically polluting and illegal activities contribute to the deterioration of the marine environment;

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11b. Calls on the Commission to require science-based ecosystem impact assessments of all fishing activities, including incorporating adaptation and mitigation of climate change as well as prey-predator interactions;

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11b. Calls on the Commission to propose legislative measures to define and prohibit supertrawlers from engaging in fishing related activity in EU waters;

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11c. Stresses that, as identified by the 2019 IPBES Global Assessment Report1a and the IPBES 2020 workshop report on biodiversity and pandemics2a both the legal and illegal trade in and use of wildlife significantly contributes to biodiversity decline, and that the destruction of natural habitats and the exploitation of wildlife are linked to the emergence and spread of infectious diseases; Calls on the Commission, in order to help reduce the risk of future emergence of disease and zoonoses, to adopt preventive legislation to strictly regulate the legal wildlife trade;_________________1a IPBES (2019): Global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. 2a IPBES (2020) Workshop Report on Biodiversity and Pandemics of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.

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11c. Recalls the need for a holistic approach to the conservation of migratory species; urges the Commission to present an ambitious Action Plan to conserve fisheries resources and protect marine ecosystems by 2021 that ensures the conservation of highly and sensitive migratory species from fisheries bycatch;

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11c. Recalls the EU’s commitment to support and promote the recovery of marine life; calls on the Commission to put an end to ocean degradation by presenting an ambitious European Action Plan by 2021 with the goal to conserve fish resources and safeguard the various marine ecosystems in the Union;

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11c. Calls for a strategy for a reduction in the use of fishmeal and fishoil made from purpose-caught wild fish;

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11d. Notes the critical importance of whale populations to marine ecosystems and emphasises these cetaceans’ vital role in carbon sequestration and mitigating climate change; calls on the EU Member States to urge the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to formally address Norway’s commercial whaling activities, which deplete whale populations; regrets Japan's withdrawal from the IWC and calls on the Commission, the EEAS and Member States to urge Japan to cease its whaling activities;

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11d. Calls on the Commission to adopt supplementary legislation that prohibits the importation, transhipment, purchase and sale of wildlife taken, processed, transported or sold in violation of laws in the country of harvest/origin;

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11e. Highlights that wildlife cybercrime represents a huge threat to biodiversity, as no proper legislation exists to address it; that the growth of the online trade and its accessibility has allowed cybercriminals to gain access to a vast international marketplace; calls on the Commission to use the upcoming review of the E-Commerce Directive as a way to include this issue in its provisions and to prioritise tackling online wildlife crime as a key part of the Biodiversity Strategy and of the drafting of the post-2020 Action Plan Against Wildlife Trafficking;

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11f. Recalls its strong support for the continuation of the global moratorium on commercial whaling and the ban on international commercial trade in whale products; urges Norway and Japan to cease its whaling operations;

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11e. Calls on the Faroe Islands to stop its controversial annual hunt on pilot whales, also known as the Grindadràp; calls on the European Commission and Member States to continuously engage with the Faroe Islands on this issue with a view of abolishing the practice;

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11f. Stresses that trophy hunting contributes to the exploitation of natural resources placing unsustainable pressure on endangered species, while failing to provide a significant source of income to rural people or contribute significantly to wildlife conservation; calls on the Commission to eliminate this unnecessary threat to biodiversity by banning the import of hunting trophies and supporting the provision of alternative sources of conservation funding to replace existing income streams that rely on trophy hunting, to emphasise the value of biodiversity and the ecosystem services it provides, and to encourage and reward investment in nature and the benefits that can be achieved by local communities through its non-consumptive and ecologically sustainable use;

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11g. Underlines that the capture of fish to feed carnivorous farmed fish is a driver of marine biodiversity loss as well as a major animal welfare issue, and is therefore a practice that should be ended; emphasises that the suffering of wild fish at capture and slaughter needs urgent attention;

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11 h. Notes that fur production, which involves the confinement of thousands of undomesticated animals of a similar genotype in close proximity to one another under chronically stressful conditions can significantly compromise animal welfare and increases their susceptibility to infectious disease, as has occurred with COVID-19 in mink; urges the Commission and Member States to acknowledge the risks posed to public health and biodiversity by the continued existence of fur farming, which is a non-essential industry; calls for Member States, where the practice is still legal, to take legislative action to ban fur production and for the Commission to ban the transport, import and export of live mink in the EU;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 11 i (new)


11 i. Calls on the Commission, in order to help reduce the risk of future emergence of disease and zoonoses, to adopt preventive legislation to strictly regulate the legal wildlife trade;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 11 j (new)


11 j. Urges the Commission to revise the Environmental Crime Directive and address the disparities in its application by Member States; calls for the inclusion of environmental offences, such as IUU fishing and illegal hunting, in this legislation; underlines the need for wildlife crime to be recognised as a serious criminal activity that should be heavily penalised, especially in the context of (transnational) organised crime;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 11 k (new)


11 k. Highlights that, when successful, marine protected areas (MPAs) offer large socio-economic benefits, especially for coastal communities and the fisheries and tourism sector, and that MPAs can perform key ecological functions for the reproduction of fishstocks (providing spawning grounds and nurseries) and improve their resilience;

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11 l. Calls on the Commission, in its implementation of an ecosystem approach to fisheries management, to continue to support plans to improve selectivity and the survival of non-target species, to reduce the impact of fisheries on marine ecosystems, and to take into account the results of studies showing the detrimental impact that certain practices have on stocks, ocean biodiversity and marine environments by strongly limiting or prohibiting their use;

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11 m. Notes with concern the European Environment Agency conclusions that widespread physical disturbance of the seafloor continues in coastal European waters, in particular, as a result of bottom trawling;

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12. Insists that priority for protected areas must be environmental conservation and restoration and that no activity in these areas should undermine this goal; calls on the Commission to avoid future marine renewable energy developments and bottom-trawling fishing within Marine Protected Areas;

12. Insists that priority for protected areas must be specific environmental conservation and restoration targets and that no activity in these areas should undermine this goal; calls on the Commission to avoid future marine renewable energy developments within Marine Protected Areas and expanded bottom-trawling fishing within Marine Protected Areas designated due to sensitive bottom habitats; further insists that biodiversity targets for Marine Protected Areas be based on best available scientific information, so targets are achievable and take into account the effects of climate change as species distribution can shift i.e. it is paramount to safeguard flexible management to ensure appropriate responses to climate change effects to ensure biodiversity targets are met in a changing world;

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Amendment 602

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Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Andreas Glück, Norbert Lins




12. Insists that priority for protected areas must be environmental conservation and restoration and that no activity in these areas should undermine this goal; recognises, however, that agriculture and forestry practices and other forms of human activity do not contradict the conservation objectives of protected areas and high-diversity landscape features of agricultural land per se and even can be beneficial to their achievement; underlines in this regard that productive use must remain an option, taking into account specific local conditions; calls on the Commission to avoid future marine renewable energy developments and bottom-trawling fishing within Marine Protected Areas;

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12. Insists that priority for protected areas must be environmental conservation and restoration and that no activity in these areas should undermine this goal; calls on the Commission to avoid all destructive human activity within European Marine Protected Areas, including bottom-trawling fishing or oil and gas exploitation; Calls on the Commission to take measures to minimize the impact of future marine renewable energy

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developments in protected areas, notably by taking the conservation and restoration dimension into account from the design phase of projects and during the phases impacting the most marine ecosystems, such as project installation;

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12. Insists that priority for protected areas must be environmental conservation and restoration and that no activity in these areas should undermine this goal; calls on the Commission to avoid future marine renewable energy developments and to prohibit bottom-trawling fishing within all European Marine Protected Areas; calls on the Commission to take into account the results of studies showing the detrimental impacts of fishing techniques such as bottom-contacting gear of fish aggregating devices (FAD’s) by prohibiting their use;

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12. Insists that priority for protected areas must be environmental conservation and restoration and that no activity in

12. Calls on the Commission to avoid future marine renewable energy developments and bottom-trawling fishing

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these areas should undermine this goal; calls on the Commission to avoid future marine renewable energy developments and bottom-trawling fishing within Marine Protected Areas;

within Marine Protected Areas;

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12. Insists that priority for protected areas must be environmental conservation and restoration, but that in all cases it should take account of economic, social and cultural requirements as laid down in article 2(3) of the Habitats Directive as well as regional and local characteristics; calls on the Commission to avoid future marine renewable energy developments outside the scope of the existing legislation and bottom-trawling fishing within Marine Protected Areas;

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12. Insists that priority for protected areas must be environmental conservation and restoration and that no activity in these areas should undermine this goal; calls on the Commission to avoid future marine renewable energy developments

12. Recognises the scope for allowing developments in sustainable economic activity in protected areas and bottom-trawling fishing within Marine Protected Areas;

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and bottom-trawling fishing within Marine Protected Areas;

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12. Insists that priority for protected areas must be environmental conservation and restoration, which should also cover sustainable forestry, and that no activity in these areas should undermine this goal; insists, however, that tourism, hunting and any other recreational use of forests should also be permitted in strictly protected areas; calls on the Commission to avoid future marine renewable energy developments and bottom-trawling fishing within Marine Protected Areas;

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12. Recognises the scope for allowing developments in sustainable economic activity in protected areas and bottom-trawling fishing within Marine Protected Areas;

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12. Calls on the Commission to avoid future marine renewable energy developments and bottom-trawling fishing within Marine Protected Areas;

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12. Insists further that priority for protected areas must be environmental conservation and restoration and that no activity in these areas should undermine this goal; calls on the Commission to prohibit all destructive human activities within Marine Protected Areas, including certain uses of fishing techniques, such as bottom-contacting gear and fish aggregating devices (FADs), and oil and gas exploitation;

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12. Insists that priority for protected areas must be environmental conservation and restoration, establishing highly-protected zones aimed at restoring habitats and fish stocks, and that no activity in these areas should undermine this goal; calls on the Commission to avoid future marine renewable energy developments and bottom-trawling fishing within Marine Protected Areas;

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12. Insists that priority for protected areas must be environmental conservation and restoration and that no activity in these areas should undermine this goal; calls on the Commission to ensure that future marine renewable energy developments are based on strict assessments of the impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems and to avoid bottom-trawling fishing within Marine Protected Areas;

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Amendment 614Nikolaj Villumsen, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Anja Hazekamp, Silvia Modig, Malin Björk

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12. Insists that priority for protected areas must be environmental conservation and restoration and that no activity in these areas should undermine this goal; calls on the Commission to avoid future marine renewable energy developments and ban fishing with bottom-contacting gear and other industrial and destructive activities within Marine Protected Areas;

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Amendment 615Alexandr Vondra, Pietro Fiocchi, Anna Zalewska, Andrey Slabakov




12. Insists that priority for protected areas must be environmental conservation and restoration, based on site-specific needs, and that activities in these areas should not undermine this goal; calls on the Commission to put policies in place to prevent future marine renewable energy developments and bottom-trawling fishing within Marine Protected Areas;

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12. Insists that priority for protected areas must be environmental conservation and restoration; calls on the Commission to avoid future marine renewable energy developments and bottom-trawling fishing within Marine Protected Areas;

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12. Insists that priority for protected areas must be environmental conservation and restoration and that no activity in these areas should undermine this goal; calls on the Commission to phase out and ultimately ban future marine renewable energy developments and bottom-trawling fishing within Marine Protected Areas;

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Amendment 618Catherine Chabaud, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos



12. Insists that priority for protected areas must be environmental conservation and restoration and that no activity in these areas should undermine this goal; calls on

12. Insists that priority for protected areas must be environmental conservation and restoration and that no activity in these areas should undermine this goal; calls on

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the Commission to avoid future marine renewable energy developments and bottom-trawling fishing within Marine Protected Areas;

the Commission to avoid bottom-trawling fishing within Marine Protected Areas;

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Amendment 619Alexander Bernhuber, Christophe Hansen, Marlene Mortler, Christine Schneider, Edina Tóth




12. Calls on the Commission, working together with Member States, to put forward criteria and guidance for appropriate management planning of designated protected areas; calls on the Commission to avoid bottom-trawling fishing within Marine Protected Areas;

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12. Insists that priority for protected areas must be environmental conservation and restoration and that no activity in these areas should undermine this goal; calls on the Commission to limit future marine renewable energy developments and bottom-trawling fishing within Marine Protected Areas;

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12. Insists that priority for protected areas must be environmental conservation and restoration and that no activity in these areas should undermine this goal; calls on the Commission to avoid future marine renewable energy developments and non-selective fishing within Marine Protected Areas;

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12a. Welcomes the EU Offshore renewable energy strategy and urges the Commission to ensure adherence to the precautionary principle; stresses that future offshore renewable energy will need to fully respect biodiversity, in particular the objectives set out in the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, the Habitats Directive, and the Birds Directive, and take into account cumulative effects; furthermore, calls on the Commission to adopt a coherent common strategy for the phasing-out of current offshore oil and gas drilling activities by 2035;

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12a. Points out that forests are home to 80 % of the world’s land-based biodiversity and that deforestation, in particular of tropical forests, is continuing at a catastrophic rate; stresses that unsustainable agricultural practices are an important vector of deforestation and ecosystem degradation in the world; emphasises that agroecological development will play an essential role in preserving biodiversity and calls on the Union and Member States to promote this globally;

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12a. Recalls that according to the European Environment Agency, widespread physical disturbance of the seafloor occurs in coastal European waters notably as a result of bottom trawling; notes the existing restrictions on trawling in place in coastal waters of the Mediterranean Sea under Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006; calls on the Commission to expand such spatial restrictions in all coastal waters of the Union in order to protect sensitive habitats and support artisanal low impact

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fisheries;

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12a. Points out that the maintenance and development of open areas for permanent grassland and pasture should be made a priority in order to protect at-risk species of wild birds and pollinators, which are primarily connected with this type of environment, including by clearing woodland in degraded areas consisting of matter of little environmental value;

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12a. Underlines the great potential that the Blue Economy can also bring to the conservation and recovery of marine resources, especially for the benefit of communities living in and around marine protected areas, and the leading role that Europe can play in the world in this sector, in accordance with the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda;

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12a. Notes with concern the European Environment Agency's conclusions that wide spread physical disturbance of the seafloor continues in coastal European waters, in particular, as a result of bottom trawling; calls on the Commission to restrict bottom trawling in nearshore and coastal areas to protect the most productive part of our seas;

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12a. Agrees that bottom trawling is one of the most harmful techniques for marine biodiversity, and calls on the Commission to include measures to phase out this type of fishing as part of the action plan that it will propose in 2021 to conserve fisheries resources and protect marine ecosystems;

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Paragraph 12 a (new)


12a. Calls for an in-depth study of protected areas throughout Europe as it is essential to conduct a recent scientific evaluation of the effectiveness and application of current protected terrestrial areas in order to prepare for possible new protected areas;

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12a. Stresses that the definitions and criteria for the sustainable use of forests and their restoration must be established while respecting the Forest Europe process and only made legally binding if voluntary action brings no result;

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12a. Emphasises that extensive use of freshwater and seawater aquaculture in order to maintain wetlands both inland and in coastal areas would serve to boost biodiversity;

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12a. Emphasises that extensive use of freshwater and seawater aquaculture in order to maintain wetlands both inland and in coastal areas would serve to boost biodiversity;

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12a. Encourages the Commission to scale up collaboration especially for marine ecosystems and the designation of marine ecological corridors;

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12b. Recalls that 1.6 billion people directly depend on forests for their existence, and that combating deforestation in partner countries is a major challenge that contributes to achieving several Sustainable Development Goals; calls on the Commission and Member States to strengthen and coordinate their efforts to support partner countries through partnerships devoted to sustainable forest management that recognise the essential role of local communities and encourage their participation in decision-making;

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13. Underlines that the new EU Forest Strategy must be fully aligned with the Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategy; calls for the inclusion in the Nature Restoration Plan of specific binding targets for the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems, which should also be incorporated into the Forest Strategy;

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13. Underlines the need for coherence between the EU Forest Strategy, the Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategy, in accordance with the Member States’ competence for forestry; calls for the inclusion in the Nature Restoration Plan of specific targets for the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems, which should also be incorporated into the Forest Strategy; notes with great concern that forests have increasingly come under pressure by events such as forest fires, bark beetle infestations, heatwaves and extreme drought; stresses that these events threaten unmanaged forests more severely and must be taken into account along with local conditions when setting protection targets, carefully balancing forest resistance and resilience requirements with biodiversity protection goals; underlines the important role of sustainable forest management in tackling the aforementioned threats as well as in increasing forest carbon sequestration, biodiversity and other ecosystem services;

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Amendment 637Nikolaj Villumsen, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Anja Hazekamp, Silvia Modigon behalf of The Left Group




13. Underlines that the new EU Forest Strategy must have protection and restoration of forest ecosystem as its primary objective, be fully aligned with the Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategy and have a clear aim to increase the EU's natural sinks; calls for the inclusion in the Nature Restoration Plan of specific binding targets for the protection and restoration of

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forest ecosystems, which should also be incorporated into the Forest Strategy; urges the Commission and the Member States to take full account of the impact that increased use of biofuels has on deforestation and the threat it poses to both biodiversity and climate; therefore calls on the Commission to fundamentally reform EU bioenergy policies, i.e. by revising the Renewable Energy Directive, and exclude biofuels from support;

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13. Underlines that the new EU Forest Strategy must be fully aligned with the Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategy; calls for the inclusion in the Nature Restoration Plan of specific binding targets for the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems, which should also be incorporated into the Forest Strategy; underlines the need to critically reconsider and revise the EU’s rules for the use of forest biomass for energy production in the framework of the Renewable Energy Directive to bring it in line with the objectives of the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030 and the EU’s target to become climate-neutral by 2050 at the latest;

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13. Underlines that the new EU Forest Strategy must be based on the Biodiversity Strategy; firmly states that along with strict protection, sustainable management practices should also be acknowledged as an appropriate solution for the management of areas with a very high value or potential for biodiversity and, particularly, those most vulnerable to climate change; calls for the inclusion in the Nature Restoration Plan of specific provisions for the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems as well as sustainable management, which should also be incorporated into the Forest Strategy;

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13. Underlines that the new EU Forest Strategy must be fully aligned with the Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategy with the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems as its core objective and should increase the EU’s natural sinks while protecting, conserving and enhancing biodiversity; calls for the inclusion of specific binding targets for the restoration and subsequent protection of forest ecosystems in the legislative instrument for the new legally binding restoration targets, which should also be incorporated into the Forest Strategy;

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13. Underlines that the new EU Forest Strategy must be consistent with the Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategy;

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Amendment 642Christine Schneider, Christian Doleschal, Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Petri Sarvamaa, Marlene Mortler




13. Underlines that the new EU Forest Strategy must be a stand-alone, holistic and a coherence enabler for forest-related policies, including the Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategy; urges the Commission to address the forest-specific measures of the European Green Deal in the Standing Forestry Committee with a strong mandate from the EU Forest Strategy; reiterates that Member States continue to decide, as highlighted in the views of the Council and the Parliament on the EU Forest Strategy, on policies on forestry and forests;

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13. Recognises that as per the European Court of Justice’s ruling of 19991a, EU measures on the protection of forests is founded on the environmental legal basis (now Art. 192 TFEU); Underlines that the new EU Forest Strategy must be fully aligned with the Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategy; calls for the inclusion in the Nature Restoration Plan of specific binding targets for the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems, which should also be incorporated into the Forest Strategy;

_________________1a https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:61997CJ0164&from=HR

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13. Underlines that the new EU Forest Strategy must be fully aligned with the Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategy; calls for the inclusion in the Nature Restoration Plan of specific binding targets for the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems, which should also be

13. Underlines that the new EU Forest Strategy must be fully aligned with the Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategy; calls for the inclusion in the Nature Restoration Plan of specific targets geared towards sustainable management and keeping forests healthy and suitably

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incorporated into the Forest Strategy; resilient; calls for the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems, which should also be incorporated into the Forest Strategy, without prejudice to the principle of subsidiarity;

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13. Underlines that the new EU Forest Strategy must be fully aligned with the Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategy; calls for the inclusion in the Nature Restoration Plan of specific targets for the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems, which should also be incorporated into the Forest Strategy; notes that the gradual increase in forest area in the European Union is in stark contrast to the situation of growing deforestation in various parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America;

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13. Underlines that the new EU Forest Strategy must be fully aligned with the Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategy; calls for the inclusion in the Nature Restoration Plan of specific binding targets

13. Emphasises the strong links between the Forestry and Biodiversity Strategies; stresses that deforestation is a major cause of biodiversity loss; underlines that the new EU Forest Strategy

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for the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems, which should also be incorporated into the Forest Strategy;

must be fully aligned with the Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategy; calls for the inclusion in the Nature Restoration Plan of specific binding targets for the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems, which should also be incorporated into the Forest Strategy;

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13. Underlines that the new EU Forest Strategy must be fully aligned with the Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategy; stresses the need for the Forest Strategy to recognise the EU’s competences in the area of protection of the environment, including forests; calls for the inclusion in the Nature Restoration Plan of specific binding targets for the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems, which should also be incorporated into the Forest Strategy;

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13. Underlines that the new EU Forest Strategy must be fully aligned with the

13. Underlines the importance of the EU Forest Strategy as a holistic strategy

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Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategy; calls for the inclusion in the Nature Restoration Plan of specific binding targets for the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems, which should also be incorporated into the Forest Strategy;

on forest related matters, which should be fully aligned and coherent with the targets of the Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategy, including the Nature Restoration Plan of specific targets for the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems which should take into account the specific situation in the Member States in consultation with national authorities;

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13. Underlines that the new EU Forest Strategy must be fully aligned with the Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategy; calls for the inclusion in the Nature Restoration Plan of specific binding targets for the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems, coupled with short timeframes for their implementation, and for these targets to be incorporated into the Forest Strategy, too;

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13. Underlines that the new EU Forest Strategy must be fully aligned with the Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategy; calls for the inclusion in the Nature

13. Underlines that the new EU Forest Strategy must be fully aligned with the Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategy; calls for the inclusion in the Nature

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Restoration Plan of specific binding targets for the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems, which should also be incorporated into the Forest Strategy;

Restoration Plan of specific targets for the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems, whilst fully reflecting national and local circumstances, which should also be incorporated into the Forest Strategy;

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13. Underlines that the new EU Forest Strategy must be stand-alone; calls for the inclusion in the Nature Restoration Plan of specific binding targets for the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems, which should also be incorporated into the new Forest Strategy;

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13. Underlines that the new EU Forest Strategy must be fully aligned with the Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategy; calls for the inclusion in the Nature Restoration Plan of specific targets for the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems, which should also be incorporated into the Forest Strategy;

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13. Underlines that the new EU Forest Strategy must be fully aligned with the Biodiversity Strategy; calls for the inclusion in the Nature Restoration Plan of specific policy targets for the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems, which should also be incorporated into the Forest Strategy;

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13a. Stresses that the future EU Forest Strategy should be used as the overarching framework to coordinate all forestry policies, including biodiversity aspects, with sustainable forest management at its centre, taking due account of the prevailing roles of the Member States’ forestry policies and laws and of the principle of subsidiarity; stresses the important role of the Standing Forestry Committee and the Advisory Committee on Forestry and Cork as the main forums for exchanging information and providing the Commission with opinions, advice and skills on the different

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policies and initiatives on forests and forestry; stresses the need to take into account the diversity and the different characteristics of European forests from an economic, social and ecological perspective;

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13a. Emphasises the balanced approach within the EU Forest Strategy post-2020; stresses the importance of multifunctional forests and forestry as a example of green infrastructure that provides indispensable ecosystem services (e.g. renewable material wood, biodiversity, soil and water protection, natural hazards management, and social functions like recreation) for people, the environment and the economy and delivers the preconditions for a smart green and regional economy; notes that forests can only achieve their full potential for climate and environment when they are sustainably managed; stresses therefore that close-to-nature forestry and hunting are compatible with the 10% strictly protected areas;

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13a. Underlines the importance of sustainable forest management for the health and longevity of forest ecosystems and the preservation of the multifunctional role of forests; highlights the potential of agroforestry to improve and boost ecosystem services and farmland biodiversity and for carbon sequestration, while enhancing farm productivity; notes that forests can only achieve their full potential for climate and environment when they are sustainably managed; stresses therefore the need to exclude forestry from the 10% strictly protected areas;

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Amendment 657Edina Tóth



13a. Notes the administrative measures proposed in the Biodiversity Strategy, especially the extension of protected and strictly protected forest areas, and the lack of clear definitions and detailed impact assessments; emphasises that the full involvement of Member States and stakeholders is needed and that national conditions should be taken into account in the development of key definitions important for the implementation of the strategy; stresses that more emphasis should be placed on the implementation of existing EU and national legislation;

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13a. Underlines that the new EU Forest Strategy must be stand-alone, holistic and a coherent enabler for forest-related policies, including the Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategy; urges the Commission to address the forest-specific measures of the European Green Deal in the Standing Forestry Committee with a strong mandate from the EU Forest Strategy; reiterates that Member States continue to decide, as highlighted in the views of the Council and the Parliament on the EU Forest Strategy, on policies on forestry and forests;

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Amendment 659Michal Wiezik, Radan Kanev, Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Ville Niinistö



13a. Stresses that the indicator of the share of sustainable forest management in the EU countries should be based on robust data and cannot be based on industry self-certifying its practices; calls for new and adapted indicators to be developed by an expert committee established for this purpose which will provide the basis for a definition of sustainable forest management and close-to-nature forestry, and be used for the purposes of policy and MFF programmes implementation and Recovery funding;

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Amendment 660Silvia Modig, Nikolaj Villumsen



13a. Urges the Commission to revise the Renewable Energy Directive; stresses that the revised sustainability criteria of the Renewable Energy Directive must be science-based and aligned with the Paris Agreement, the Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategy; insists that the use of whole trees and food and feed crops for energy production should at least be minimised;

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13a. Emphasises that the growing trend of viewing forests from a predominantly economic perspective and of limiting their value to the timber that they produce, while ignoring their vital environmental and social benefits, poses a serious obstacle to achieving the objectives of protecting and guaranteeing biodiversity;

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Amendment 662

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Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Andreas Glück, Norbert Lins



13a. Underlines the important contribution of multifunctional forests and the forest-based sector in achieving climate neutrality by 2050 by providing renewable alternatives to fossil-based resources and materials, including building materials that serve as long-term carbon storage;

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13b. Reiterates that Forest Europe confirms1a that the Pan-European indicators for sustainable forest management cannot evaluate the quantified rate of forest biodiversity loss and proposes that new or adapted indicators be developed;_________________1a Forest Europe, 2015: Goals for European Forests, available at:https://foresteurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MID_TERM_EvaluatG2020T_2015.pdf

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Michal Wiezik, Radan Kanev, Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Ville Niinistö



13c. Highlights that an increase in harvest and consequently an increase in harvested area hampers both climate and biodiversity goals as well as the European indigenous peoples1a; considers that only circular and cascading use of forest and other biomass resources that does not compromise on scientifically underpinned protection and restoration action and climate action should take place in the EU;_________________1a https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12674-Forests-new-EU-strategy/F1300504

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13d. Reiterates its call1a to recognise the EU’s competences, responsibility and funds available in the area of forest protection and that the success of our external action and of our partners’ response to protect their forests depends on how effective and ambitious we are in relation to our natural heritage; Calls, therefore on the European Commission to assume and fully exercise its competence in the areas of forest protection and prudent and rational utilisation of forest

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resources and jointly on the Commission and Member States to ensure the highest standards of environmental protection and consistency between the task of protecting and restoring forests both within the EU and in its external action;_________________1a European Parliament's resolution of 16 September 2020 on the EU’s role in protecting and restoring the world’s forests (2019/2156(INI

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14. Stresses that the Union’s tree planting initiatives should be based on proforestation, sustainable reforestation and the greening of urban areas; calls on the Commission to ensure that these initiatives are carried out only in a manner compatible with and conducive to the biodiversity objectives;

14. Stresses that the Union’s tree planting initiatives should be based on proforestation, sustainable reforestation and the greening of urban areas; calls on the Commission to ensure that these initiatives are carried out only in a manner compatible with and conducive to the biodiversity objectives; points out that the 3 billion trees target must not become a driver for replacing existing old-growth and biodiverse forest with species-impoverished new forestry plantations, as this would be counter-productive to the overall objective; considers that urban and peri-urban areas, including former industrial and rehabilitated land would particularly be suited for this, as well as agricultural land, especially agro-forestry land, creating corridors and connecting nature rich areas;

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14. Stresses that the Union’s tree planting initiatives should be based on sustainable afforestation, the implementation of agroforestry, climate adapted reforestation and the greening of urban areas, acknowledging Member States’ legal competences concerning the implementation in the fields of forestry as well as urban and spatial planning; calls on the Commission to ensure that these initiatives are carried out only in a manner compatible with and conducive to the biodiversity objectives;

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Amendment 668María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Catherine Chabaud, Susana Solís Pérez, Martin Hojsík, Billy Kelleher, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Pascal Canfin, Frédérique Ries




14. Welcomes the commitment to plant at least 3 billion additional trees in Europe; stresses however that the Union’s tree planting initiatives should prioritise connectivity and be based on proforestation, sustainable reforestation and the greening of urban areas; calls on the Commission to ensure that these initiatives are carried out only in a manner compatible with and conducive to the biodiversity objectives and following the latest scientific guidance;

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14. Stresses that the Union’s tree planting initiatives should be based on sustainable forestation, climate-adapted reforestation and the greening of urban areas; calls on the Commission to ensure that these initiatives are carried out only in a manner compatible with and conducive to the biodiversity objectives, and to guarantee the necessary biological connections between the different areas (urban, rural and protected) in the territories concerned;

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14. Supports sustainable development of EU forests, including through thoroughly planned afforestation; stresses, however, that other approaches, such as proforestation, sustainable reforestation and the greening of urban areas, may also play an important role; calls on the Commission to ensure that these initiatives are carried out only in a manner compatible with and conducive to the biodiversity objectives;

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Amendment 671Christine Schneider, Christian Doleschal, Jessica Polfjärd, Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Petri Sarvamaa, Marlene Mortler




14. Stresses that the Union’s tree planting initiatives should be based on, the multifunctionality of forests, sustainable reforestation and the greening of urban areas; calls on the Commission to ensure that these initiatives are carried out in a manner compatible with and conducive to the economic, social and ecological, including climate change and the biodiversity objectives related to Europe's forests;

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14. Stresses that the Union’s tree planting initiatives should be based on the multifunctionality of forests, sustainable reforestation and the greening of urban areas; calls on the Commission to ensure that these initiatives are carried out in a manner compatible with and conducive to the economic, social and ecological objectives related to Europe's forests;

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14. Stresses that the Union’s tree planting initiatives must be based on clear ecological principles, proforestation, sustainable reforestation and the greening of urban areas, while ensuring that some forest areas are kept untouched; calls on the Commission to ensure that these initiatives are carried out only in a manner compatible with and conducive to the biodiversity objectives;

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14. Stresses that the Union’s tree planting initiatives should be based on proforestation, sustainable reforestation, reversal of ecosystem degradation measures and the greening of urban areas; calls on the Commission to ensure that these initiatives are carried out only in a manner compatible with and conducive to the biodiversity objectives;

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Amendment 675Michal Wiezik, Radan Kanev, Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Lídia Pereira, Martin Hojsík, Ville Niinistö




14. Stresses that the Union’s tree planting initiatives should be based on clear ecological principles, proforestation, sustainable reforestation, greening of urban areas and agroforestry; calls on the Commission to ensure that these initiatives are carried out only in a manner compatible with and conducive to the biodiversity objectives;

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14. Stresses that the Union’s tree planting initiatives should be based on proforestation, sustainable reforestation, the promotion of agroforestry and the greening of urban areas; calls on the Commission to ensure that these initiatives are carried out only in a manner compatible with and conducive to the biodiversity objectives;

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14. Stresses that the Union’s tree planting initiatives should be based on proforestation, close to nature forestry, sustainable reforestation and the greening of urban areas; calls on the Commission to ensure that these initiatives are carried out only in a manner compatible with and conducive to the biodiversity objectives;

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14. Stresses that the Union’s tree planting initiatives should be based on active and sustainable forest management, reforestation and the greening of urban areas; calls on the Commission to ensure that these initiatives are carried out only in a manner compatible with and conducive to the biodiversity objectives;

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14. Stresses that the Union’s tree planting initiatives should be based on proforestation, sustainable reforestation

14. Stresses that the Union’s tree planting initiatives should be based on the principles of the new EU Forest

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and the greening of urban areas; calls on the Commission to ensure that these initiatives are carried out only in a manner compatible with and conducive to the biodiversity objectives;

Strategy; calls on the Commission to ensure that these initiatives are carried out only in a manner compatible with and conducive to the biodiversity objectives;

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14a. Stresses that biodiversity can be enhanced in keeping with a commercial aspect; recalls that European forests (managed within a financial context) play an important role in maintaining and improving biodiversity due to the increased knowledge of professionals in the sector; calls for a re-evaluation of the profession of forest warden, which is essential for the management of European forests;

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14a. Requests that, once planting has been carried out, proper and continuous maintenance be ensured for the greening of urban areas, which should be undertaken using plant material that is adapted to the particular pedo-climatic, morphological and landscape features, in

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addition to guaranteeing the maintenance of the area;

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14a. Stresses that the programme of Urban Greening Plans for cities with at least 20,000 inhabitants should be reviewed and expanded to include cities and densely urbanised areas with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants in order to reach more urban areas within the Union;

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14b. Emphasises that biodiversity protection should take place in cooperation with the territory’s stakeholders so that it adds to the final value of the products (wood of better quality, commercial enhancement of exports);

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14b. Stresses that such projects as proforestation, greening, reforestation and landscaping should prioritise indigenous flora, in order to create or expand nurseries of indigenous plants best suited for local ecosystems;

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14c. Emphasises that greening efforts should not merely focus on beautification of the particular space, but rather should make use of indigenous flora, maximise the amount of flora used and also promote the growth of wildflowers which are of great importance to pollinators;

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14c. Notes that Member States must shift towards sustainable forest management, emphasising the importance of the role forests play in carbon storage;

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14d. Calls for support for foresting and reforesting initiatives to be focused on integrated approaches in national and cross-border territories, taking into account local socio-economic conditions;

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14e. Stresses that anthropogenically managed plantations can be valuable in terms of biodiversity, particularly at sites outside of forests; emphasises that, in some cases, human work does allow for improvements in the potential biodiversity index (PBI) and can positively influence the soil and subsoil regeneration cycle;

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15. Calls on the Commission to urgently present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence that ensures sustainable and deforestation-free value chains and land-neutral trade chains; given the link between deforestation and the emergence of (novel) pathogens, suggests that a major effort be done to retain intact forest cover in tropical countries, and that trade policy should enable legally binding tools to tackle the impact of the EU as the consumer of goods and materials affecting forests worldwide;

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urgently present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence that ensures sustainable and deforestation-free value chains;

urgently present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence that ensures sustainable and deforestation-free value chains; is of the opinion that the new EU legal framework should prevent the entry into the EU single market commodities that have contributed to deforestation as described in the resolution of 22 October 2020 with recommendations to the Commission on an EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation;

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15. Calls on the Commission to urgently present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence that ensures sustainable and deforestation-free value chains; calls for future policies that highlight the strategic role of forests and related supply chains and for strenuous efforts to promote research and innovation in these sectors;

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15. Calls on the Commission to urgently present a proposal for an EU legal

15. Calls on the Commission to urgently present a proposal for an EU legal

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framework based on mandatory due diligence that ensures sustainable and deforestation-free value chains;

framework based on mandatory due diligence that ensures sustainable and deforestation-free value chains; calls for future policies that highlight the strategic role of forests and related supply chains and for strenuous efforts to promote research and innovation in these sectors;

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Amendment 694Nikolaj Villumsen, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Anja Hazekamp, Silvia Modigon behalf of The Left Group




15. Stresses that voluntary measures and market-based mechanisms such as labelling and 'Round Tables' are woefully insufficient to stop deforestation; calls on the Commission to urgently present a proposal for an EU legal framework to halt deforestation based on mandatory due diligence that ensures sustainable and deforestation-free value chains;

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15. Calls on the Commission to urgently present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence that ensures sustainable and deforestation-free value chains; calls on the Commission to rapidly extend the

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announced legal framework to other materials and products associated with biodiversity loss;

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15. Calls on the Commission to urgently present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence that ensures sustainable value chains that are free from deforestation, forest degradation, ecosystem conversion and degradation, and human rights violations;

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15. Reiterates its call to the Commission to present an impact assessed proposal to take action favouring the restoration of forests globally and for sustainable and deforestation-free value chains, while ensuring competitiveness of EU based businesses, especially SMEs;

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15. Calls on the Commission to urgently present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence for large undertakings that ensures sustainable value chains, taking into account the heterogeneous conditions in the Member States;

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15. Calls on the Commission to consider a proposal for an EU legal framework that ensures sustainable and deforestation-free value chains based on a thorough impact assessments taking into account different options;

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15. Calls on the Commission to urgently present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence that ensures sustainable, free of ecosystem degradation and deforestation-free value chains;

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15. Calls on the Commission to urgently present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence that ensures sustainable and deforestation and ecosystems deterioration free value chains;

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15. Calls on the Commission to urgently present a proposal for an EU legal framework that ensures sustainable and deforestation-free value chains;

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Amendment 703Nils Torvalds, Billy Kelleher, Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Andreas Glück, Ulrike Müller, Asger Christensen




15. Calls on the Commission to present, after an impact assessment, a proposal for an EU legal framework based on due diligence that ensures sustainable and deforestation-free value chains;

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15. Calls on the Commission to urgently present a proposal for an EU legal framework that ensures sustainable and deforestation-free value chains which should also apply to third countries;

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15. Calls on the Commission to urgently present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due

15. Calls on the Commission to urgently present a proposal for a legal framework based on mandatory due

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diligence that ensures sustainable and deforestation-free value chains;

diligence that ensures sustainable and deforestation-free value chains;

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15a. Underlines the need to reduce the contact between wildlife and livestock, as well as wildlife and humans; believes that a trade ban on wild animals and restrictions on the trade of animals such as pets, fur and medicine, as well as a Positive List of allowed species, should be considered to counter the effects of a lack of health checks and limited international regulations; considers that in addition, to reduce the spread to zoonotic diseases through trade and to preserve wild species in global ecosystems, the EU needs more and better border controls; is of the opinion that transnational wildlife traffic crime should be addressed within multilateral efforts against organised transnational crime;

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Amendment 707Catherine Chabaud, Frédérique Ries, Martin Hojsík, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță



15a. Calls on the Commission to analyse and assess whether the

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instauration of a « price on nature », taking into account nature’s contribution to economic growth, would enable to limit and rationalise the exploitation and impact on species, ecosystems and therefore contribute to halt biodiversity loss;

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Amendment 708Alexander Bernhuber, Dolors Montserrat, Christine Schneider, Marlene Mortler, Edina Tóth



15a. Regrets in this context the decisions taken by third countries that go in the wrong direction of the EU Biodiversity objectives for 2030 such as the Brazilian decision in 2019 to allow sugarcane cultivation in the Amazon region; calls for sanctions in case of such decisions;

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15a. Calls on the Commission to urgently put forward a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence regarding wildlife trade (under the CITES Convention) and taking into account impacts on biodiversity loss in third countries;

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15a. Calls for a ban on the active substance glyphosate, due to its serious impacts on human and animal health, soil health, and ecosystems;

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15b. Welcomes the Biodiversity Strategy’s commitment to revise by 2021 the EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking to step up efforts to combat the illegal wildlife both within the EU and globally; calls on the Commission to ensure that the post-2020 EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking is fully integrated into the 2030 Biodiversity Strategy, receives adequate funding and includes baselines and measurable indicators so that progress can be assessed and objectives delivered within a specified timeframe;

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15b. Recalls that biodiversity is threatened by climate change through natural disasters and extreme weather disturbances, including cyclones, storms, droughts, erosion, heat waves and fires, as well as rising sea level, rising sea surface temperature, flooding of coastal areas, and increasing ocean acidity, and that coastal regions and islands are particularly impacted;

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Amendment 713María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Catherine Chabaud, Susana Solís Pérez, Martin Hojsík, Billy Kelleher, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Frédérique Ries



16. Expresses its concern that the majority of the ranges of terrestrial species will decrease significantly in a 1.5 to 2°C scenario; highlights, therefore, the need to prioritise nature-based solutions in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to increase the protection of natural carbon sinks in the EU;

16. Expresses its concern that the majority of the ranges of terrestrial and marine species will decrease significantly in a 1.5 to 2°C global warming scenario and that these temperature increases will most likely be exceeded with the current trajectory; highlights, therefore, the need to prioritise nature-based solutions in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to increase the protection of natural carbon sinks in the EU as a complementary measure to decreasing green house gas emissions; emphasises that removals by natural carbon sinks should be complementary and additional to the prioritisation of swift reductions of

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direct greenhouse gas emissions, including when implementing the EU’s 2030 climate target;

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16. Expresses its concern that the majority of the ranges of terrestrial species will decrease significantly in a 1.5 to 2°C scenario, especially since current emission trajectories, both at EU and global level, mean that these temperature increases will most likely be exceeded; reiterates, therefore, the need to further significantly increase EU ambition in this regard, prioritising nature-based solutions in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to increase the protection of natural carbon sinks in the EU; underlines that the removals by carbon sinks should not be counted towards the 55% emissions reduction target, but instead be additional;

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16. Expresses its concern that the majority of the ranges of terrestrial species will decrease significantly in a 1.5 to 2°C scenario; highlights, therefore, the need to prioritise environmentally friendly and nature-based solutions in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to increase the protection of natural carbon sinks in the EU, while ensuring to use the full potential of biogenic resources in order to achieve the phasing-out of fossil fuels as fast as possible in order to achieve the objective of the Paris Agreement;

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Amendment 716Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Asger Christensen, Norbert Lins




16. Expresses its concern that the majority of the ranges of terrestrial species will decrease significantly in a 1.5 to 2°C scenario; highlights, therefore, the need to prioritise nature-based solutions in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to increase the protection and sustainable management of natural carbon sinks in the EU, while ensuring that the full potential of biogenic resources is used in order to achieve the phasing-out of fossil fuels with a view to achieving the objective of the Paris Agreement;

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16. Expresses its concern that the majority of the ranges of terrestrial species will decrease significantly in a 1.5 to 2°C scenario; highlights, therefore, the need to prioritise nature-based solutions in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to increase the protection of natural carbon sinks in the EU, while ensuring that the potential of biogenic resources is fully harnessed so as to ensure the gradual elimination of fossil fuels in order to meet the objective of the Paris Agreement;

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16. Expresses its concern that the majority of the ranges of terrestrial species will decrease significantly in a 1.5 to 2°C scenario; reiterates in this context that climate change has now reached its peak of the last two millennia in terms of its rate and magnitude; highlights, therefore, the need to prioritise nature-based solutions in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to increase the protection of natural carbon sinks in the EU;

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Amendment 719

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16. Expresses its concern that the majority of the ranges of terrestrial species will decrease significantly in a 1.5 to 2°C scenario; highlights, therefore, the need to prioritise nature-based solutions in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to increase natural carbon sinks in the EU, while ensuring the gradual elimination of fossil fuels in order to achieve the objective of the Paris Agreement;

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16. Expresses its concern that the majority of the ranges of terrestrial species will decrease significantly in a 1.5 to 2 °C scenario; highlights, therefore, the need to prioritise nature-based solutions in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to increase the protection of natural carbon sinks in the EU;

16. Expresses its concern that the majority of the ranges of terrestrial species will decrease significantly in a 1.5 to 2 °C scenario; highlights, therefore, the need to prioritise nature-based solutions in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to increase the protection of natural carbon sinks in the EU in order to increase the co-benefits between biodiversity protection and the fight against climate change;

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16. Expresses its concern that the majority of the ranges of terrestrial species will decrease significantly in a 1.5 to 2°C scenario; highlights, therefore, the need to prioritise nature-based solutions in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to increase the protection of natural carbon sinks in the EU; calls on the Commission to present a proposal for a binding EU target for natural carbon sinks;

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16. Expresses its concern that the majority of the ranges of terrestrial species will decrease significantly in a 1.5 to 2°C scenario; highlights, therefore, the need to prioritise sustainable management of all resources in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to maintain and strengthen carbon sinks in the EU in line with the objectives and practices supported in the upcoming Common Agricultural Policy;

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16. Expresses its concern that the majority of the ranges of terrestrial species will decrease significantly in a 1.5 to 2°C scenario; highlights, therefore, the need to prioritise nature-based solutions in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to increase the protection of natural carbon sinks in the EU, including by taking them into account in setting the 2030 emissions reduction target;

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16. Expresses its concern that the majority of the ranges of terrestrial species will decrease significantly in a 1.5 to 2°C scenario; highlights, therefore, the need to prioritise nature-based solutions in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to increase the protection of natural carbon sinks in the EU including by the revision of the policy framework which represents undue pressure on these;

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16. Highlights the need to prioritise nature-based solutions in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to increase the protection of natural carbon sinks in the EU, in line with the principle of proportionality;

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16. Expresses its concern that the majority of the ranges of terrestrial species will decrease significantly in a 1.5 to 2 °C scenario; highlights, therefore, the need to prioritise nature-based solutions in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to increase the protection of natural carbon sinks in the EU;

16. Expresses its concern that the majority of the ranges of terrestrial species will decrease significantly in a 1.5 to 2 °C scenario; highlights, therefore, the need to prioritise nature-based solutions and stakeholder knowledge in the territories in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to increase the protection of natural carbon sinks in the EU;

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16. Expresses its concern that the majority of the ranges of terrestrial and marine species will decrease significantly in a 1.5 to 2°C scenario; highlights, therefore, the need to prioritise nature-based solutions in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to increase the protection of natural terrestrial and marine carbon sinks in the EU;

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16. Expresses its concern that the majority of the ranges of terrestrial species will decrease if nothing is done to halt climate change; highlights, therefore, the need to prioritise sustainable management of natural resources in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to maintain and strengthen natural carbon sinks in the EU;

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16. Expresses its concern that the majority of the ranges of terrestrial species

16. Expresses its concern that the majority of the ranges of both terrestrial

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will decrease significantly in a 1.5 to 2°C scenario; highlights, therefore, the need to prioritise nature-based solutions in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to increase the protection of natural carbon sinks in the EU;

and maritime species will decrease significantly in a 1.5 to 2°C scenario; highlights, therefore, the need to prioritise nature-based solutions in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to increase the protection of natural carbon sinks in the EU;

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16. Expresses its concern that the majority of the ranges of terrestrial and marine species will decrease significantly in a 1.5 to 2°C scenario; highlights, therefore, the need to prioritise nature-based solutions in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to increase the protection of natural carbon sinks in the EU;

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16. Expresses its concern that the majority of the ranges of terrestrial species will decrease significantly in a 1.5 to 2°C scenario; highlights, therefore, the need to prioritise nature-based solutions in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to increase the

16. Expresses its concern that the majority of the ranges of terrestrial species will decrease significantly in a 1.5 to 2°C scenario; highlights, therefore, the need to prioritise ecosystem-based solutions in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to increase the

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protection of natural carbon sinks in the EU;

protection of natural carbon sinks in the EU;

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Amendment 732Nils Torvalds, Billy Kelleher, Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Andreas Glück, Ulrike Müller, Asger Christensen




16. Expresses its concern that the majority of the ranges of terrestrial species will decrease significantly in a 1.5 to 2°C scenario; highlights, therefore, the need to sustainably manage our natural resources in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to increase natural carbon sinks in the EU;

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16a. Calls on the Commission to assess the magnitude of expected changes on biodiversity by performing a sensitivity analysis of the responses of species geographical distributions to climate change and to support Member States to adequately channel these assessments into national policies; stresses that expected changes in abundance and distribution

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(e.g. a potential northwards migration) should thus also be addressed in future reporting under the Nature Directives and taken into account within the context of the new Biodiversity Strategy for 2030;

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16a. Recalls that protection of oceans play an indispensable role in halting and reversing loss of biodiversity, not only with regard to the ocean habitat themselves, but also due to oceans having an immense impact on the health of ecosystems everywhere on the planet; highlights further the essential role played by healthy ocean ecosystems in mitigating climate change; calls therefore for the restoration of marine ecosystems providing natural sinks and for their inclusion in effectively managed Marine Protected Areas;

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16a. Calls on the Member States to adopt effective actions for climate

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adaptation to prevent and fight forest fires and compensate their negative effects on the rural economy, biodiversity and the provision of ecosystems services; underlines the need to develop science-based fire management to tackle the effects of climate change in forests and recognises the capacity of agroforestry to increase biomass productivity, reduce the costs of forest maintenance and prevent forest fires;

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16a. Calls for the new EU Strategy on adaptation to climate change, which is interlinked with disaster risk reduction and management, to promote the essential role of ecosystem-based solutions which foster biodiversity as well as initiatives that reduce vulnerability and global threats to the human population, livelihoods and animal welfare, and the environment, notably in lower-income countries

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16a. Recalls the EU’s commitment to

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fulfil the objectives of the Paris Agreement; calls on the Commission to end fossil fuel subsidies, including fuel subsidies to fishing vessels, which contradict the EU's climate objectives, distort competition, and perpetuate overfishing and overcapacity of the fishing fleet;

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16a. Highlights the importance of conserving “Blue Carbon” and carbon rich ocean habitats because of their role in sequestering carbon dioxide, and the importance of improving adaptation through protecting the coast from erosion, and building the resilience of marine life and fisheries to climate change;

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16a. Emphasises the critical role of the bioeconomy in tackling climate change in an economically and socially sustainable way;

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Amendment 740Catherine Chabaud, Frédérique Ries, Martin Hojsík, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță



16a. Calls on the establishment of an Intergovernmental panel on ocean change;

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16b. Recalls that the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development starts in 2021, and calls on the Commission to take a leading role by investing in new scientific research that quantifies the value of fish populations and marine life in the ocean carbon cycle until 2030;

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16b. Highlights the need to maintain and improve the integrity of carbon rich

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ocean habitats (corals, seamounts, seagrass, tidal marshes) for improving carbon storage, coastal protection, shelter for sea life and resilience of marine species and fisheries to climate change;

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16c. Calls on the Commission to recognise restoring and maintaining sustainable fisheries as climate action.

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Amendment 744María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Catherine Chabaud, Susana Solís Pérez, Martin Hojsík, Billy Kelleher, Asger Christensen, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Pascal Canfin, Nils Torvalds, Frédérique Ries



17. Calls on the Commission to prepare a long-term EU action plan on climate and biodiversity that improves coherence and interconnections for future actions, and integrates commitments under the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and the Paris Agreement;

17. Calls on the Commission to present a long-term EU action plan on climate and biodiversity that ensures coherence and interconnections for future actions, and formally integrates commitments under the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and Nationally-Determined Contributions of the Paris Agreement; underlines the importance of creating a formal coordination structure as soon as possible, as well as better coordination of reporting, monitoring, assessment and review of both climate and biodiversity

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17. Calls on the Commission to prepare a long-term EU action plan on climate and biodiversity that improves coherence and interconnections for future actions, and integrates commitments under the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and the Paris Agreement, including transforming animal farming to ensure animal densities stay within the carrying capacity of the land;

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17. Calls on the Commission to prepare, as soon as possible, a long-term EU action plan on climate and biodiversity that has a clearly defined step-by-step process, that improves coherence and interconnections for future actions, and integrates commitments under the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and the Paris Agreement;

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17. Calls on the Commission to prepare a long-term EU action plan on climate and biodiversity that improves coherence and interconnections for future actions, and integrates commitments under the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals;

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17. Calls on the Commission to prepare a long-term EU action plan on climate and biodiversity that improves coherence, interconnections and sustainable business models for future actions, and integrates commitments under the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and the Paris Agreement;

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Amendment 750Linea Søgaard-Lidell




17. Calls on the Commission to prepare a long-term EU action plan on climate and biodiversity targets that improves coherence and interconnections for future actions, and integrates commitments under the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and the Paris Agreement;

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17. Calls on the Commission to prepare a long-term EU action plan on climate and biodiversity that improves coherence and interconnections for future actions, and

17. Calls on the Commission to prepare a long-term EU action plan on biodiversity, including soil, that improves coherence and interconnections for future actions, and

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integrates commitments under the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and the Paris Agreement;

integrates commitments under the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and the Paris Agreement;

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Amendment 752Alexander Bernhuber, Jessica Polfjärd, Christophe Hansen, Marlene Mortler, Christine Schneider, Edina Tóth, Dolors Montserrat




17. Believes that the European Green Deal should be the framework to improve coherence and interconnections for future actions, and integrate commitments under the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and the Paris Agreement;

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17a. Underlines that the new EU Climate adaptation strategy must be fully aligned with the Biodiversity Strategy and the preparedness for natural disasters through the Civil Protection Mechanism; calls for the inclusion in the legislative instrument for the new legally binding restoration targets of specific binding targets for the protection and restoration of ecosystems with the highest potential to capture and store carbon and to restore biodiversity and to prevent and reduce the

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impact of natural disasters; calls for the important role of nature-based solutions in fostering biodiversity, and actions to reduce vulnerability of the population, economic activities, animal welfare and wildlife from natural disasters to be integrated into the Biodiversity Strategy;

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17a. Underlines that the new EU Climate adaptation strategy must be fully aligned with the Biodiversity Strategy; calls for the inclusion in the Nature Restoration Plan of specific binding targets for the protection and restoration of ecosystems with the highest potential to capture and store carbon; emphasises the important role of nature-based solutions fostering biodiversity and actions to reduce vulnerability of the population, economic activities, animal welfare and wildlife to natural disasters;

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Amendment 755Alexander Bernhuber, Petri Sarvamaa, Jessica Polfjärd, Christophe Hansen, Marlene Mortler, Christine Schneider, Edina Tóth, Dolors Montserrat



17a. Considers that sustainably managed forests and resulting wood-

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based products are essential in achieving the UN SDGs and European Green Deal targets and in tackling climate change by strengthening carbon stocks in forests and wood-products and by facilitating material substitution; Emphasises that to ensure consistency, these benefits should be horizontally recognised in EU's forest-related policies, including those on biodiversity;

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17a. Calls on the Commission, in collaboration with the IUCN and the EEA, to present guidelines, definitions and strict principles of implementation and optimisation tools to clearly define NbS as biodiversity-inclusive and guide decisions on where to implement NbS to maximise nature connectivity, benefits and synergies between biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation and adaptation;

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17a. Recognises the positive contribution from sustainably managed protected areas, especially on marine ecosystems, to climate adaptation through strengthening ecosystems resilience; urges Member States to reinforce the role and increase the number of protected areas networks in national climate adaptation strategies;

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17a. Calls on the Commission to make immediate use of the possibilities for climate change mitigation and adaptation provided by the restoration of forests, wetlands, peatland, grasslands and coastal ecosystems and to integrate the preservation of nature into all relevant EU policies and programmes

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17a. Highlights that the substitution effects of wood-based products should be recognised as important in achieving the targets of the Green Deal and in increasing the carbon stocks in forests;

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considers that sustainably managed forests can support long-term wood availability and enhance biodiversity;

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17a. Highlights the precarious state of soil health in the Mediterranean region due to desertification, rising temperatures and the subsequent soil erosion and the loss of microorganisms and plant species which contribute to soil health which furthers leads to biodiversity loss;

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17b. Stresses the need for a system of identifying degraded and contaminated soil for restoration, of defining the conditions for their healthy ecological status, of introducing restoration objectives and parameters for monitoring soil health, whilst also recognising the role that composting can play to meet this objective, and in particular compost produced on a large scale that serves circular economy goals as a product of food waste recycling;

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17b. Stresses that the post-2020 global biodiversity framework should commit Parties to incorporate NbS that protect and restore biodiversity and ecosystem integrity into both National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to meet the Paris Agreement;

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17b. Stresses that Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA), involving the conservation, sustainable management and restoration of ecosystems can help people adapt to the impacts of climate change;

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17c. Stresses that despite growing consensus at the UNFCCC, the CBD and other relevant COPs on the need for integrated action at country and local levels to tackle both the biodiversity and the climate crises together, NbS are still absent in many national climate pledges and country strategies; considers that a multi-stakeholder Platform on NbS could help strengthen synergies across multilateral international conventions on biodiversity and climate change and enable the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals;

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Greening urban and peri-urban areas

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Species conservation prioritisation

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Amendment 768Alexander Bernhuber, Christophe Hansen, Marlene Mortler, Christine Schneider, Agnès Evren, Edina Tóth



18. Welcomes the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of more hazardous and chemical pesticides by 50 %, the use of fertilisers by at least 20 % and nutrient losses by at least 50 % by 2030, which should be made binding; considers that the derogation envisaged in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 should be clarified and must only be applied for health and environmental reasons;

18. Notes the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of more hazardous and chemical pesticides by 50 %, reducing nutrient losses by up to 50 % which will result in the reduction in the use of fertilisers by up to 20% by 2030; stresses that those reduction targets need to be accompanied by an increase in research and development of alternative plant protection products and fertilisers as well as application methods and technologies if the EU truly wants to become the front runner in terms of sustainable and environmentally friendly agriculture; calls on the Commission to carry out an impact assessment and the Member States to offer farmers a tool box of alternatives

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for plant protection and fertilisation in order to ensure the security of supply with high-quality and biodiversity-friendly produced food; calls on the co-legislators to take these targets duly into consideration in the upcoming legislative initiatives; considers that the derogation envisaged in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 should be clarified and must only be applied for health and environmental reasons;

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18. Calls on the Commission to propose legislation with a binding commitment at EU level to drastically reduce the use of synthetic pesticides by 50 % by 2025 and by 80% by 2030 with binding national contributions, with a view to phasing them out by 2035; calls on the Commission to set ambitious baselines for these targets and to assign individual Member States their fair contributions to the Union-wide targets whereby each Member State’s 2030 target is the end point of a linear reduction trajectory defining annual reductions for the years 2021-2030; welcomes the Commission's targets of reducing the use of fertilisers by at least 20 % and nutrient losses by at least 50 % by 2030; insists that both of these targets should be made legally binding and increased in the long-term; deplores that the ban on all outdoor uses of three neonicotinoids (imidacloprid, clothianidin and thiamethoxam) is being systematically undermined by the derogation envisaged in

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Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009;

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18. Takes note of the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of more hazardous and chemical pesticides by 50 %, the use of fertilisers by at least 20 % and nutrient losses by at least 50 %by 2030; recalls that before any targets be made binding, a comprehensive impact assessment on all aspects including food security and safety, social and economic sustainability of agriculture in the EU, generational renewal, food security and prices, farmland availability and prices and the potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural production with import should be conducted; adds that all targets should be market oriented; proposes to have target corridors to take into account the national circumstances and different baselines and to remain flexible for unforeseen challenges like crises or extreme weather situations; considers that the derogation envisaged in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 should be clarified;

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18. Welcomes the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of chemical pesticides, the use of fertilisers and nutrient losses by 2030; recognises that these targets could have a significant negative impact on the economic sustainability of the sector, on farmers’ incomes and on food safety, and should therefore be subject to an impact assessment before a targeted reduction is set; takes the view that farmers should be put in a position where they are able to use fewer products, or optimise their use, through greater investment and greater development in the areas of research, innovation and tools and precision agriculture techniques; considers that the derogation envisaged in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 should be clarified so as to respond to farmers’ actual needs with regard to the most dangerous pathogens;

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Amendment 772Alexandr Vondra, Pietro Fiocchi, Anna Zalewska, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Rob Rooken



18. Welcomes the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of more hazardous and chemical pesticides by 50 %, the use of fertilisers by at least 20 % and nutrient losses by at least 50 % by 2030, which should be made binding; considers that the derogation envisaged in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No

18. Recognises the Commission’s EU-wide goals of reducing, by 2030, the use of pesticides and fertilisers in order not only to reduce nutrients losses, but also to reduce contamination of waters and soil with for example nitrates, which, inter alia, causes algae spread in rivers, lakes, ponds, etc., thus severely compromising

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1107/2009 should be clarified and must only be applied for health and environmental reasons;

biodiversity; considers that this should be accomplished by binding and proportionate targets tailored to individual Member States’ practices; is of the opinion that nitrates present in the soil are best fixed by inter-crops (e.g. after wheat harvest, mustard is sown); therefore warns against leaving agricultural land completely abandoned (set-aside) due to increased risk of nitrates infiltration in waters and soil; considers that the derogation envisaged in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 should be clarified and must only be applied for health and environmental reasons;

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Amendment 773Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Jan Huitema, Andreas Glück, Asger Christensen, Norbert Lins




18. Takes note of the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of and risk from chemical pesticides by 50 %, nutrient losses by at least 50 % - resulting in a reduction of the use of fertilisers by at least 20 % - by 2030; calls on the Commission to carry out a comprehensive impact assessment of all quantitative targets and their reciprocal influence brought forward in the Biodiversity and Farm-to-Fork Strategies before proposing relevant legislation; considers that while regulation by derogation should be avoided in general, Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 remains an important instrument to ensure farmers have access to effective means of plant protection; stresses, however, that it must only be applied under the scrutiny of the

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Commission and in strict accordance with Article 1(3) and (4) of the Regulation;

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Amendment 774Christine Schneider, Christian Doleschal, Pernille Weiss




18. Welcomes the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of more hazardous and chemical pesticides by 50 % and nutrient losses deriving from all nutrient sources such as mineral and organic fertilisers by at least 50 % by 2030, which should be made binding; considers that the derogation envisaged in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No1107/2009 should be clarified and must only be applied for health and environmental reasons; stresses that urban areas and civil society, public authorities and business are equally affected by the reduction targets; recalls that these targets can only be achieved by ensuring support measures at farm level such as farm nutrition advisory services and by innovative farming solutions like precision farming both in line with the upcoming Common Agricultural Policy;

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18. Welcomes the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of more hazardous and chemical pesticides, the use of fertilisers and nutrient losses by at least 50 % by 2030, which should be made binding; considers that the reduction should be quantified following a cumulative economic impact assessment, putting farmers in a position where they are able to use fewer products, or optimise their use, through greater investment and greater development in the areas of research, innovation and tools and precision agriculture techniques; calls for clarity on the ever-growing world of new plant-breeding techniques (NBTs) in order to regulate their areas of application and prospective use, and thereby provide the necessary legal basis for their development in the field;

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18. Notes the Commission’s intention to reduce the use of more hazardous and chemical pesticides by 50 % and nutrient losses by at least 50 % by 2030, which could lead to a 20 % reduction in the use of fertilisers from green and mineral sources; calls for a detailed impact study to be carried out, before any legislative proposal is presented, which must be based on sufficient scientific evidence and data, and which must assess the impact of this reduction on the protection of biodiversity, food security and the relocation of certain economic activities outside the EU; considers that the derogation envisaged in Article 53(1) of

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Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 should be clarified and must only be applied for health and environmental reasons;

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18. Welcomes the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of more hazardous and chemical pesticides by 50 %, the use of fertilisers by at least 20 % and nutrient losses by at least 50 % by 2030, which should be made binding; considers that the derogation envisaged in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 should be clarified and must only be applied for health and environmental reasons; asks the Commission to: make regulatory risk data more transparent and accessible; strengthen research and education in alternatives to pesticides; stop all exports of crop protection products banned in the EU; and support the re-evaluation of pesticide registrations in developing countries in line with the FAO/WHO Code of Conduct;

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Amendment 778Esther de Lange, Jan Huitema, Rob Rooken



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18. Welcomes the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of more hazardous and chemical pesticides by 50 %, and nutrient losses by at least 50 % by 2030 which may lead to a reduction in the use of fertilisers by of 20 %,which should be made binding on the condition that their effectiveness is established through impact assessments; supports the implementation of adjacent legislation, such as new breeding techniques, an efficient authorisation policy for low-risk products and the recognition of biostimulants to protect the EU food supply; considers that the derogation envisaged in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 should be clarified;

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18. Notes the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of chemical pesticides, the use of fertilisers and nutrient losses by at least 50 % by 2030; acknowledges that these targets could have a significant negative impact on the sustainability of the sector, farmers’ income, and food security, and should therefore be subject to an impact assessment prior to setting any targeted reduction; considers that the derogation envisaged in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 should be clarified so that the derogation meets the actual needs of agricultural operators to deal with the most risky pathogens;

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Amendment 780Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Catherine Chabaud




18. Strongly welcomes the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of more hazardous and chemical pesticides by 50 %, the use of fertilisers by at least 20 % and nutrient losses by at least 50 % by 2030, which should be made binding; expects these EU-wide key commitments to be translated into specific binding national values, which reflect different starting points of Member States, as soon as possible; considers that the derogation envisaged in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 should be clarified and must only be applied for health and environmental reasons;

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18. Welcomes the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of more hazardous and chemical pesticides by 50 %, the use of fertilisers by at least 20 % and nutrient losses by at least 50 % by 2030, which should be made binding; considers that the derogation envisaged in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 should be clarified and must only be applied for health and

18. Welcomes the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of more hazardous and chemical pesticides by 50 %, the use of fertilisers by at least 20 % and nutrient losses by at least 50 % by 2030, which should be made legally binding; believes that intermediate reduction targets should be set and coupled with a mechanism requiring increased measures to be presented if

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environmental reasons; intermediate targets are not met; considers that the derogation envisaged in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 should be clarified and must only be applied for health and environmental reasons;

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Amendment 782Pascal Canfin, Catherine Chabaud, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Martin Hojsík




18. Welcomes the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of more hazardous and chemical pesticides by 50 %, the use of fertilisers by at least 20 % and nutrient losses by at least 50 % by 2030, which should be made binding; calls on the Commission to review Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 on Maximum Residue Levels of pesticides (MRL) to incorporate animal health and the environmental risks as criteria of the legislation; considers this approach would be a way to ensure a fair treatment for EU farmers who endeavours to protect biodiversity as well as to ensure them a level-playing field;

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Amendment 783María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Catherine Chabaud, Susana Solís Pérez, Martin Hojsík, Billy Kelleher, Asger Christensen, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Frédérique Ries


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18. Welcomes the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of more hazardous and chemical pesticides by 50 %, the use of fertilisers by at least 20 % and nutrient losses by at least 50 % by 2030, which should be made binding and have an explicit connection with the Chemical Strategy for Sustainability; underlines the link between the Biodiversity, Farm to Fork, and Chemical strategies in this regard; considers that the derogation envisaged in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 should be clarified and must only be applied for health and environmental reasons;

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18. Notes the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of more hazardous and chemical pesticides, the use of fertilisers and nutrient losses by at least 50 % by 2030, which should be set on the basis of impact assessments and scientific data so that they can also be implemented in light of the requirements of the common agricultural policy; considers that the derogation envisaged in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 should be clarified and must only be applied for agricultural reasons and assessed on the basis of health and environmental factors;

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18. Notes the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of more hazardous and chemical pesticides, the use of fertilisers and nutrient losses by at least 50 % by 2030, which should be set on the basis of impact assessments and scientific data so that they can also be implemented in line with the requirements of the common agricultural policy; considers that the derogation envisaged in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 should be clarified and must only be applied for agricultural reasons and assessed on the basis of health and environmental factors;

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18. Welcomes the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of more hazardous and chemical pesticides by 50 %, the use of fertilisers by at least 20 % and nutrient losses by at least 50 % by 2030, which should be made binding; considers that the derogation envisaged in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 should be clarified and must only be applied for agricultural reasons and assessed on the basis of health and environmental factors;

18. Notes the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of more hazardous and chemical pesticides by up to 50 %, reducing the use of fertilisers and limiting nutrient losses by 2030, in view of the need to safeguard the production potential of EU farms;

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18. Welcomes the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of more hazardous and chemical pesticides by 50 %, the use of fertilisers by at least 20 % and nutrient losses by at least 50 % by 2030 taking into account the differences between Member States, which should be made binding including in relation to imports to the EU; considers that the derogation envisaged in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 should be clarified and must only be applied for health and environmental reasons;

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18. Welcomes the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of more hazardous and chemical pesticides by 50 %, the use of fertilisers by at least 20 % and nutrient losses by at least 50 % by 2030, which should be made binding in each Member State; considers that the derogation envisaged in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 should be clarified and must only be applied for health and environmental reasons;

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18. Welcomes the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of more hazardous and chemical pesticides by 50 %, the use of fertilisers by at least 20 % and nutrient losses by at least 50 % by 2030; considers that the derogation envisaged in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 should be clarified and must only be applied for health and environmental reasons;

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18. Welcomes the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of more hazardous and chemical pesticides by 50 %, the use of fertilisers by at least 20 % and nutrient losses by at least 50 % by 2030, which should be made binding; considers that the derogation envisaged in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 should be clarified and must only be applied for serious health or environmental reasons;

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18. Takes note of the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of more hazardous and chemical pesticides by 50 %, the use of fertilisers by at least 20 % and nutrient losses by at least 50 % by 2030; considers that proposals for restrictions and reductions should be based on comprehensive and holistic risk evaluations rather than on arbitrary targets;

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Amendment 792Nils Torvalds, Billy Kelleher, Andreas Glück




18. Welcomes the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of more hazardous and chemical pesticides by 50 %, the use of fertilisers by at least 20 % and nutrient losses by at least 50 % by 2030; considers that the derogation envisaged in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 should be clarified and must only be applied for health and environmental reasons;

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Amendment 793

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Alexander Bernhuber, Christophe Hansen, Marlene Mortler, Christine Schneider, Agnès Evren, Edina Tóth, Dolors Montserrat

Motion for a resolutionParagraph 18 – subparagraph 1 (new)


Calls on the Commission to establish a plan for the compensation of the loss of income of farmers, which may result due to the biodiversity targets set and the interlinked decline in production;

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18a. Stresses that, in order to achieve the stated objectives, it is essential to find alternative solutions to ensure that farmers have access to a range of suitable, safe, effective and affordable tools, as well as access to the latest information and technology and the best advisory services; calls on the Commission, in particular, to encourage and promote alternative solutions to pesticides and fertilisers, ensuring sufficient investment for their research and development; calls on the Commission, moreover, to revise the legislation to allow swift adjustments to be made when authorising alternative products in order to get them onto the market quickly;

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18a. Welcomes the decision to revise the directive on the sustainable use of pesticides and the reduction targets for pesticides and nutrient losses; emphasises the importance of holistic and circular approaches, such as agro ecological practices; insists that each Member State should establish robust measures to reduce the need for pesticides and fertilisers, accompanied by well-defined support ensuring accountability at all levels to help reach these objectives; reiterates its call for the translation into legislation of the above objectives and calls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union-wide targets and to clarify the baselines for these targets;

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Expresses its concern over the burden of synthetic chemicals in the air, water and soil on the environment and that according to the EEA this burden is unlikely to decrease due to projected increase in chemical production, continued emissions of persistent and hazardous chemicals, including EDCs, flame retardants or PFAS, and their

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combined effects; highlights therefore the urgent need to reduce the pressures from all sources of pollution, among others by reducing the use of hazardous chemicals, stricter risk managements measures and transition towards the zero-pollution ambition and use of chemicals sustainable and safe by design;

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18a. Welcomes the inclusion of urban and peri-urban areas; stresses that the simple development of Urban Greening Plans for cities is too unambitious compared to the clearly formulated targets for the agricultural sector; calls on the Commission to formulate ambitious and binding targets for urban areas such as a reduction of mowing of urban green spaces as well as on cutting hedges and trees during the bird breeding and rearing season, minimum share of green roofs on new buildings and the reduction of the use of plant protection products and fertilisers on areas that are not used for food production, etc.;

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18a. Underlines that in order to achieve substantial reductions in pesticide use and risk, not only safer alternatives must become available to ensure the availability of a functioning plant protection toolbox and more efficient use must be facilitated by innovative tools such as digital and precision farming, but there is also a need for more resistant varieties that require less input to secure stable yields; stresses the importance of new innovative breeding techniques for making such varieties and calls on the Commission to propose a regulatory framework in this regard;

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18a. Takes the view that a reduction in plant protection chemicals should be accompanied by a clear framework that would allow for the development and use of innovative technologies, including biotechnologies, provided that they are safe for consumers and the environment and widely accessible to farmers; calls for clarity on the ever-growing world of new plant-breeding techniques (NBTs) in order to regulate their areas of application and prospective use and thereby provide the necessary legal basis for their development in the field;

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18a. Stresses that integrated pest management (IPM) is only possible when farmers have adequate and enough resources; therefore stresses the need to come up with an innovation and substitution principle for IPM, meaning that before a substance/product is removed from the market, the Commission needs to be sure that adequate alternatives are available, to ensure that farmers have access to an adequate toolbox of safe, effective and affordable solutions, as well as access to the latest knowledge, technology and the best advisory services;

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18a. Welcomes the fact that the Commission has committed itself to ensuring that, from the outset, the national strategic plans for agriculture reflect an increased level of ambition to reduce significantly the use and risk of chemical pesticides, as well as the use of fertilisers and antibiotics; recalls the need to shift to high biodiversity, agroecological systems, through ecosystem-based solutions like integrated pest management, crop rotation with

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legumes, and other organic farming practices;

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18a. Emphasises that, to achieve the target of reducing nutrient losses by 50 % by 2030, the CAP strategic plans, particularly the eco-schemes, should propose solutions for optimising efficient use of nutrients; highlights that precision farming and specialised advisory services are key to achieving a balanced use of fertilisers;

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18a. Calls for pesticides and chemicals to be replaced within timeframes subject to the availability of alternative tools for the protection of plants and animals; stresses that these tools need to be available and that, if removed, must in all cases be replaced with tools that are equally as effective and cost-efficient;

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18a. Calls for pesticides and chemicals to be replaced within timeframes subject to the availability of alternative tools for the protection of plants and animals; stresses that these tools need to be available and that, if removed, must in all cases be replaced with tools that are equally as effective and cost-efficient;

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18a. Expresses concern that 80% of urban sewage discharged into sea basins such as the Mediterranean Sea is untreated leading to negative impacts on marine biodiversity and human health; calls on the Commission to ensure compliance with the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and Water Framework Directive;

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18a. Opposes the reauthorisation of the active substance glyphosate after 31 December 2022; calls on all Member States to carry out the relevant preparatory work to provide all farmers with viable alternative solutions after the ban of glyphosate;

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18a. Regrets that the assessment of the impacts of chemicals on the environment and biodiversity tends to be underestimated and undervalued in the socio-economic analysis during the authorisation process under REACH; is concerned by the continuous use and authorisation of hazardous chemicals with negative impacts on the environment or in cases of missing safety data on environmental endpoints; calls on the Commission, in its role as risk manager, to take greater consideration of the impacts of chemicals, including their chronic and long-term effects, on the environment and biodiversity;

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Amendment 808Nikolaj Villumsen, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Anja Hazekamp, Silvia Modig, Malin Björk

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18b. Notes that approximately 80% of marine litter is land-based and that 150 million tonnes of plastics have accumulated in our oceans, while 4.6-12.7 million tonnes are added every year; calls on the Commission to ensure a swift implementation of all 35 actions of the new Circular Economy Action Plan - one of the main blocks of the European Green Deal, to address this; recalls that the EU has committed itself to lead efforts on reaching a global agreement on plastics which must address the whole lifecycle of plastics and represent a fundamental change to the plastics economy;

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18b. Calls on the Commission to include in its revision of the implementing measures of the Market Authorisation for Pesticides provisions to respect the EU-wide objective of pesticides reduction set by the Biodiversity Strategy, in particular by including environmental provisions in the criteria to grant market access to a pesticides in Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009; considers that when it is concluded by the EFSA that there is a high risk for the environment, an approval decision under that Regulation

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should not be granted;

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Amendment 810Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Jan Huitema, Andreas Glück, Asger Christensen, Norbert Lins



18b. Welcomes the Commission´s proposal to reduce nutrient losses; stresses that a strategy to reduce nutrient losses should focus primarily on enabling farmers to increase efficiency of nutrient management and highlights the importance of innovative technologies and solutions in this regard; further calls for the strategy to consider the climate and environmental impact of different fertilisers;

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18b. Stresses that any reduction of chemical PPPs must be accompanied by a innovation principle that enables the research, development and employment of new innovative techniques including precision farming and new breeding techniques; calls on the Commission to publish the study on the potential of new genomic techniques which should be the

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basis for a proper regulatory framework;

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18b. Expresses concern that 80% of urban sewage discharged into sea basins such as the Mediterranean Sea is untreated leading to negative impacts on marine biodiversity and human health; calls on the Commission to ensure compliance with the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and Water Framework Directive;

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18b. Looks forward to reading the Commission’s study on the potential of new genomic techniques, which should ultimately lead to an appropriate legal framework based on state-of-the-art scientific expertise and evidence;

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Amendment 814

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Fulvio Martusciello, Salvatore De Meo, Antonio Tajani



18b. Agrees on the need to maintain farmers’ incomes by using appropriate tools and secure methods to protect crops from pests and diseases as provided for by the Farm to Fork Strategy;

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Amendment 815Alexander Bernhuber, Jessica Polfjärd, Christophe Hansen, Marlene Mortler, Christine Schneider, Agnès Evren, Edina Tóth, Dolors Montserrat



18b. Underlines that European farmers play a crucial role in the protection of nature and make important contributions to biodiversity;

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18c. Notes that approximately 80% of marine litter is land-based and that 150 million tonnes of plastics have accumulated in our oceans, while 4.6-12.7 million tonnes are added every year; calls on the Commission to ensure a swift

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implementation of all 35 actions of the new Circular Economy Action Plan - one of the main blocks of the European Green Deal, to address this;

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18c. Welcomes the objectives of the Biodiversity Strategy to reduce by at least 20% fertiliser loss by 2030 in the EU; calls on the Commission to work further on additional solutions to reduce the use of mineral nitrogenous fertilisers, in particular by working on its taxation or, at a minimum, by promoting a coordination of taxation efforts between Member States;

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18c. Is convinced that the Biodiversity Strategy needs to work with farmers to further increase contributions to biodiversity based on specific support for farmers from the MFF;

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18c. Calls for authorisations for the approval of plant protection products to be undertaken at EU level in an effort to fully harmonise standards;

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18d. Notes that increased use of, and dependency on, pesticides comes at a high cost to farmers, both through the high input cost and also due to the loss in yields due to depleting soil and soil quality; notes that the traditional chemical pesticide approach is flawed because it is a biological inevitability that pest species quickly gain resistance to the active substance, leading to a chemical arms race in which the farmers and biodiversity are the biggest losers; notes that resistance has been rising, making pesticide use even less effective over the past decades due to systematic and repeated application of too much product, over too large areas; notes that to help avoid biodiversity crashes and pest resistance, a hierarchy of action should be followed, in line with the 8 principles of IPM found in annex III to Directive 2009/128/EC on the Sustainable use of

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pesticides, whereby chemical pesticides are only used as a last resort after an alternative series of practices have been implemented;

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Amendment 821Alexander Bernhuber, Christophe Hansen, Marlene Mortler, Christine Schneider, Agnès Evren, Edina Tóth, Dolors Montserrat



18d. Stresses that the Biodiversity Strategy should fully take into account the upcoming agreement on the CAP Strategic Plans and avoid additional legal burdens and uncertainty for farmers after the agreement of the new CAP;

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18e. Notes that high-biodiversity & high genetic diversity farming approaches such as agroecology are an effective way of reducing the risk of crop failure or pest attack, since clones and similar phenotypes are equally susceptible to the same shocks and pressures, such as pests and diseases, particularly in uniform and monocultural landscapes; notes that the profitability of agroecological systems can be greater than conventional systems and that they can be equally, if not more,

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productive1a; stresses that long term food security cannot be ensured without the preservation and restoration of healthy, fertile and resilient soils and ecosystems;_________________1a see, for example, meta-study by J.D. van der Ploeg et al., 2019. " The economic potential of agroecology: Empirical evidence from Europe ", Journal of Rural Studies, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.09.003

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Amendment 823Alexander Bernhuber, Christine Schneider, Marlene Mortler, Edina Tóth



18e. Strongly underlines that the emergency authorisations of pesticides needs to be further allowed in order to ensure the security of supply within the EU;

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18f. Calls, in this regard, on the Commission and the Member States to ensure equal product and production standards and effective controls of the

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agricultural products imported from third countries with a view to ensuring a level playing field for European food production and a high level of protection and underlines that the supply with high-quality foodstuff from EU farmers must be an overall target;

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Amendment 825Alexander Bernhuber, Agnès Evren, Marlene Mortler, Christine Schneider, Edina Tóth, Dolors Montserrat



18g. Stresses the decrease of biodiversity due to light pollution; calls on the Commission to set up a strategy against light pollution;

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18 h. Calls on the Commission to establish an EU-plan on planting useful trees in cities and urban areas; proposes that every second new planted tree should be contributing in being useful (e.g. fruit trees), which can furthermore contribute to increasing biodiversity in cities;

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Amendment 827Alexander Bernhuber, Christophe Hansen, Marlene Mortler, Christine Schneider, Agnès Evren, Edina Tóth, Dolors Montserrat



18 i. Calls on the Commission to include public lawn and public green spaces in cities and urban areas similar to the proposed strictly protected areas targets, to help to increase biodiversity and the protection of pollinators in these areas;

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18 j. Calls on the Commission to prepare an action plan on soil sealing of parking spots within cities and urban areas;

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19. Strongly regrets the decline of pollinators, which are a key indicator of the health of the environment; reiterates the position expressed in its resolution of 18 December 2019 on the EU Pollinators Initiative5and calls for an urgent revision of the initiative;

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Amendment 831Pascal Canfin, Catherine Chabaud, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Martin Hojsík, Nicolae Ştefănuță



19. Strongly regrets the decline of 19. Strongly regrets the decline of

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pollinators, which are a key indicator of the health of the environment; reiterates the position expressed in its resolution of 18 December 2019 on the EU Pollinators Initiative5 and calls for an urgent revision of the initiative;

pollinators, which are a key indicator of the health of the environment; reiterates the position expressed in its resolution of 18 December 2019 on the EU Pollinators Initiative5 and calls for an urgent revision of the initiative; recalls its objection of 23 October 2019 as regards the assessment of the impact of plant protection products on honeybees5a and calls on the Commission and EFSA to ensure that the review of the Bee Guidance Document does not reduce the ambition of the previous Bee Guidance Document; notes that EFSA is designing its own modelization system, ApisRAM, which appears to be more in line with the biology of honeybees than BeeHAVE and less open to conflict of interests; insists that the 2013 Bee Guidance Document should be made operational for wild bees;

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Amendment 832Edina Tóth




19. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of biodiversity and pollinators; strongly regrets the decline of pollinators, which are a key indicator of the health of the environment; reiterates the position expressed in its resolution of 18 December 2019 on the EU Pollinators Initiative5 and calls for an urgent revision of the initiative; stresses the important role of beekeepers considering that the highest level of

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pollination is provided by honey bees therefore the importance of their financial support is vital;


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19. Strongly regrets the decline of pollinators, which are a key indicator of the health of the environment; reiterates the position expressed in its resolution of 18 December 2019 on the EU Pollinators Initiative5 and calls for an urgent revision of the initiative; calls on the Commission to review the revised National Action Plans adopted under Directive 2009/128/EC and to take all possible measures to ensure that Member States adequately commit to pesticide use reduction targets and the necessary monitoring thereof;


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19. Is extremely concerned about the decline of pollinators, which are a key indicator of the health of the environment, and stresses that this decline means not only a loss of biodiversity but also a threat to food security; reiterates the position expressed in its resolution of 18 December 2019 on the EU Pollinators Initiative5 and calls for an urgent revision of the initiative;

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19. Strongly regrets the decline of pollinators, which are a key indicator of the health of the environment; reiterates the position expressed in its resolution of 18 December 2019 on the EU Pollinators Initiative5 and calls for an urgent science-based revision of the initiative;


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Amendment 836Alexander Bernhuber, Christine Schneider, Marlene Mortler



19. Strongly regrets the decline of 19. Strongly regrets the decline of

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pollinators, which are a key indicator of the health of the environment; reiterates the position expressed in its resolution of 18 December 2019 on the EU Pollinators Initiative5 and calls for an urgent revision of the initiative;

pollinators, which are a key indicator of the health of the environment; reiterates the position expressed in its resolution of 18 December 2019 on the EU Pollinators Initiative5;


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Amendment 837Alexandr Vondra, Hermann Tertsch, Pietro Fiocchi, Anna Zalewska, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión




19. Regrets the decline of pollinators, which can serve as one of many indicators of the health of the environment; reiterates the position expressed in its resolution of 18 December 2019 on the EU Pollinators Initiative5 and calls for a revision of the initiative;


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implementing acts, do not to lead to a level of protection for bees below that laid down in the EFSA bee guidance from 2013;

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19a. Calls on the Commission to draw up a new proposal to develop pollinators’ habitats, harnessing the ecosystem services provided by the relevant sectoral operators and the benefits that they bring, by providing farmers with appropriate advice that, in exchange for fair compensation, allows plant species to be planted to boost pollinators’ health and crop diversification on farmland to improve the pollination service and preserve biodiversity;

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19a. Reiterates its opposition to a Review of the Guidance Document for the risk assessment for bees which lowers the ambition of the Guidance document from 2013 based on which the three neonicotinoid pesticides were banned in the EU; calls on the Member States to

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approve a risk-assessment methodology ensuring the highest-possible level of protection of pollinators, including a wide range of wild pollinators;

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19a. Points out that in a Special Report on the protection of wild pollinators in the European Union, the European Court of Auditors notes that the Commission’s initiatives have not borne fruit; emphasises the importance of coordinated action by Member States on this crucial issue for the future of biodiversity and ecosystems;

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19a. Recalls its resolution of 16 January 2019 on the Union’s authorisation procedure for pesticides1a , and expects the Commission and Member States to address all its calls without unnecessary delay in order to reduce the risks of active substances to biodiversity and environment;

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_________________1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2019)0023

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19a. Strongly regrets that the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Bee Guidance Document on the risk assessment of plant protection products on bees has not been formally adopted by Member State governments in the Standing Committee on Plant, Animals, Food and Feed (SCoPAFF);

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19b. Expresses serious concern that as part of the current review of the 2013 Bee Guidance Document by the European Food Safety Authority, at a workshop on 30 June 2020 and again at a Standing Committee on Plant, Animals, Food and Feed meeting on 16/17 July 2020, a majority of Member States opted to support Approach 2 for the protection of pollinators, which is based on the BEEHAVE model, uses a flawed method of calculating natural background colony size, ignores solitary bees, and only briefly

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addresses bumblebees;

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19b. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure that the protection of Apis mellifera, Bombus spp. and solitary bees, within the review process of the Bee Guidance Document does not fall below the level of protection intended by the 2013 EFSA Bee Guidance and that it addresses both toxic and chronic toxicity as well as larvae toxicity and other species; calls for increased transparency of the review process;

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19b. Recalls that a global evaluation report published in 2019 assessing the situation of insects worldwide confirmed that the number of insects generally appeared to be following a downward trend; recalls that butterflies and bees, in particular, are among the species most affected; notes that 35 % of our food resources depend on insects and 80 % on bees;

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20. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that the objectives of the Biodiversity Strategy are fully reflected in the future Zero Pollution Action Plan, which should also address noise and light pollution;

20. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that the objectives of the Biodiversity Strategy are fully reflected in the future Zero Pollution Action Plan, which should also address noise and light pollution; including underwater noise from shipping and other maritime activities and promote the usage of best available technologies to reduce these pollutants, and light pollution; conversely stresses the need for the Biodiversity Strategy to include dedicated measures targeted at reducing pollution with a direct impact on biodiversity’s health and loss such as plastic and microplastic, noise, light, deep sea mining and chemical pollution;

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20. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that the objectives of the Biodiversity Strategy are fully reflected in the upcoming Zero Pollution Action Plan, which should also swiftly address underwater noise from shipping and other maritime activities, promoting

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the use of “best available technologies and best environmental practices” to reduce noise emissions; stresses the need for the Biodiversity Strategy to include dedicated measures to reduce plastic chemicals entering the food chain and threatening public health;

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Amendment 849Ville Niinistö, Eleonora Evi, Francisco Guerreiro




20. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that the objectives of the Biodiversity Strategy are fully reflected in the future Zero Pollution Action Plan, which should also address noise and light pollution and set an ambitious and binding 2030 reduction target on the use of outdoor artificial light at night given the adverse impact of light pollution on biodiversity; furthermore, calls on the Commission to propose guidelines on how artificial light at night can be reduced by Member States;

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20. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that the objectives

20. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that the objectives

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of the Biodiversity Strategy are fully reflected in the future Zero Pollution Action Plan, which should also address noise and light pollution;

of the Biodiversity Strategy are fully reflected in the future Zero Pollution Action Plan, which should also address noise and light pollution, including underwater noise from installations of renewable energy, shipping and other maritime activities and make it mandatory to use the best available technologies to reduce these pollutants;

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20. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that the objectives of the Biodiversity Strategy are fully reflected in the future Zero Pollution Action Plan, which should also address noise, including underwater noise pollution, and light pollution;

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20. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that the objectives of the Biodiversity Strategy are fully reflected in the future Zero Pollution Action Plan, which should also address

20. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that the objectives of the Biodiversity Strategy are fully reflected in the future Zero Pollution Action Plan, which should also address

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noise and light pollution; noise pollution in the marine environment and light pollution;

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20. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that the objectives of the Biodiversity Strategy are fully reflected in the future Zero Pollution Action Plan, which should also address noise, including underwater noise and light pollution;

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20. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that the objectives of the Biodiversity Strategy are fully reflected in the future Zero Pollution Action Plan,

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Amendment 855

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Christophe Hansen



20a. Highlights that the loss of ecosystems and climate change can lead to a spread of invasive alien species and pathogens in new locations posing a threat to local biodiversity and ecosystems as well as human health; recalls that the loss of habitats forces many species to evade to areas populated by humans thus providing an opportunity for pathogens to pass between animals and people; recalls that this migration increases the risk of pandemics such as the current Covid-19 crisis;

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20a. Deplores the initiative to ban combustion engines by 2035; points out that, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (EAMA), fewer than 1 % of European drivers were using electric or hybrid vehicles in 2019; recalls that electric engines are a source of pollution due to the extraction of rare metals, the necessary water consumption and the dispersal of polluting particles around the extraction points;

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20a. Calls on the Commission to incentivise the development of precision farming and all those technological tools such as 5G that could help farmers in their transition to a more sustainable model; calls, further, on the Commission to amend the current legislation to take full advantage of the potential of drones in the aerial spraying of plant protection products;

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20a. Highlights that diffuse pollution, such as treated or untreated waste water, or water that runs off from the urban or agricultural environment such as discharge of nitrogen and phosphorus threatens the marine environment with eutrophication due to the high concentration of nutrients, which contaminate extensively marine plants and wildlife, leading to the proliferation of ‘dead zones’;

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Amendment 859

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Dolors Montserrat



20a. Calls on the Commission to promote the updating of studies on exposure to electromagnetic fields generated by energy and telecommunications infrastructures, in line with the latest technological developments, and to work with stakeholders to improve the quality and availability of relevant scientific evidence in the fields of biodiversity;

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20a. Draws attention to the important subject of maritime pollution, in particular the accumulation of micro and nano plastics in the final point of ocean flows disturbing ecosystems and breaking food chains; thereafter, urges the Commission to take action to avoid any further biodiversity loss due to plastic pollution;

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Paragraph 20 b (new)


20b. Notes that the correct implementation of the Nature Directives falls not only on Member States but also on the Commission, including the need for an assessment procedure, to enable the protection status of species in particular regions, to be amended as soon as the desired conservation status is reached; without jeopardising the conservation objectives and requirements set within the Nature Directives, recognises that the flexibility of implementation approaches, which takes into account specific national circumstances, contributes to the reduction and progressive elimination of unnecessary conflicts and problems between nature protection and socioeconomic activities;

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20b. Stresses the need to increase knowledge about nano- and microplastic pollution and its effect on the environment; points out that this lack of knowledge is detrimental to policy-making and that more research is needed to understand this phenomena and develop ambitious measures;

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Invasive alien species (IAS) Invasive alien species (IAS) and the spread of pathogens

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Species conservation prioritisation

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21. Regrets that the list of Union concern represents less than 6 % of IAS present in Europe; calls on the Commission to ensure proper coverage of IAS affecting threatened species on the EU list and to reinforce prevention by introducing mandatory risk assessments prior to the first import of non-native species and by adopting white lists by 2030 at the latest;

21. Regrets that the list of Union concern represents less than 6 % of IAS present in Europe; highlights that the exotic pet trade is one of the main pathways of introduction of IAS, in addition to posing serious risks to the conservation of species, to animal health and welfare, and to people's health through the potential introduction and spreading of zoonoses; calls on the Commission to ensure that IAS affecting threatened species are included in the list of species of Union concern and to reinforce prevention by urgently adopting EU-wide white/positive lists of species permitted for import, keeping, breeding and trade as pets on the basis of a scientific risk assessment;

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21. Regrets that the list of Union concern represents less than 6 % of IAS present in Europe; calls on the Commission to step up action and ensure proper coverage of IAS affecting threatened species on the EU list and to reinforce prevention by introducing mandatory risk assessments prior to the first import of non-native species and by adopting white lists by 2030 at the latest; urges the Commission to urgently revise the listing processes, together with prevention, control or eradication plans for those

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affecting critically endangered species as determined by science;

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21. Regrets that the list of Union concern represents less than 6 % of IAS present in Europe; calls on the Commission to ensure proper coverage of IAS affecting biodiversity in the EU and, in particular, threatened species, and to reinforce prevention by introducing mandatory risk assessments prior to the first import of non-native species and by introducing by 2030 at the latest a system of white lists that are more appropriate in terms of eliminating the introduction and establishment of non-native species into the EU environment and that reflect the precautionary principle;

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21. Regrets that the list of Union concern represents less than 6 % of IAS present in Europe; calls on the Commission to ensure proper coverage of IAS affecting threatened species on the EU list and to

21. Regrets that the list of Union concern represents less than 6 % of IAS present in Europe; calls on the Commission to ensure proper coverage of IAS affecting threatened species on the EU list and to

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reinforce prevention by introducing mandatory risk assessments prior to the first import of non-native species and by adopting white lists by 2030 at the latest;

reinforce prevention by introducing mandatory risk assessments prior to the first import of non-native species and by adopting white lists by 2030 at the latest; calls on specific risk management measures to be set up at EU level so as to obtain a common toolbox to effectively control newly identified threats;

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21. Regrets that the list of Union concern represents less than 6 % of IAS present in Europe; calls on the Commission to ensure proper coverage of IAS affecting threatened species on the EU list and to reinforce prevention by introducing mandatory risk assessments prior to the first import of non-native species and by adopting white lists by 2030 at the latest, while also ensuring that the adopted white lists of non-native species respect the diverse ecological realities of the Union;

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21. Regrets that the list of Union concern represents less than 6 % of IAS present in Europe; calls on the Commission


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to ensure proper coverage of IAS affecting threatened species on the EU list and to reinforce prevention by introducing mandatory risk assessments prior to the first import of non-native species and by adopting white lists by 2030 at the latest;

to ensure proper coverage of IAS affecting threatened species on the EU list and to reinforce prevention by introducing mandatory risk assessments prior to the first import of non-native species and by promptly adopting white/positive lists of species permitted for import, keeping, breeding and trade as pets;

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21. Regrets that the list of Union concern represents less than 6 % of IAS present in Europe; calls on the Commission to ensure proper coverage of IAS affecting threatened species on the EU list and to reinforce prevention by introducing mandatory risk assessments prior to the first import of non-native species and by adopting, by 2030 at the latest, white lists that are mandatory and that apply to all Member States;

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to ensure proper coverage of IAS affecting threatened species on the EU list and to reinforce prevention by introducing mandatory risk assessments prior to the first import of non-native species and by adopting white lists by 2030 at the latest;

to ensure proper coverage of IAS affecting threatened species on the EU list and to reinforce prevention by introducing mandatory risk assessments prior to the first import of non-native species and by adopting white or positive lists as soon as possible and by 2030 at the latest;

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21. Calls on the Commission to ensure proper coverage of IAS affecting threatened species on the EU list, while taking due account of the implementation costs for Member States and the socioeconomic aspects of using IAS for income purposes, as well as reinforcing prevention in the context of imports;

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21a. Takes the view that the introduction, via international trade, of new pests and diseases and their respective vectors, such as the pinewood nematode in Portugal and cases of Xylella

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fastidiosa in olive trees in various Member States, urgently needs to be prevented; calls for plans to tackle invasive species to be provided with sufficient human, technical and financial resources; calls, further, for new additional financial instruments to be proposed that can help affected areas to tackle invasive species, particularly persistent species or new alien species; considers that it is vital to preserve endemic genetic resources and to select and promote elements of the gene pool that still exist in each Member State;

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21a. Points out that the trade in wildlife has tragic consequences for our biodiversity and our health, such as an increase in invasive species and the potential risks of transmitting zoonotic infections; calls on the Commission to scale up its action to combat the illegal trade in wildlife; calls on the European Commission to study the need for standard regulations governing the trade in wildlife within the Union and to consider drawing up a positive list of authorised species;

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21a. Emphasises that the further clarification and implementation of these targets require a participative process between the Commission and the Member States, including for the development of a common understanding of the definitions and criteria for the designation of additional protected or strictly protected areas; furthermore considers that an impact assessment should always be a pre-condition and the assessment should also include the estimated leakage effects particularly caused by the relocation in other countries with maybe less biodiversity norms;

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21a. Is concerned about the prospect of genetically engineering wild populations for nature conservation purposes; highlights the fundamental paradigm shift and legal challenges this would entail for nature conservation; warns of its irreversible effects and large potential to cause environmental harm; notes that gene drive organisms could become invasive species in themselves; stresses that gene drive technology is therefore not an appropriate tool to eliminate invasive fauna and flora;

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21a. Highlights the need for protections and safeguards for local breeds and plant varieties as it is these breeds and varieties which are best suited to the local ecosystem and contribute most to local diets; considers that measures should be taken to encourage farmers and stakeholders involved in land management to make use of a wide variety of local breeds, invest in restoring dwindling local breeds, and where necessary, reintroduce species that were once present, but were lost over time;

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21a. Highlights that investments in restoration activities and in avoiding land degradation by far exceed the costs; believes that the EU Taxonomy can be a useful tool in the future to scale up public and private investments to implement the Biodiversity Strategy and EU Nature Restoration Plan or to track biodiversity-friendly spending in EU public finance; calls therefore on the Commission to prevent any delays in its adoption;

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21a. Highlights that the introduction of IAS is also linked to other stressors such as marine litter that can be a vector for invasive alien species as it can provide a surface on which many species, organisms or bacteria can cling, which can alter the balance of marine ecosystems, or the dispersal of IAS through ballast waters of shipping activities;

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21a. Notes that the correct implementation of the Nature Directives falls not only on Member States but also on the Commission, and in particular as regards the need for an assessment procedure under the Habitats Directive to enable the protection status of species in particular regions to be amended as soon as the desired conservation status is reached;

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21a. Notes that invasive exotic species are recognised as the third largest cause of global biodiversity erosion; stresses that, according to the latest estimates of the IUCN’s Red List, they form a threat to almost one-third of threatened land-based species and are involved in one-half of known extinctions;

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21a. Highlights the success of the Habitats Directive as an effective instrument for the conservation of biodiversity; stresses the need for more flexibility in protection measures to effectively protect humans and livestock if predators pose a danger, and to reflect changes in conservation status;

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21a. Recalls that the exotic pet trade is not only one of the main pathways of introduction of IAS, but also a major risk factor for the emergence of infectious diseases, the introduction of animal diseases, and poses a threat to species’ conservation and animal welfare;

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21a. Regrets that only one marine species has been included in the IAS list of Union concern1a; calls on the Commission to address this disproportionately low presence of marine invasive alien species to ensure proper alignment with Regulation (EU) No 1143/20142a;_________________1a EASIN. “Prioritizing marine invasive alien species in the EU through Horizon Scanning”. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/aqc.3267 2a OJ L 317, 4.11.2014, p. 35–55

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21a. Calls on the Commission to give stakeholders all the power they need to take sweeping and concrete action to tackle invasive alien species as a matter of priority, both in terms of time and resources;

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21a. Reaffirms that due consideration should be given to the implementation cost for Member States, the cost of inaction, the cost-effectiveness and the socioeconomic aspects when adopting or updating the list of Union concern;

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21a. Calls on the Commission to address the disproportionately low presence of marine invasive alien species on the IAS list of Union concern to ensure proper alignment with Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014;

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21a. Insists on the important role well-regulated hunting plays in protecting healthy forests, grasslands, other countryside and their local species;

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21b. Emphasises that numerous invasive exotic plants can cause problems for public health; points out that their pollen can be particularly allergenic to some, as in the case of ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia), to which 10 % of the French population is sensitive, and other plants whose sap can cause burns if it comes into contact with skin, such as giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum);

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21b. Calls on the Commission to equip Member States with urgent intervention measures to control general predatory species whose conservation status is favourable or on the rise and whose prominence in many environments, just as with IAS, is putting the populations of priority species at risk, for example many bird species that nest on the ground in open or cultivated areas or wetlands;

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21b. Expresses concern that IAS already pose a severe threat to food security, the environment and livelihoods, irreversibly damaging protected areas including the biodiversity they harbour and this is being exacerbated by climate change; acknowledges that plant protection products play a critical role by providing a rapid response to defend areas from existing and newly introduced IAS;

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21b. Expresses concern that highly invasive species, such the American mink, which has inter alia displaced native mammals and affected the breeding success of native ground-nesting birds and domestic fowl, have not yet been listed as IAS of Union concern despite posing a serious threat to native biodiversity;

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21b. Stresses that the current legislative framework under the invasive alien species regulation provides for a comprehensive and flexible approach through an array of instruments to address invasive alien species, including permits, authorisation, and enhanced regional cooperation;

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21b. Notes that the proper implementation and enforcement of EU

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environmental legislation is key to tackling the loss of biodiversity; urges the Commission to take greater recourse to legal action when Member States fail to comply with their obligations under EU law;

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21b. Underlines the need for an open and transparent cooperation with owners and other land users; emphasises adequate compensation for management restrictions and income losses resulting from the implementation of policies with community interest;

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21c. Calls on the Commission to ensure that spending related to invasive exotic species and the Union’s programmes take sufficient account of these impacts on the biodiversity of ultra-peripheral regions (UPR);

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21d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish a ban in EU waters and to promote an international moratorium on deep seabed mining, including at the International Seabed Authority; further calls on them to cease subsidising licences for mineral prospecting and extraction in areas beyond national jurisdiction and to cease funding into the development of seabed mining technology and instead increase funding for research into deep sea ecosystems and biodiversity; furthermore calls on the Commission and Member States not to issue exploitation or new exploration contracts unless and until the environmental, social and economic risks are comprehensively understood and until deep seabed mining can be managed to prevent the loss of marine biodiversity and degradation of marine ecosystems; insists also that free, prior, informed consent from potentially affected communities is obtained; also considers that the reform of the structure and functioning of the International Seabed Authority should be undertaken in order to ensure transparent, and environmentally responsible decision-making is achieved; Reiterates the need to transition to a circular economy based on minimising, reusing and recycling minerals and metals;

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Funding, mainstreaming and governance framework

Funding, mainstreaming and governance framework and overall policy coherence

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22. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming and proofing across EU spending and programmes on the basis of the EU Taxonomy and the ‘do no significant harm’ principle; calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the EUR 20 billion per year needed for nature could be mobilised, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the need for

22. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming and proofing across EU spending and programmes, including in its external action and in the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), on the basis of the EU Taxonomy; calls for the effective application of the ‘do no significant harm’ principle to biodiversity across EU spending and programmes;

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a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N; considers that efforts should be made to reach 10 % annual spending on biodiversity under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards;

calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the EUR 20 billion per year needed for nature could be mobilised, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the need for a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N; considers that efforts should be made to reach 10 % annual spending on biodiversity under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards; recalls that, as agreed by the co-legislators, the Recovery and Resilience Facility should contribute to mainstream biodiversity action in the Union policies; notes therefore that Member States should be encouraged to include biodiversity actions in the Recovery and Resilience Plans;

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22. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming and proofing across EU spending and programmes on the basis of the EU Taxonomy and the ‘do no significant harm’ principle; calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the EUR 20 billion per year needed for nature could be mobilised, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the need for a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N; considers that efforts should be made to reach 10 % annual spending on biodiversity under the multiannual

22. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming and proofing across all EU spending and programmes, including the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on the basis of a robust EU Taxonomy and the ‘do no harm’ principle; calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the EUR 20 billion per year needed for nature, as a minimum, could be mobilised, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the need for a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N; reiterates its call for at least 10 % annual spending

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financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards;

on biodiversity under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards; insists that the biodiversity-related expenditure must be tracked using a more robust, transparent and comprehensive methodology than the current OECD Rio Market system and be based on the conservativeness principle, as well as having expenditure resulting in a negative impact on biodiversity count negatively towards the total allocation;

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22. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming and proofing across EU spending and programmes on the basis of the EU Taxonomy and the ‘do no significant harm’ principle; calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the EUR 20 billion per year needed for nature could be mobilised, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the need for a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N; considers that efforts should be made to reach 10 % annual spending on biodiversity under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards;

22. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming and proofing across EU spending and programmes on the basis of the ‘do no significant harm’ principle and to cooperate closely with the co-legislators in developing the tracking methodology; calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the EUR 20 billion per year needed for nature could be mobilised, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the need for a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N given the existence of the dedicated LIFE Programme for nature and biodiversity; welcomes the agreement to mainstream spending for biodiversity targets by 7.5% from 2024 and 10% from 2026 onwards; calls for a significant share of this funding to support farmers in reaching the biodiversity targets; calls on the Commission to develop a “biodiversity

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business case” so that the active preservation of biodiversity done by farmers or land owners will also be funded by private funds;

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22. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming and proofing across EU spending and programmes on the basis of the EU Taxonomy and the ‘do no significant harm’ principle supporting targets of the Biodiversity Strategy ; calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the EUR 20 billion per year needed for nature could be mobilised, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the need for a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N; considers that efforts should be made to reach 10 % annual spending on biodiversity under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards; recalls that biodiversity-related Union spending should be tracked in accordance with an effective, transparent and comprehensive methodology to be set out by the Commission, in cooperation with the European Parliament and the Council;

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22. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming and proofing across EU spending and programmes on the basis of the EU Taxonomy and the ‘do no significant harm’ principle; calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the EUR 20 billion per year needed for nature could be mobilised, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the need for a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N; considers that efforts should be made to reach 10 % annual spending on biodiversity under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards; insists that progress towards this MFF target should be tracked in accordance with a methodology that is effective, transparent and comprehensive, and should be set out by the Commission, in cooperation with the European Parliament and the Council;

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22. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming and proofing across EU spending and programmes on the basis of the EU Taxonomy and the ‘do no significant harm’

22. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming and proofing across EU spending and programmes on the basis of the EU Taxonomy and the ‘do no significant harm’

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principle; calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the EUR 20 billion per year needed for nature could be mobilised, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the need for a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N; considers that efforts should be made to reach 10 % annual spending on biodiversity under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards;

principle; calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the at least EUR 20 billion per year needed for nature could be mobilised, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the need for a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N; considers that efforts should be made to reach 10 % annual spending on biodiversity under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure an increasing annual trend of biodiversity expenditure in order to meet the commitments of the co-legislators within the MFF and the Biodiversity Strategy;

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22. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming and proofing across EU spending and programmes; calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the EUR 20 billion per year needed for nature could be mobilised, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the need for a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N; considers that efforts should be made to reach 10 % annual spending on biodiversity under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards; calls on the Commission to draw up a legislative proposal that includes sufficient financial resources to compensate farmers for the

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increased costs and/or loss of income due to new practices designed to pursue the objectives of the biodiversity strategy;

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22. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming and proofing across EU spending and programmes; calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the resources needed for nature could be mobilised, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the need for a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N; considers that efforts should be made to earmark a proportion of annual spending on biodiversity under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards; calls on the Commission to draw up a legislative proposal that includes sufficient financial resources to compensate farmers for the increased costs and/or loss of income due to new practices designed to pursue the objectives of the biodiversity strategy;

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22. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming and proofing across EU spending and programmes on the basis of the EU Taxonomy and the ‘do no significant harm’ principle; insists that the EU Taxonomy recognises that the use of cereals, palm oil and kernels and soy for animal feed is not sustainable; calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the EUR 20 billion per year needed for nature could be mobilised, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the need for a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N; considers that efforts should be made to reach 10 % annual spending on biodiversity under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards;

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22. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming and proofing across EU spending and programmes on the basis of the EU Taxonomy and the ‘do no significant harm’ principle; calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the EUR 20 billion per year needed for nature could be mobilised, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the need for a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N; considers that efforts should be made to reach 10 % annual spending on

22. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming and proofing across EU spending and programmes on the basis of the EU Taxonomy and the ‘do no significant harm’ principle and of providing a clear direction on how to align investments with the objectives of the Paris agreement and the European Green Deal; calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the EUR 20 billion per year needed for nature could be mobilised, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the

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biodiversity under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards;

need for a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N; considers that efforts should be made to reach 10 % annual spending on biodiversity under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards;

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22. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming and proofing across EU spending and programmes on the basis of the EU Taxonomy and the ‘do no significant harm’ principle; calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the EUR 20 billion per year needed for nature could be mobilised, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the need for a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N; considers that efforts should be made to reach 10 % annual spending on biodiversity under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards; calls on the Commission to take further steps to mobilise private investment for the protection of biodiversity;

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22. Calls on the Commission to encourage effective biodiversity mainstreaming and proofing across EU spending and programmes; calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the resources needed for nature could be mobilised, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the need for a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N; considers that efforts should be made to earmark a proportion of annual spending on biodiversity under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards, by creating a specific budget line and without in any event compromising the financial resources earmarked for other policies, notably all the instruments of the common agricultural policy;

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22. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming and proofing across EU spending and programmes on the basis of the EU Taxonomy and the ‘do no significant harm’ principle; calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the EUR 20 billion per year needed for nature could be mobilised, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the need for a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N; considers that efforts should be made to

22. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming and proofing across EU spending and programmes; calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the resources needed for nature could be mobilised, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the need for a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N; considers that efforts should be made to earmark a proportion of annual spending on biodiversity under the multiannual

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reach 10 % annual spending on biodiversity under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards;

financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards, by creating a specific budget line and without in any event compromising the financial resources earmarked for other policies, notably all the instruments of the common agricultural policy;

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22. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming and proofing across EU spending and programmes; calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the EUR 20 billion per year needed for nature could be mobilised, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the need for a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N; considers that efforts should be made to reach 10 % annual spending on biodiversity under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards;

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22. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming and proofing across EU spending and programmes on the basis of the EU Taxonomy and the ‘do no significant harm’ principle; underlines the importance of research for innovation and a technology neutral framework; calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the EUR 20 billion per year needed for nature could be mobilised, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the need for a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N; considers that efforts should be made to reach 10 % annual spending on biodiversity under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards;

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22. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming and proofing across EU spending and programmes on the basis of the EU Taxonomy and the ‘do no significant harm’ principle; calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the EUR 20 billion per year needed for nature could be mobilised, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the need for a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N; considers that efforts should be made to reach 10 % annual spending on biodiversity under the multiannual

22. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming and proofing across EU spending and programmes, including the Common Agricultural Policy, on the basis of the EU Taxonomy and the ‘do no significant harm’ principle; calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the EUR 20 billion per year needed for nature could be mobilised, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the need for a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N; considers that efforts should be made to reach 10 % annual spending on

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financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards;

biodiversity under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards;

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22. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming and proofing across EU spending and programmes on the basis of the EU Taxonomy and the ‘do no significant harm’ principle; calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the EUR 20 billion per year could be mobilised, if necessary, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the need for a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N; considers that efforts should be made to reach 10 % annual spending on biodiversity under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards;

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Amendment 919Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Andreas Glück, Norbert Lins



22. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming and

22. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming and

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proofing across EU spending and programmes on the basis of the EU Taxonomy and the ‘do no significant harm’ principle; calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the EUR 20 billion per year needed for nature could be mobilised, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the need for a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N; considers that efforts should be made to reach 10 % annual spending on biodiversity under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards;

proofing across EU spending and programmes on the basis of the ‘do no significant harm’ principle; calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the EUR 20 billion per year needed for nature could be mobilised, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the need for a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N; considers that efforts should be made to reach 10 % annual spending on biodiversity under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards;

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22a. Points out that strengthening the Life+ programme, including dedicated envelopes for biodiversity and the management of the Natura 2000 network, should ensure fair distribution of funding among the Member States; emphasises that supporting assessment of the ecological and plant health of forests, including their rehabilitation and reforestation with native species, particularly in those countries worst affected by fires, is vitally important for preserving ecosystems and guaranteeing biodiversity;

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Amendment 921María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Catherine Chabaud,

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22a. Welcomes the recent agreement on the multiannual financial framework to establish a new annual biodiversity target of 7.5% in the MFF from 2024, in view of reaching 10% in 2026 and 2027; underlines, however that all possible efforts should be made to reach 10 % annual spending on biodiversity under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards;

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22a. Calls on the Commission, for the purposes of carrying out impact assessments of new policies, initiatives and legislation, to complement the sole tool currently used to assess environmental aspects which focuses on climate change by tools examining impacts relating to biodiversity, resource use and pollution;

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22a. Emphasises that local stakeholders with the necessary and relevant expertise should be involved in the decision-making process of how and where EU funds are spent to ensure that the goals of this strategy are met with utmost efficacy and that the EU environmental acquis is not breached;

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22a. Highlights the need to develop, promote and put in place well-designed compensation schemes for forest-land owners in particular in biodiversity-rich forest ecosystems for an application of a non-intervention regime;

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22a. Regrets that some Member States are allocating no money from the recovery plans to biodiversity and nature-based solutions;

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22b. Maintains that the Union should assume greater responsibility for protection of the Natura 2000 network, especially in terms of its financing; notes the difficulties faced by several Member States in units of management included in the Natura 2000 network, due to the lack of a specific financial instrument aimed at this management level, supporting the inclusion of biodiversity in sectoral policies;

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22b. Calls on the Commission to strengthen enforcement actions by ensuring as soon as possible that additional financial and human resources are allocated to prioritise implementation and enforcement, by following up systematically on infringement proceedings and by establishing, by 2022, a public database keeping track of the steps taken in response to environmental infringement and preliminary reference judgements;

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23. Calls on the Commission to provide an assessment of all subsidies harmful to the environment with a view to their phasing out by 2030 at the latest; reiterates its calls for the reorientation of taxation systems towards an increased use of environmental taxation;

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23. Deeply regrets the failure to achieve the commitment under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 14.6) of phasing out harmful fisheries subsidies by 2020; calls on the Commission and Member States to provide an assessment of all subsidies harmful to the environment or the welfare of animals, including subsidies relating to fisheries and animal agricultural production, with a view to their complete phasing out as soon as possible and by 2025 at the latest, notably including the EU funding for promotion of animal products; reiterates its calls to reorient public and private financial incentives

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(including taxation systems) towards biodiversity-positive investments, and an increased use of environmental taxation;

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23. Calls on the Commission to provide an assessment of all subsidies harmful to the environment with a view to their phasing out by 2025 at the latest; reiterates its calls and the need to reorient any harmful fisheries subsidies leading to overcapacity and overfishing towards conservation instead; calls for phasing out of harmful agricultural subsidies as well as any funding or subsidies for unsustainable use of wetland and peatland (e.g. for agricultural, horticultural, forestry, or use for combustion); reiterates its calls for the reorientation of taxation systems towards an increased use of environmental taxation;

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23. Calls on the Commission to provide an assessment of all subsidies harmful to

23. Calls on the Commission to provide an assessment of all subsidies harmful to

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the environment with a view to their phasing out by 2030 at the latest; reiterates its calls for the reorientation of taxation systems towards an increased use of environmental taxation;

the environment or animal welfare with as well as a plan for their phasing out by 2025 at the latest, including fisheries subsidies leading to overcapacity and overfishing as well as agricultural subsidies leading to intensive animal production; reiterates its calls for the reorientation of both public and private financial flows, including taxation systems, towards investments beneficial to biodiversity and climate and an increased use of environmental taxation;

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23. Calls on the Commission to provide an assessment of all subsidies harmful to the environment with a view to their phasing out by 2030 at the latest; reiterates its calls for the reorientation of taxation systems towards an increased use of environmental taxation so that the circulation and provision of foodstuffs are not negatively affected; calls on the Commission to consider forms of compensation in response to the potential economic losses incurred;

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23. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide an assessment of all subsidies harmful to the environment with a view to their phasing out by 2030 at the latest; reiterates its calls for the reorientation of taxation systems towards an increased use of environmental taxation; calls the Commission to provide clear guidelines and incentives to mobilise private finance for biodiversity and encourage divestment from harmful activities by companies;

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23. Calls on the Commission to provide an assessment of all subsidies harmful to the environment or the welfare of animals, including subsidies relating to animal agricultural production, with a view to their phasing out by 2030 at the latest; reiterates its calls to reorient public and private financial incentives, including taxation systems, towards biodiversity-positive investments, and increased use of environmental taxation;

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23. Calls on the Commission to provide an assessment of all subsidies harmful to the environment with a view to their phasing out by 2030 at the latest; and to ensure coherence in all EU funds and programmes so that no expenditure under the EU budget can contribute to biodiversity loss; reiterates its calls for the reorientation of taxation systems towards an increased use of environmental taxation;

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23. Calls on the Commission to provide an assessment of all subsidies harmful to the environment with a view to their phasing out;

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23. Calls on the Commission to provide an assessment of all subsidies harmful to the environment with a view to their

23. Calls on the Commission to provide an assessment of all environmental subsidies with a view to phasing out those

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phasing out by 2030 at the latest; reiterates its calls for the reorientation of taxation systems towards an increased use of environmental taxation;

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23. Calls on the Commission to provide an assessment of the various subsidies harmful to the environment with a view to their phasing out, where possible, using timeframes to be defined on the basis of scientific evidence and subject to the availability of European alternatives in the different areas of application; emphasises that this assessment should be without prejudice to other Union policies;

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23. Calls on the Commission to provide an assessment of the various subsidies harmful to the environment with a view to their phasing out, where possible, using timeframes to be defined on the basis of scientific evidence and subject to the availability of European alternatives in the different areas of application; emphasises that this assessment should be

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without prejudice to other Union policies;

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23. Calls on the Commission to provide an assessment of all subsidies harmful to the environment with a view to their phasing out by 2030 at the latest; reiterates its calls for the reorientation of taxation systems towards an increased use of environmental taxation; warns against increased taxation burden on Member States and EU's citizens;

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23. Calls on the Commission to provide an assessment of all subsidies harmful to the environment, including those that cause harm beyond the Union's borders, with a view to their phasing out by 2030 at the latest; reiterates its calls for the reorientation of taxation systems towards an increased use of environmental taxation;

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23. Calls on the Commission to provide an assessment of subsidies counterproductive to the EU - environment policy; reiterates its calls for tax reforms supporting the transition to a sustainable economy;

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23. Calls on the Commission to assess which subsidies are harmful to the environment with coherent and cross-sectorial approach with a view to their phasing out as soon as possible and by 2030 at the latest;

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23. Calls on the Commission to provide an assessment of all subsidies harmful to the environment that takes into account the social and economic sustainability of the production activities; reiterates its calls for the reorientation of taxation systems towards an increased use of environmental taxation;

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23. Calls on the Commission to provide an assessment of all subsidies harmful to the environment; reiterates its calls for the reorientation of taxation systems towards an increased use of environmental taxation;

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23. Calls on the Commission to provide an assessment of all subsidies harmful to the environment with a view to their

23. Calls on the Commission to provide an assessment of all subsidies harmful to the environment; reiterates its call towards

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phasing out by 2030 at the latest; reiterates its calls for the reorientation of taxation systems towards an increased use of environmental taxation;

financially incentivised sustainable measures in line with the upcoming Common Agricultural Policy;

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23a. Highlights that the CAP Strategic Plans should mainstream biodiversity-friendly land use and put emphasis on agroecological approaches, including agroforestry; notes that the CAP area- based measures cannot alone, without phasing out harmful subsidies, halt biodiversity loss since also due to the established framework negative population trends have been observed also in areas which have received agri-environment-climate payments, even if the trend was less negative1a;_________________1a in Slovakia farmland bird index declined by 17%, while in areas where agri-environment-climate measure of the rural development programme was implemented the decrease observed was 4%.

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Amendment 951Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Catherine Chabaud



23a. Reiterates its calls for the reorientation of taxation systems towards an increased use of environmental revenues, including levies on synthetic fertilizers' and pesticides' use or/and authorisation to be used for the EU-wide independent monitoring and for measures supporting biodiversity on farmland; calls on the Commission to assess the possibility of introducing such levies;

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Amendment 952Pascal Canfin, Catherine Chabaud, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Martin Hojsík



23a. Stresses the necessity to ensure consistency between climate and biodiversity funding; welcomes the commitment that the Coalition for the convergence of climate and biodiversity funding took on January 11, 2021 at the One Planet Summit in Paris to raise their share of climate expenditure beneficial to biodiversity protection;

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23a. Stresses the danger of massive investments in the context of the European Green Deal to the detriment of biodiversity and reiterates that the good target of zero emissions does not justify all means, especially the public support for projects that harm wildlife animals and threaten soil protection;

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23a. Calls for specific measures to address the embedded biodiversity impacts of the EU's trade relations; calls on the Commission to produce a detailed report in this regard;

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23a. Stresses the need to end fuel subsidies and other direct and indirect

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subsidies that worsen CO2emissions, contradict our energy transition and perpetuate overfishing and overcapacity of the fishing fleet;

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23a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to achieve the objectives of the Biodiversity Strategy in the most effective and least burdensome way for the economic operators;

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23a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that revenues generated from the carbon border adjustment mechanism shall fund actions to protect biodiversity and ecosystems’ restoration;

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23a. Calls for ensuring that economic activities are directed to preserve biodiversity and ecosystems, not to degrade them;

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Amendment 959Pascal Canfin, Catherine Chabaud, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Nicolae Ştefănuță



23b. Calls on the Commission to provide an ambitious and forward looking framework integrating legislative measures and financial incentives for both public and private sector to support biodiversity actions as part of the upcoming Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy; stresses that the framework should facilitate both the deployment of biodiversity loss-free supply chains in Europe and the financing of ecosystems restoration;

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23b. Calls on the Commission to adapt its climate legislation in its revision to complete the climate-biodiversity nexus through directing the carbon offsets either to the conservation of particularly sensitive areas, such as primary and old-growth forest, or to restoration;

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23b. Calls on the Commission to examine the introduction of debt swaps for nature as a means of reducing Member States’ national debt and conserving biodiversity;

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24. Highlights the need for a legally binding biodiversity governance framework, similar to the Climate Law, which steers a path to 2050 through a set of binding objectives, including targets for 2030 and the COP15 commitments, and which establishes a monitoring mechanism with smart indicators; calls on the Commission to submit a legal proposal to this end in 2022;

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the establishment of an independent European Panel on Biodiversity (EPB), consisting of scientists selected on the basis of their expertise, whose purpose of which is to monitor on an annual basis the progress on reversing the decline of biodiversity and restoration of nature;

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24. Highlights the need for a biodiversity governance framework which establishes a monitoring mechanism with smart indicators;

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24. Highlights the need for a legally binding biodiversity governance framework, similar to the Climate Law, which steers a path to 2050 through a set of binding objectives, including targets for

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2030 and the COP15 commitments, and which establishes a monitoring mechanism with smart indicators; calls on the Commission to submit a legal proposal to this end in 2022;

to submit a legal proposal to this end in 2022;

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24. Highlights the need for a biodiversity governance framework, similar to the Climate Law, which establishes a monitoring mechanism with smart indicators; calls on the Commission to submit a legal proposal to this end in 2022;

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24. Highlights the need for a legally binding biodiversity governance framework, similar to the Climate Law, which steers a path to 2050 through a set of binding objectives, including targets for 2030 and the COP15 commitments, and

24. Highlights the need for a legally binding biodiversity governance framework, similar to the Climate Law, which steers a path to 2050 through a set of binding objectives, including targets for 2030 and the COP15 commitments, and

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which establishes a monitoring mechanism with smart indicators; calls on the Commission to submit a legal proposal to this end in 2022;

which establishes a monitoring mechanism with smart indicators; calls on the Commission to submit a legal proposal to this end in 2022; stresses that increasing human and financial capacity at local, Member State and EU-level will be critical for an effective governance framework, alongside more clarity on specific sectorial commitments and integration into international target deliveries;

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24. Welcomes the creation of a comprehensive biodiversity governance framework, based on co-responsibility and co-ownership by all relevant actors, to map obligations and commitments and set out a roadmap to guide their implementation, and which establishes a monitoring mechanism with smart indicators; underlines the need to conduct a thorough impact assessment of the progress and suitability of this governance framework in 2023 before considering further updates and the need for an enhanced approach;

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24. Highlights the need for a legally binding biodiversity governance framework, a Biodiversity Law similar to the Climate Law, which steers a path to 2050 through a set of binding objectives, including targets for 2030 and the COP15 commitments, which establishes a monitoring mechanism with smart indicators and which addresses protection and restoration beyond protected areas; calls on the Commission to submit a legal proposal to this end in 2022;

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24. Highlights the need for a biodiversity governance framework which establishes a monitoring mechanism with smart indicators that factors in the actual achievement of the targets over a longer period of time in line with natural cycles, as opposed to binding targets set using human-centred choices and legal instruments;

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24. Highlights the need for a legally binding biodiversity governance framework, similar to the Climate Law, which steers a path to 2050 through a set of binding objectives, including targets for 2030 and the COP15 commitments, and which establishes a monitoring mechanism with smart indicators, such as the ecological footprint; calls on the Commission to submit a legal proposal to this end in 2022;

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24. Highlights the need for a legally binding biodiversity governance framework in the form of a regulation, similar to the Climate Law, which steers a path to 2050 through a set of binding objectives, including targets for 2030 and the COP15 commitments, and which establishes a monitoring mechanism with smart indicators; calls on the Commission to submit a legal proposal to this end in 2022;

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24. Highlights the need for a biodiversity governance framework, similar to the Climate Law, which steers a path to 2050, including targets for 2030 and the COP15 commitments, and which establishes a monitoring mechanism with smart indicators; calls on the Commission to submit a legal proposal to this end in 2022;

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24. Highlights the need for a legally binding biodiversity governance framework, similar to the Climate Law, which steers a path to 2050 through a set of binding objectives, including targets for 2030 and the COP15 commitments, and which establishes a monitoring mechanism with smart indicators; calls on the Commission to submit a legal proposal to this end by 2022;

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24. Highlights the need for a legally 24. Highlights the need for a new

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binding biodiversity governance framework, similar to the Climate Law, which steers a path to 2050 through a set of binding objectives, including targets for 2030 and the COP15 commitments, and which establishes a monitoring mechanism with smart indicators; calls on the Commission to submit a legal proposal to this end in 2022;

biodiversity governance framework, similar to the Climate Law, which sets the path towards 2050 through a set of realistic objectives, including targets for 2030 and the COP15 commitments, and which establishes a monitoring mechanism with smart indicators; calls on the Commission to submit a legal proposal for this purpose in 2022;

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Amendment 977Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Norbert Lins




24. Highlights the need for a biodiversity governance framework, similar to the Climate Law, which steers a path to 2050 through a set of objectives, including targets for 2030 and the COP15 commitments, and which establishes a monitoring mechanism with smart indicators; calls on the Commission to submit a legal proposal to this end in 2022;

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24. Highlights the need for a legally binding biodiversity governance framework, similar to the Climate Law,

24. Highlights the need for a new biodiversity governance framework, similar to the Climate Law, which steers a

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which steers a path to 2050 through a set of binding objectives, including targets for 2030 and the COP15 commitments, and which establishes a monitoring mechanism with smart indicators; calls on the Commission to submit a legal proposal to this end in 2022;

path to 2050 through a set of objectives, including targets for 2030 and the COP15 commitments, and which establishes a monitoring mechanism with smart indicators; calls on the Commission to submit a legal proposal to this end in 2022;

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Amendment 979Michal Wiezik, Radan Kanev, Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Ville Niinistö



24a. Calls for coherence across policy areas; notes that while the Biodiversity Strategy rightly recognises the need to minimise the use of whole trees and food and feed crops for energy production, the draft delegated act for the Taxonomy Regulation considers such use of primary material as an activity that has a substantial positive impact on the climate and the environment in line with the flawed sustainability criteria of the RED II; considers such incoherence with the biodiversity and climate goals worrisome and urgently calls for a revision of Renewable Energy Directive and Annexes and for changes in the draft delegated act to the Taxonomy Regulation and its Annexes;

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24a. Regrets that the lack of a Monitoring and Review Mechanism for the Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 has hindered progress towards the established objectives; believes that due to the trans-boundary and cross-sectorial nature of biodiversity there is an urgent need to integrate all existing monitoring tools at EU-level into one comprehensive monitoring and review Mechanism for the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 including terrestrial and marine biodiversity;

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24a. Strongly welcomes the outcome of the Consultation on the renewed sustainable finance strategy in which a vast majority of stakeholders believed the EU’s finance agenda should better reflect biodiversity loss, notably by developing EU reporting standards, establishing methodologies for natural capital accounting, developing clear metrics and methodologies or enhance due diligence on infrastructure projects;

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24a. Points to the importance of a realistic, integrated and cross-cutting approach to climate change, widening the range of means employed to reach reduction targets and avoiding reliance on market-based instruments alone;

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24b. Notes that the Biodiversity Strategy does not call for citizens’ action and does not consider the creation of a Biodiversity pact analogous to the Climate pact; highlights however that synergies with biodiversity actions and targets can and should be highlighted in the activities of climate ambassadors, as well as at the events and in the promotion action under the Climate pact;

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24b. Calls on the Commission to also look at the opportunities that retail investment could offer to support the financing of biodiversity actions, enabling all citizens to take part in the financing of the ecological transition;

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24b. Stresses the need to promote and adopt alternatives to carbon trading, replacing a market-based approach with a fairer and more effective regulatory approach;

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24a. Strongly believes that the value of nature cannot be measured and urges the Commission not to attempt to quantify the value of nature, as this will only lead to it becoming monetised and subject to cost-benefit analysis;

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24b. Supports the Commission in taking a life-cycle approach in measuring the environmental footprint of products and organisations on the environment;

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24c. Believes that the proposed international natural capital accounting initiative would be extremely detrimental to protection of biodiversity; calls on the Commission to immediately abandon such plans;

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24c. Stresses that it is essential for the upcoming Non Financial Reporting Directive review to integrate requirements covering both climate and biodiversity requirements;

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24d. Urges the Member States - on the basis of the precautionary principle and the principle that preventive action should betaken, and taking into account the risks and the negative climate, environmental and biodiversity impacts involved in hydraulic fracturing for the extraction of unconventional hydrocarbons - not to authorise any new hydraulic fracturing operations in the EU and to halt all existing operations;

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24d. Calls on the Commission to develop a new indicator assessing the biodiversity-friendly investment gap at EU level that would be published on an annual basis; stresses that such an indicator would generate clarity and enable to redirect investments towards biodiversity related actions;

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24e. Recalls the commitment of the European Commission to finance the green part - including biodiversity actions - of the Recovery and Resilience plan via the issuance of green bonds; stresses that this will make the EU become the world leader in Green bonds;

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Amendment 993Anna Zalewska



25. Recalls that Article 37 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights reflects the principle of ensuring environmental protection in Union legislation; considers that the right to a healthy environment should be recognised in the EU Charter and that the Union should also advocate a similar right internationally;

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25. Recalls that Article 37 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights reflects the principle of ensuring environmental protection in Union legislation; considers that the right to a healthy environment should be recognised in the EU Charter;

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Amendment 995Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Andreas Glück, Asger Christensen, Norbert Lins




25. Recalls that Article 37 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights reflects the principle of ensuring environmental protection in Union legislation; considers that the right to a healthy environment should be recognised in the EU Charter and that the Union should also advocate a similar right internationally; recalls that ownership rights must be respected;

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25a. Insists that the objectives set by the European Union in terms of protection of

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the biodiversity should be reflected in its external action with third countries and be fully integrated in partnership strategies and agreements, such as fisheries agreement where the European Union can help third countries develop their capacity building to halt biodiversity loss, which can be particularly at stake in those areas;

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25a. Calls on the Commission to confirm that no releases of genetically engineered organisms which can persist and propagate within populations of wildlife species are permitted in the EU, in line with the precautionary principle and GMO legislation, since there are no sufficiently effective methods to control them in time or space or to retrieve them from the environment once released;

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25a. Deplores the idea of 'user pays' principle and points to how such consumption taxes disproportionately affect low- and middle-income earners,

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providing a right to overexploit to those who can afford it;

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25a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that wildlife rescue centres and sanctuaries receive adequate financial support; highlights that these facilities play a critical role within the EU in supporting Member States’ obligations to fight against wildlife trafficking and in ensuring the welfare of confiscated wild animals;

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25a. Considers that research in public laboratories, research centres and universities in the fields of the environment, public health and food safety should be promoted and stimulated by guaranteeing funds, resources and independent scientific knowledge to promote the protection and restoration of ecosystems and their biodiversity;

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25a. Calls on the Commission for a strategy on supporting local value chains as key element for reaching the proposed targets; stresses that small-scaled agriculture requires additional support for realising the proposed targets;

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25a. Calls on the Commission to scale up and align all EU policies with the Biodiversity Strategy 2030 and to apply the principle of policy coherence for nature conservation;

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25b. Reiterates its concern that the staffing of the Directorate General for Environment has undergone significant reductions in the last years and its HR level represents only 1,3 % of all Commission staff; believes that a sufficient level of qualified staff is a precondition for the successful implementation and enforcement of Union policies, including the European Green Deal, the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and its targets;

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25a. Recognises that unprecedented changes in the Arctic region and its unique ecosystems caused by climate change require more research on Arctic biodiversity;

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25b. Calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to update, align and adopt their own biodiversity strategies under the framework of the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030, and to count on the role of subnational governments,

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cities and other local authorities to effectively tackle biodiversity loss at all scales, as suggested by the UN CBD Secretariat;

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25b. Believes that shifting the tax burden from labour to pollution gives a free pass to the richest in society and disproportionately affects workers and low- and middle-income earners who are locked into systems which cannot be changed through consumer choice;

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25c. Points to how discriminatory a 'user pays' principle is, with the example of right to water; believes that water as a resource can be effectively protected and used sustainably, not by charging people for water usage, but by addressing leakages, modernising appliances, redistributive policies for socio-economic equality, and addressing food systems, particularly meat and dairy, among many other policy actions; considers that such a 'user pays'

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principle serves only to further enshrine neoliberalism into the EU;

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25c. Urges the Commission to consider the extra-territorial dimension of biodiversity loss, especially on developing countries, and to scientifically assess the overall impact of the EU on global biodiversity;

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25d. Calls on the Commission to take action on sustainable corporate procurement;

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Research and education Research, education and innovation

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Research and education Research, innovation and education

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26. Calls on the Commission to reinforce biodiversity within Union youth programmes such as the European Voluntary Service, and to launch a Green Erasmus programme focused on restoration and conservation; reiterates its calls for a specific mission and funding dedicated to biodiversity within future research programmes;

26. Calls on the Commission to reinforce biodiversity within Union youth programmes such as the European Voluntary Service, and to launch a Green Erasmus programme focused on restoration and conservation; reiterates its calls for a specific mission and funding dedicated to biodiversity within future research programmes; underlines the importance of adequate resourcing and swift initiation of a digital twin earth system for biodiversity, making full use of Copernicus big data and AI, such as Destination Earth and the LIFEPLAN programme that benefits from the system, to improve knowledge, understanding, predicting capacity and follow up of the implementation of biodiversity goals;

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26. Calls on the Commission to reinforce biodiversity within Union youth programmes such as the European Voluntary Service, and to launch a programme focussed on exchange of knowledge and professionals in the field of restoration and conservation; reiterates its calls to consider establishing a specific mission for biodiversity research and future research programmes to contribute to achieving the overall MFF biodiversity target; points out the importance of showing society the additional efforts required in biodiversity-friendly production methods and the accompanying necessity of additional (private and/or public) funding;

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Amendment 1014Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Asger Christensen, Norbert Lins



26. Calls on the Commission to reinforce biodiversity within Union youth programmes such as the European Voluntary Service, and to launch a Green Erasmus programme focused on restoration and conservation; reiterates its calls for a

26. Calls on the Commission to reinforce biodiversity within Union youth programmes such as the European Voluntary Service, and to launch a Green Erasmus programme focused on restoration and conservation; highlights the crucial

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specific mission and funding dedicated to biodiversity within future research programmes;

role research and education play in order to empirically analyse the loss of biodiversity; stresses the need for a substantial increase in funding of public research, particularly regarding the development of research indicators to quantify biodiversity measures; reiterates its calls for a specific mission and funding dedicated to biodiversity within future research programmes;

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26. Calls on the Commission to reinforce biodiversity within future research programmes;

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Erasmus programme focused on restoration and conservation; reiterates its calls for a specific mission and funding dedicated to biodiversity within future research programmes;

Erasmus programme focused on restoration and conservation; reiterates its calls for a specific mission and funding dedicated to biodiversity within future research programmes; stresses that European protected areas must also have an educational vocation and dimension aimed at improving biodiversity preservation by raising public awareness;

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26. Calls on the Commission to reinforce biodiversity conservation in the context of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) within Union youth programmes such as the European Voluntary Service, and to launch a Green Erasmus programme focused on restoration and conservation; reiterates its calls for a specific mission and funding dedicated to biodiversity within future research programmes;

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26. Calls on the Commission to reinforce biodiversity within Union youth

26. Calls on the Commission to reinforce biodiversity within Union youth

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programmes such as the European Voluntary Service, and to launch a Green Erasmus programme focused on restoration and conservation; reiterates its calls for a specific mission and funding dedicated to biodiversity within future research programmes;

programmes such as the European Voluntary Service, and to launch a Green Erasmus programme focused on restoration and conservation aimed at generating more engagement with these programmes among young people; reiterates its calls for a specific mission and funding dedicated to biodiversity within future research programmes;

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26. Calls on the Commission to reinforce biodiversity within Union youth programmes such as the European Voluntary Service, and to focus the efforts of the LIFE+ programme on exchanges of best practice in biodiversity restoration and conservation; reiterates its calls for a specific mission and funding dedicated to biodiversity within future research programmes;

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26. Calls on the Commission to reinforce biodiversity within Union youth programmes such as the European Voluntary Service; reiterates its calls for a

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Erasmus programme focused on restoration and conservation; reiterates its calls for a specific mission and funding dedicated to biodiversity within future research programmes;

specific mission and funding dedicated to biodiversity within future research programmes;

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26. Calls on the Commission to reinforce biodiversity within Union youth programmes such as the European Voluntary Service, and to launch a Green Erasmus programme focused on restoration and conservation within the EU and in third countries; reiterates its calls for a specific mission and funding dedicated to biodiversity within future research programmes;

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26. Calls on the Commission to reinforce biodiversity within Union youth programmes such as the European Voluntary Service, and to launch a Green Erasmus programme focused on restoration and conservation; reiterates its calls for a specific mission and funding dedicated to biodiversity within future research

26. Calls on the Commission to reinforce biodiversity and science within Union youth programmes such as the European Voluntary Service, and to launch a Green Erasmus programme focused on restoration and conservation; reiterates its calls for a specific mission and funding dedicated to biodiversity within future

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programmes; research programmes;

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26a. Stresses that biodiversity mainstreaming needs to be accompanied with data collection; notes with concern that basic research, including taxonomy, which is crucial for this purpose, is heavily under-resourced and lacks support in policy, research funding and is neglected also in the Biodiversity Strategy; calls for adequate funding to be allocated from Horizon Europe for basic research projects and capacity building, for also using the technical assistance axis of other EU funds for this purpose and developing support schemes under Common Agricultural Policy with embedded data collection;

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Amendment 1024Catherine Chabaud, Frédérique Ries, Pascal Canfin, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir



26a. Recalls that more than 80% of the ocean has not been explored and that scientific knowledge is vital to understand how to protect and restore biodiversity; urges in that sense the Commission to

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play a major role in the UN’s Decade of Ocean Science, to scale up efforts on oceanic research and to support digitisation and the use of artificial intelligence with a view to improving our understanding of the seas and the ocean and our impact on them; to support and finance new oceanic expeditions and encourage participative sciences with all marine stakeholders;

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26a. Highlights the importance of healthy soil for biodiversity, sustainable forest management, forest conversion and agricultural ecosystem services and takes note of existing knowledge and data gaps in the area; calls on the Commission and Member States to support further research in soil ecosystem services and to adjust relevant existing funding programmes in order to facilitate such research projects;

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Amendment 1026Dolors Montserrat, Alexander Bernhuber



26a. Calls for more research on the social and economic impacts of

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biodiversity conservation policies, in order to design policies that support rural and coastal communities of farmers, livestock breeders, fishermen and artisans living in and all around the protected areas, to ensure their survival and a new sustainable transformative development according to the recovery of biodiversity;

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Amendment 1027Alexander Bernhuber, Jessica Polfjärd, Christophe Hansen, Marlene Mortler, Christine Schneider, Edina Tóth, Dolors Montserrat



26a. Calls on the Commission to facilitate agricultural innovation and the access to these technologies for European farmers in the pursuit of further protecting biodiversity by incentivising technologies, including biopesticides and digital tools with a proportionate and evidence-based regulatory framework which can support the need for monitoring and decision-making;

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26a. Recognises the importance of continuous research to understand the dynamics between different ecosystems, and foresee impacts that climate change

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can provoke; calls for the constitution of a specialized European Digital Innovation Hub, available to European researchers, to focus on biodiversity research and big data analysis;

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26a. Stresses that Member States should enable farmers to have financial support, training, technology, innovation and the development of new business models in the uptake and delivery of biodiversity and environmental benefits; while considering the importance of balancing voluntary measures and regulatory action;

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26a. Recalls the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, the Bonn Convention on the conservation of migratory species of wild animals and the European engagements taken therein; calls on the competent bodies to promote international cooperation insuring the protection of

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animal migratory routes;

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26a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to support capacity building and cooperation among authorities, citizens, scientists, professionals and other stakeholders in general; believes that investing in strengthening and expanding the pool of taxonomic expertise in the Member States is of particular importance;

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26a. Stresses that Member States should provide farmers to with financial support, training, technology and innovation in the uptake and delivery of biodiversity and environmental benefits; while considering the importance of balancing voluntary measures and regulatory action;

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Amendment 1033María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Catherine Chabaud, Susana Solís Pérez, Martin Hojsík, Billy Kelleher, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Pascal Canfin



26a. Stresses that greater research is urgently needed to understand biodiversity tipping points, and how biodiversity collapse could impact essential services, such as food provision;

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26a. Recommends the EU to join the global call of the ‘UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration’ (2021-2031), to massively scale up to protect and revive ecosystems all around the world;

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26a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make pesticide free agriculture and sustainable agroforestry a top priority in the Horizon Europe programme;

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26a. Welcomes the proposal for a new Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity; believes this can be an effective tool in monitoring and implementing this strategy;

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26a. Calls on the Member States to improve their school curricula, adding more focus on education about the value of biological diversity and its protection;

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26a. Calls on the Member States to scale up the different scientific modules on biodiversity;

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26b. Highlights the need for a deeper understanding of the composition of European biodiversity and its impacts on the functioning of ecosystems, in order to better project and predict the harmful impacts of biodiversity loss; stresses that even in the case of well-known taxa e.g. the proportion of threatened species is hard to estimate accurately; calls for increased capacity of biodiversity research for deepening the understanding of biodiversity, including research on biotic interactions, ecosystems resilience and recovery from disturbances; notes that biodiversity research should be included broadly in different EU and Member State funding programmes allowing both for basic and applied research and that long-term and comprehensive funding is essential in order to underpin and inform conservation and restoration actions;

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Amendment 1040María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Catherine Chabaud, Nils Torvalds, Susana Solís Pérez, Martin Hojsík, Billy Kelleher, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir,

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Nicolae Ştefănuță, Pascal Canfin, Frédérique Ries



26b. Stresses the importance of closing critical knowledge gaps and improving our understanding of biogeographical regions; underlines the need to improve knowledge on key risk behaviours, illegal, unregulated, and the legal and regulated wildlife trade as a contributing factor to disease risk, and improving understanding of the relationship between ecosystem degradation and restoration, landscape structure and the risk of disease emergence; urges to improve horizon scanning to identify emerging threats and challenges and policy responses to them;

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Amendment 1041Christine Schneider, Christian Doleschal, Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Hildegard Bentele, Marlene Mortler



26b. Calls on the Commission to especially enable and support small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) to contribute to the goals of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030; acknowledges that SMEs are a valuable source and contributor to a sustainable biodiversity path driven by green and digital innovation;

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26b. Highlights that EU projects’ outcomes can represent valuable asset for the mainstream policy and planning action; underlines the potential of EU co-funded research and LIFE projects for monitoring of species and ecosystems, including for the strict protection and restoration targets;

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Amendment 1043Catherine Chabaud, Frédérique Ries, Martin Hojsík, Pascal Canfin, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță



26b. Encourages the establishment of educational marine protected areas to increase collaboration and participation of all stakeholders and improve knowledge and awareness on how to protect marine biodiversity for citizens;

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26b. Recognises the burdensome bureaucracy felt by scientists who lead programs, and calls for better optimization of spending with higher coordination between projects and innovation centres;

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26b. Welcomes the new EU Soil Observatory; believes that data collection, accessible information and public awareness about soil health is essential for their sustainable use;

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26b. Calls on the Member States to support innovative biodiversity and environmental practices via new technologies (artificial intelligence);

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Amendment 1047

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Michal Wiezik, Radan Kanev, Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Martin Hojsík



26c. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the monitoring framework within the CAP including by wider use of the incentivising result-based schemes with monitoring embedded within and calls for consideration of implementation of these schemes also as forest-environment measures;

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Amendment 1048Catherine Chabaud, Frédérique Ries, Martin Hojsík, Pascal Canfin, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță



26c. Encourages research regarding the melting of glaciers and the permafrost, caused by climate change, in order to further analysed and avoid the potential issues about the release of viruses trapped in the ice;

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26c. Believes that environmental education must be an integral part of the education of all; calls on Member States to integrate environmental education comprehensively into their school curricula and practices;

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Amendment 1050María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Catherine Chabaud, Susana Solís Pérez, Martin Hojsík, Billy Kelleher, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Pascal Canfin



International action and ocean governance Post-2020 global biodiversity framework, international action and ocean governance

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27. Recalls the position expressed in its resolution of 16 January 2020 on COP156 on biodiversity and the need for a post-2020 binding agreement similar to the Paris Agreement to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030;

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27. Recalls the position expressed in its resolution of 16 January 2020 on COP156 on biodiversity and the need for a post-2020 binding agreement similar to the Paris Agreement to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030; believes that 2021 represents a watershed moment for biodiversity globally and it is the EU's moral responsibility to ensure the most ambitious outcome possible for COP15; stresses that the EU must push for an ambitious and binding global agreement on the post-2020 framework on biodiversity with clear goals and binding targets on protected areas both in the EU overall and globally;


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27. Highlights the need for strong and coordinated multilateral action to bring the biodiversity crisis to an end; emphasises the importance of meeting international commitments, in particular those relating to the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); recalls the position expressed in its resolution of 16 January 2020 on COP156 on biodiversity and the need for a post-2020 binding agreement similar to the Paris Agreement to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030;


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27. Recalls the position expressed in its resolution of 16 January 2020 on COP156 on biodiversity and the need for a post-2020 binding agreement similar to the Paris Agreement to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030; reiterates its call for the EU to push for a high level of ambition during the negotiations,

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including legally binding global restoration and protection targets of at least 30% by 2030, to reflect the EU's level of ambition domestically;


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27. Recalls the position expressed in its resolution of 16 January 2020 on COP156 on biodiversity and the need for a post-2020 binding agreement, with smart targets and a robust implementation framework, similar to the Paris Agreement to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030; stresses the need for a science-based, independent, harmonised and transparent review mechanism on the progress of the Parties to meeting the targets;


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27. Recalls the position expressed in its resolution of 16 January 2020 on COP156 on biodiversity and the need for a post-2020 binding agreement similar to the Paris Agreement to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030; reiterates its request that this agreement include objectives with detailed timetables, performance indicators and evaluation mechanisms;


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Amendment 1058Pascal Canfin, Catherine Chabaud, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos




27. Recalls the position expressed in its resolution of 16 January 2020 on COP156 on biodiversity and the need for a post-2020 binding agreement similar to the Paris Agreement to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030; welcomes the commitment by the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People to support the global objective to protect 30% of land and sea worldwide;


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27. Recalls the position expressed in its resolution of 16 January 2020 on COP156 on biodiversity and the need for a post-2020 multilateral agreement similar to the Paris Agreement to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030;


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27a. Recalls that the environmental footprint of Europe's production and consumption urgently needs to be reduced in order to stay within planetary boundaries by 2030, since we would need 2.8 planets if everybody in the world lived like the average EU citizen; believes therefore that the EU and the Member States have a special responsibility to pursue policies with immediate, medium-term and long-term objectives to mitigate the effects of climate change, defend habitats, halt and reverse the loss of biodiversity as well as transform its foreign and trade policies accordingly, and to assist developing countries in implementing programmes for the protection of biodiversity; highlights in this regard the need to ensure that further

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and future efforts to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in EU terrestrial and marine areas do not transfer pressures to other parts of the world;

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27a. Recalls that reducing the Union’s global footprint must be one of the major focal points of the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy; stresses, in this regard, the impact of importing certain products into the European Union on deforestation and biodiversity loss in third countries, and calls on the Commission to examine the need for action to limit the placement on the European market of products associated with deforestation; emphasises the need to better develop eco-labelling and anti-deforestation certification;

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27a. Warns about the risk of certain production sectors relocating to countries, such as China, that have laxer legislation than Europe on biodiversity, despite the Commission’s determination to make them priority trade partners; calls on the

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Commission to ensure that trade policy is consistent with the objectives of its Green Deal and does not favour imported products that do not meet our standards;

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27a. Calls on the Commission to champion an ambitious governance model in international UN negotiations on marine biodiversity and marine genetic resources beyond national jurisdictions; calls to recognise the ocean as a global common, with a view to a new approach in the preamble that prioritises individual and collective responsibilities over the traditional principles of freedom and sovereign rights, as laid down in the Law of the Sea, and thus ensures that the ocean is protected;

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27a. Regrets the dire state of fish stocks across the globe; welcomes that the Biodiversity Strategy commits the EU to applying zero tolerance towards illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and

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combatting overfishing; calls also on the EU to tackle harmful fishing practices; supports the call for a global agreement to ban harmful fisheries subsidies and calls therefore for appropriate revisions in the EU fisheries policies; takes stock of the environmental impact of the EU's Fisheries Partnership Agreements (FPAs);

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27a. Highlights the importance of long-term EU support for the most important ecosystem, biodiversity hotspots and protected areas in Africa; welcomes the new ‘NaturAfrica’ initiative and its potential to benefit conservation, economic recovery, security and local populations; calls for the development of similar initiatives for other regions while extending Key Biodiversity Areas to contribute to increasing the resilience of developing countries to Climate Change;

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27a. Takes note of the failure of the World Trade Organisation Members to conclude the ongoing negotiations on fisheries subsidies by the end of 2020; calls on the Union to play a more prominent role in bringing these negotiations to an agreement, while showing more ambition towards a rapid phasing out of harmful fisheries subsidies, in line with Sustainable Development Goal 14;

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27a. Calls on the Commission to continue encouraging and supporting international initiatives to restore biodiversity, and degraded land around the world, such as the African Union-led Great Green Wall project, which has given back to people in the Sub-Saharan area, from Senegal to Ethiopia, a great extension of recuperated land to cultivate while restoring biodiversity;

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Amendment 1068Alexander Bernhuber, Petri Sarvamaa, Christophe Hansen, Marlene Mortler, Christine Schneider, Agnès Evren, Edina Tóth, Dolors Montserrat


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27a. Supports global negotiations that promote a global level playing field for the sustainable EU bioeconomy and help avoiding leakage effects to regions with less stringent environmental regulation, thus promoting employment in the EU, as well as competitiveness, resilience and strategic autonomy of European industries;

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Amendment 1069Christine Schneider, Christian Doleschal, Norbert Lins, Petri Sarvamaa, Hildegard Bentele, Marlene Mortler



27a. Supports global negotiations that promote a global level playing field for the sustainable EU bio-economy and help avoiding leakage effects to regions with less stringent environmental regulation, thus promoting employment in the EU, as well as competitiveness, resilience and strategic autonomy of European industries;

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Amendment 1070Pascal Canfin, Catherine Chabaud, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță



27a. Calls again the Commission to provide for the enforceability of Trade

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and Sustainable Development (TSD) Chapter of our Free Trade Agreements; is of the opinion that this should be done through the inclusion of proportionate and progressive sanction provisions in TSD chapters;

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27a. Considers that world trade deregulation is having a significant effect in terms of increasing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, and believes that it is necessary and urgent that this situation be properly studied and evaluated;

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27a. Welcomes the launch of the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People during the One Planet Summit on 11 January 2021 and the commitment made by 50 countries to protect 30 % of lands and seas by 2030;

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27a. Believes that it is essential to put environmental and social sustainability at the core of future EU trade policy and every bilateral trade agreement in order to give substance to the Farm to Fork Strategy;

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27a. Encourages the EU and the Member States to promote the recognition of ecocide as an international crime under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC);

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27b. Stresses that the global financing gap for biodiversity amounts to USD 711 billion per year to 2030; calls on the Union and Member States to devote

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adequate financial resources to global biodiversity protection and to encourage the rest of the international community to do the same in order to enable the adoption and implementation of an ambitious post-2020 framework capable of halting the biodiversity crisis; emphasises, in this regard, the need to support the poorest countries in implementing this framework as well as the importance of the private sector’s commitment to protecting and restoring ecosystems;

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Amendment 1076Frédérique Ries, Catherine Chabaud, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Martin Hojsík, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță



27b. Welcomes the Commission's commitment to crack down on illegal wildlife trade; considers that the Biodiversity Strategy fails to recognise legal wildlife trade as a driver of biodiversity loss as well; urges the Commission to address the impact of legal and illegal wildlife trade as a whole on biodiversity and global health, to promote and assist third countries in seriously restricting or ending the trade and sale of wildlife for human consumption while taking into account the legitimate consideration of subsistence hunting by Indigenous People and local communities for household consumption; calls on the Union to champion this idea in all relevant international fora;

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Amendment 1077Agnès Evren, Alexander Bernhuber



27b. Supports the Commission’s ambition to assess the impact of trade agreements on biodiversity, with follow-up action to strengthen the biodiversity provisions of existing and new agreements; calls on the Commission to include binding and enforceable sustainable development and biodiversity protection chapters in all future trade agreements;

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27b. Stresses the need to revise the EU’s integrated maritime policy with a view to establishing a strategic framework that incorporates all marine environment laws, encourages, in that sense, to support a strategic approach for topics that overlap between marine biodiversity, climate policy and the common fisheries policy;

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27b. Calls on the EU to strengthen its inter-parliamentary dialogue and be a world pioneer in biodiversity conservation by cooperating with low-income countries; stresses the importance of increased EU support towards the COP 15 in conserving, protecting and restoring biodiversity worldwide;

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27b. Underlines that deep-sea mining always does serious harm to the environment; believes that marine minerals in the international seabed should not be exploited unless they are of critical importance; calls on the EU to advocate this approach at the International Seabed Authority;

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27b. Emphasises that the EU-Mercosur agreement cannot be ratified as it stands since, inter alia, it does not ensure biodiversity protection, in particular in the Amazonia;

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27c. Underlines the impact of illegal wild meat trafficking into the EU on the biodiversity of the meat's countries of origin as well as of the EU through the potential import of pathogens; highlights the lack of knowledge as regards the magnitude and routes of this traffic; calls on the Commission to make full use of the potential of the pilot project "International Wild Meat Trafficking: developing new tools and policies to halt this underreported crime in the EU" adopted by the Parliament to remedy this and better fight this traffic;

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Amendment 1083María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Catherine Chabaud, Susana Solís Pérez, Martin Hojsík, Billy Kelleher, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Nils Torvalds, Frédérique Ries



27c. Stresses the strong links between

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biodiversity loss and increasing emergence of pandemics; calls on the EU to promote during the upcoming COP 15 the establishment of a supranational scientific council to identify policy options, monitor and prevent the root causes of pandemics resulting from environmental degradation and biodiversity loss; calls on the Parties to commit to a reduction and elimination of wildlife trade of high-risk disease species;

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27c. Invites the Commission to implement and follow the recommendations established by the Mission Starfish 2030: Restore our Ocean and Waters;

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27c. Points out that the African continent is home to a unique biodiversity and calls on the two continents to unite their efforts in the context of the new Africa-European Union partnership to preserve African biodiversity and address

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the threats facing it, in particular deforestation, desertification, and poaching, trafficking and trade in wildlife; stresses, moreover, the importance of European support for the Great Green Wall initiative in the Sahel and nature-based solutions;

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27d. Welcomes the announcement of the launch of the NaturAfrica initiative to protect wildlife and ecosystems; calls for local communities to be fully involved in protecting flora and fauna and for focus to be placed on education in order to raise awareness among the youngest children of the conservation of this unique heritage;

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27d. Urges the Commission and Member States to continue to work with the international community to recognise the contribution of indigenous people and local communities in the protection of biodiversity, to guarantee their rights, and

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to support their participation in decision-making processes;

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Amendment 1088María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Catherine Chabaud, Susana Solís Pérez, Martin Hojsík, Billy Kelleher, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Frédérique Ries



27d. Strongly supports the integration of human rights in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework;

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27e. Welcomes the Biodiversity Strategy's commitment to revise by 2021 the EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking to step up efforts to combat the illegal wildlife trade both within the EU and globally; calls on the Commission to ensure that the post-2020 EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking is fully integrated into the 2030 Biodiversity Strategy, receives adequate funding and includes baselines and measurable indicators so that progress can be assessed and objectives delivered within a specified timeframe;

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27e. Points out that wildlife trafficking is one cause of biodiversity loss, and that it threatens the survival of numerous species, fosters organised crime and violence, and encourages the transmission of viruses to humans; stresses that the European Union is still a destination market and transit zone for products resulting from this trafficking, and that it is highly profitable and poorly penalised;

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27e. Welcomes the Commission's commitment to ensure the full implementation of the biodiversity provisions in all EU Free Trade Agreements; calls on the Commission to make use of all tools available to this end, including sanctions in cases of non-compliance;

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27f. Welcomes the announcement of the revised EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking; calls for this action plan to be included in the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 with sufficient financial resources; calls, too, for the European Commission and Member States to substantially scale up assistance to partner countries in combating these criminal networks and securing protected areas;

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27f. Stresses that environmental crimes constitute a threat to peace and security, and often converge with other serious crimes such as corruption, cybercrimes and financial crimes; therefore calls on the EU to adopt a new legislation similar to the US Lacey Act that prohibits trade in wildlife, fish and plants that have been illegally taken, possessed, transported or sold in violation of any foreign law;

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27g. Considers that the new Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) from 2021 onwards can act as an important driver of change for biodiversity restoration and preservation worldwide; therefore calls for at least 10% of annual spending under the new NDICI to be dedicated to biodiversity restoration and preservation, and as a critical means of implementing the new Multiannual Financial Framework target spend on biodiversity;

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28. Reiterates its call for a full ban on the trade in both raw and worked ivory to, from and within the EU, including ‘pre-convention’ ivory and rhino horns, and asks for similar restrictions for other endangered species, such as tigers;

28. Calls on all Parties to the CBD to scale up and reinforce action and monitoring against wildlife legal and illegal trafficking and promote the development of specific, measurable, quantifiable targets to this end; reiterates its call for a full ban on the trade in both raw and worked ivory to, from and within the EU, including ‘pre-convention’ ivory and rhino horns, and asks for similar restrictions for other endangered species, such as tigers;

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28. Reiterates its call for a full ban on the trade in both raw and worked ivory to, from and within the EU, including ‘pre-convention’ ivory and rhino horns, and asks for similar restrictions for other endangered species, such as tigers; calls for measures to increase protection of these animals by cooperating with international institutions and the relevant countries in order to prevent the killing of animals for ivory harvesting;

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28. Calls on the Commission to lead efforts to protect biodiversity effectively in all relevant international fora; reiterates in that context its call for a full ban on the trade in both raw and worked ivory to, from and within the EU, including ‘pre-convention’ ivory and rhino horns, and asks for similar restrictions for other endangered species, such as tigers;

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28. Reiterates its call to reduce wildlife trade and consumption and to protect wildlife and key ecosystems globally including a full ban on the trade in both raw and worked ivory to, from and within the EU, including ‘pre-convention’ ivory and rhino horns, and asks for similar restrictions for other endangered species, such as tigers;

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28. Reiterates its call for a full ban on the trade in both raw and worked ivory to, from and within the EU, including ‘pre-convention’ ivory; calls for the implementation of such a ban without further delay in 2021 and asks for similar restrictions for other endangered species, such as tigers and rhinos;

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28. Reiterates its call for a ban on European level on ivory trade to, from and within the EU, including ‘pre-convention’ ivory and rhino horns;

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28a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that all new and future trade and investment agreements are fully compatible with the EU's biodiversity commitments as well as the SDGs, contain binding and enforceable chapters on trade and sustainable development, including safeguards to prevent them from being implemented in a manner that could lead to biodiversity loss and degradation of ecosystems; calls furthermore on the Commission to assess the extent to which existing trade and investment agreements directly or indirectly contribute to loss of biodiversity and degradation of natural ecosystems, and to propose measures to address such detrimental impacts where identified, in particular by including binding, enforceable and sanctionable provisions for the protection of natural ecosystems in existing trade agreements which do not yet contain such provisions; stresses the need to pandemic-proof all new and future trade agreements and calls on the Commission to do so; calls on

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the commission to also do a comprehensive pandemic assessment of all existing trade and investment agreements;

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28a. Recognises the detrimental effect of commercial wildlife trade, both legal and illegal, on biodiversity, human and animal health and welfare; and calls for the introduction of measures to end the unnecessary commercial trade in endangered species and their parts; believes that a new proposal for legislation should be considered, which would be based on the precautionary principle and the ‘do no harm’ principle at its very core; underlines, furthermore, that the Commission should assess legislative means how to ensure that importation, transhipment, purchase and sale of wildlife taken, processed, transported or sold in violation of laws in the country of origin is prevented;

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28a. Emphasises the potential of using ‘green deal diplomacy’ to achieve better protection of biodiversity and the environment outside of Europe; calls on the Commission and Member States to effectively integrate the protection of the environment and biodiversity in all external action; insists that coordination and cooperation across borders is key for the protection and joint management of transboundary ecosystems and for the designation of ecological corridors; insists further on the need to strengthen cooperation programmes with third countries for the conservation of their native biodiversity, and in particular with developing countries;

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28a. Urges the Commission to revise the Environmental Crime Directive and address the disparities in its application by Member States; calls for the inclusion of environmental offences, such as IUU fishing and illegal hunting, in this legislation; underlines the need for wildlife crime to be recognised as a serious criminal activity that should be heavily penalised, especially in the context of(transnational) organised crime;

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28a. Strongly supports the work undertaken by the Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosure and calls on the Commission to fully take it into account in the upcoming renewed sustainable finance strategy; welcomes the political support by France, Canada and the United Kingdom to this initiative;

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28a. Points out that, despite the ban on the international ivory trade, elephant poaching and ivory trafficking have reached unprecedented levels; notes that between 20 000 and 30 000 African elephants are illegally hunted every year; stresses that, in 2015, more than 40 tonnes of ivory were seized;

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28a. Calls on the Commission and the Union to push for the adoption of an ambitious Global Ocean Treaty to protect marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction worldwide in the next session of the Intergovernmental Conference on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction;

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28a. Underscores that better assessment of the impact of biodiversity on trade agreements will be useless unless biodiversity provisions are substantially strengthened; calls on the Commission to show willingness to ambitiously revisit biodiversity provisions in all trade agreements;

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28a. Believes calling for serious restrictions or bans of legal international wildlife trade and sales in third countries risks shifting them into to barely governable practices; calls therefore for a

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narrow legal corridor to prevent sliding into criminality;

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28a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to assist the global community in ending the commercial trade and sale of wild animals (including in live animal and “bush meat” markets);

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28b. Notes with concern the spread of zoonotic pathogens from animals to humans and between species and acknowledges that wildlife markets and wildlife trade are seriously contributing to this; regrets the implementation gaps of EU Wildlife Trade Regulations as they do not cover all critical species and do not provide the same protection for captive-bred animals; urges the Commission to jointly address legal commercial trade and illegal trade in the Biodiversity Strategy 2030 and the upcoming review of the EU Wildlife Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking;

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28b. Reiterates its call for a full ban on the trade in both raw and worked ivory to, from and within the EU, including ‘pre-convention’ ivory and rhino horns, and calls for similar restrictions for all other endangered species, such as tigers, together with all species listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES);

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28b. Highlights that the trading and farming of wild animals amplifies risks for public health, combining critical factors for the occurrence of zoonosis; calls on the Commission and on the EU Member States to advocate a global ban on wildlife markets and on the use of wildlife in traditional medicine; urges the Commission to present legal proposals to ban the import, the trade and the keeping and consumption of wildlife in the EU, in order to reduce the risk of future zoonosis outbreaks;

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28b. Welcomes the commitment to increase financial flows to developing countries for biodiversity; believes the sovereignty of developing states must be respected and that such financial support should not be used for geopolitical or economic purposes or as a form of neocolonialism;

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28c. Warns that trade and trafficking of wildlife is causing the suffering of animals that are totally unsuitable as pets and is putting animal and human health and biodiversity at great risk; calls on the Commission to propose a Positive List which states which animal species are suitable and safe to be kept as pets to effectively regulate the exotic pet trade in the EU and to ensure that no animals are kept as pets which can increase the risk of outbreaks of pandemics;

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28c. Notes that an IUCN report reveals that some 229 000 tonnes of plastic waste are discharged into the Mediterranean every year, which is the equivalent of more than 500 shipping containers per day;

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28c. Supports the One Health Approach and urges the Commission and Member States to advocate this at all international fora;

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28d. Notes that for primary microplastics, i.e. those that mix with ocean water in the form of small particles and not in the form of the degradation of large waste, the discharge of plastic into

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the Mediterranean is estimated at 13 000 tonnes per year;

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28e. Notes that with the current status quo, pollution in the Mediterranean is likely to increase to 500 000 tonnes per year by 2040;

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29. Notes that marine plastic pollution has increased tenfold since 1980, affecting at least 267 species; calls on the Union to lead negotiations for an international agreement for plastic-free oceans by 2030;

29. Notes that marine plastic pollution has increased tenfold since 1980, affecting at least 267 species; deplores the fact that, according to the European strategy for plastics in a circular economy of 16 January 2018, the 150 million tonnes of accumulated plastic in the oceans could double by 2030, putting more than 600 species at risk and weakening the resistance of marine ecosystems to climate change; calls on the Union to lead negotiations for an international agreement for plastic-free oceans by 2030; stresses the particular case of microplastics, which are particularly dangerous to marine biodiversity, and calls on the Commission to further tackle the problem of

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microplastics and to develop synergies between its biodiversity strategy and the new action plan for the circular economy;

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29. Notes that marine plastic pollution has increased tenfold since 1980, affecting at least 267 species; that at the surface, the cumulative mass of floating waste represents only 1% of the plastics discharged into the ocean; whereas the latest scientific research estimates that the level of plastic pollution in the ocean has been greatly underestimated and that there are still major gaps in oceanographic knowledge today; and that a research effort on the dispersion of marine litter in the ocean is crucial to better understand the extent of marine pollution and its impact on marine biodiversity; calls on the Union to lead negotiations for an international agreement for plastic-free oceans by 2030;

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29. Notes that marine plastic pollution 29. Notes that marine plastic pollution

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has increased tenfold since 1980, affecting at least 267 species; calls on the Union to lead negotiations for an international agreement for plastic-free oceans by 2030;

has increased tenfold since 1980, affecting at least 267 species; calls on the Union to lead negotiations for an international agreement for plastic-free oceans by 2030; calls on the Commission to assess the possibility of involving local fishing communities based far and wide across the Member States in recovering and tackling plastic littering in the seas in order to meet this objective, in exchange for fair compensation for operators;

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Amendment 1123Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Ulrike Müller, Asger Christensen




29. Notes that marine plastic pollution has increased tenfold since 1980, affecting at least 267 species; notes that the Union already has taken steps to tackle plastic waste in oceans through measures as the single-use plastic directive and port reception facilities directive; calls on the Union to lead negotiations for an international agreement for plastic-free oceans by 2030; encourages the Union to increase and improve recycling and reuse of plastic waste;

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29. Notes that marine plastic pollution has increased tenfold since 1980, affecting at least 267 species; calls on the Union to lead negotiations for an international agreement for plastic-free oceans by 2030; calls on the Commission to carry out a detailed impact study into the effects of microplastics and their disintegration on human and animal health;

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29. Notes that marine plastic pollution has increased tenfold since 1980, affecting at least 267 species; calls on the Union to lead negotiations for an international agreement for plastic-free oceans by 2030, which deals with the full plastics economy including a cap on new plastic production;

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29. Stresses that marine plastic pollution has increased tenfold since 1980, directly affecting hundreds of thousands of marine animals each year; calls on the Union to lead negotiations for an international agreement and

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binding targets for plastic-free oceans by 2030;

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29. Notes with deep concern that marine plastic pollution has increased tenfold since 1980, affecting all marine and coastal life, and particularly 267 species; calls on the Union to lead negotiations for an international agreement for plastic-free oceans by 2030;

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29. Notes with alarm that marine plastic pollution has increased tenfold since 1980, affecting directly at least 267 species; calls on the Union to lead negotiations for an international agreement providing for binding targets towards plastic-free oceans by 2030;

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29. Notes that marine plastic pollution has increased tenfold since 1980, affecting at least 267 species; calls on the Union to lead negotiations with the sovereign Member States for an international agreement for plastic-free oceans by 2030;

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29. Notes that marine plastic pollution has increased tenfold since 1980, affecting at least 267 species and human health; calls on the Union to lead negotiations for an international agreement for plastic-free oceans by 2030;

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29. Notes that marine plastic pollution has increased tenfold since 1980, affecting at least 267 species; calls on the Union to

29. Notes that marine plastic pollution has increased tenfold since 1980, affecting at least 267 species and human health;

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lead negotiations for an international agreement for plastic-free oceans by 2030;

calls on the Union to lead negotiations for an international agreement for plastic-free oceans by 2030;

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29a. Stresses the need to put environmental and social sustainability at the core of future EU trade policy and every bilateral trade agreement in order to give substance to the Farm to Fork Strategy; stresses the importance of including respect for biodiversity in trade agreements in order to halt global deforestation and prevent the overexploitation of fishery and marine resources; urges developing countries to support biodiversity and alignment with European standards on sustainability, and to prevent the exploitation of workers; calls on the Commission to ensure that imported products meet the same standards required of European producers in order to protect biodiversity;

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29a. Highlights that the deep sea is believed to have the highest biodiversity

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on Earth and provides critical environmental services, including long-term carbon sequestration; stresses that the precautionary principle must apply to the emerging deep seabed mining sector and, given the scientific warnings regarding significant and potentially irreversible environmental harm being implied, is concerned about the Commission’s intention to further fund research into deep sea mining technologies; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ban deep seabed mining, including at the International Seabed Authority, and instead to invest into a transition to a circular economy based on minimising, reusing and recycling minerals and metals;

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29a. Stresses that the deep sea is home to the greatest diversity of species and ecosystems on Earth and that scientists have warned that deep seabed mining risks to cause inevitable and permanent biodiversity loss; calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish a moratorium in EU waters, including in national continental shelves, to promote the adoption of an international moratorium on deep seabed mining including by the International Seabed Authority, and to cease funding for the development of seabed mining technology until the guarantee that deep seabed mining can be managed to prevent the degradation and loss of marine

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biodiversity is provided;

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Amendment 1135Martin Hojsík, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Frédérique Ries, Michal Wiezik, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Catherine Chabaud



29a. Expresses its concerns about the growing damage caused by environmental crime and involvement of organised groups therein; believes that fight against environmental crime needs to be strengthened, in Member States and across their borders; encourages the cooperation between the Commission, and DG JUST, HOME and ENV in particular, and the Member States; stresses that efforts and collaboration must be intensified, including by building adequate capacities on national and regional levels; calls, furthermore, on the Member States to recognize environmental and wildlife crime as serious criminal activity and apply penalties with a strong deterrent effect;

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29a. Recalls its Resolution of 16

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January 2018 on international ocean governance1a; calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish a moratorium on deep-sea mining in EU waters and to ask the International Seabed Authority to set a moratorium on the deep sea mining for all its parties, to reform the structure and functioning of the International Seabed Authority; calls on the Commission to cease funding for the development of deep-sea mining technology, consistent with the need to transition to a circular economy based on minimizing, reusing and recycling minerals and metals and calls on the Commission to instead fund research into deep sea ecosystems and biodiversity;_________________1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2018)0004

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29a. Believes that the EU has a historic responsibility to promote ambition at international fora, by showing it through its own commitments and through its assistance to others, particularly Small Island Developing States and Least Developed Countries; believes the EU should acknowledge and act on its environmental responsibilities by setting a credible and ambitious example; stresses that the best form of environmental diplomacy is by showing global leadership and solidarity, including leadership on biodiversity through the Convention on Biological Diversity;

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29a. Stresses the importance of including respect for biodiversity in trade agreements in order to halt global deforestation and prevent the overexploitation of fishery and marine resources; urges developing countries to support biodiversity and alignment with European standards on sustainability, and to prevent the exploitation of workers; calls on the Commission to ensure that imported products meet the same standards required of European producers in order to protect biodiversity;

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29a. Stresses the importance of including respect for biodiversity in trade agreements in order to halt global deforestation and prevent the overexploitation of fishery and marine resources; urges developing countries to support biodiversity and alignment with European standards on sustainability, and to prevent the exploitation of workers; calls on the Commission to ensure that

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imported products meet the same standards required of European producers in order to protect biodiversity;

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29a. Stresses the importance of including respect for biodiversity in agreements in order to halt global deforestation and prevent the overexploitation of fishery and marine resources; urges developing countries to support biodiversity and alignment with European standards on sustainability, and to prevent the exploitation of workers; calls on the Commission to ensure that imported products meet the same standards required of European producers in order to protect biodiversity;

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29a. Reiterates its request that the Commission submit in 2021 a strong proposal for an EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation, by ensuring that the Union market and consumption patterns do not

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detrimentally affect forests and natural ecosystems and biodiversity, as well as the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities;

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29a. Underlines that it has been decided that the Habitats Directive should not be revised; calls on the Commission and Member States at all times to preserve the Habitats Directive and to implement it in full, taking as a starting point the protection of the habitats of wild animals, the restoration of protected species and the protection of animal welfare;

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29a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to join efforts to reach an agreement on marine biological diversity beyond national jurisdictions; recalls that the establishment of MPAs in areas beyond national jurisdictions must be supported by socio-economic and ecological impact assessments based on the best available scientific advice;

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29a. Points out the global interdependence of ecosystems and warns, in this respect, against the risk of pressure on ecosystems in other parts of the world as a side effect of future EU policies; calls on the Commission to use diplomatic, economic and legal measures to mitigate this risk;

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29a. Urges the Commission to prioritise action to halt and reverse biodiversity and species decline in international and bilateral trade agreements and diplomatic dialogue, and in the European Union’s international aid and development programmes;

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29a. Underlines that all international trade agreements have to fulfil the requirements which are set by this strategy;

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29a. Welcomes the African initiative on the "Great Green Wall" and calls on the Commission to support this project;

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29b. Stresses the very much overlooked environmental impact that EU Member States have through their military operations and trade in arms, and underlines how this contributes significantly to environmental degradation worldwide; calls for the Commission to assess the environmental impact of PESCO and Member State militaries; believes that demilitarisation must be part of the European Green Deal;

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29c. Whereas the EU must uphold the principle of equity in its multilateral dealings and ensure that it acts in good faith with less powerful states;

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29d. Underlines that the territories of the world’s 370 million indigenous people cover 24 % of land worldwide and contain 80 % of the world’s biodiversity; believes that indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) is crucial to effectively protecting biodiversity and that indigenous voices must always be heard on national and international fora on biodiversity;

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29e. Believes that international carbon market mechanisms under the Paris Agreement must be designed in a way to ensure they do no harm to local communities and their biodiversity; calls on the EU and the Member States to advocate robust rights-based social and environmental safeguards, including Free Prior and Informed Consent, and a ‘do no harm’ principle, as well as grievance mechanisms governed by an independent body and supervisory bodies free from conflict of interest for all international carbon market mechanisms, and to ensure in particular that all Article 6 mechanisms fully respect and protect the rights of local communities; reiterates its support for the establishment of a share of proceeds to provide financial support to those populations most vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change;

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29f. Recalls the ‘do no harm’ principle under the European Green Deal, and urges the Commission to rapidly ensure the full consistency of existing and future trade and investment agreements and other global regulations with the international environmental and climate goals, in particular the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;

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29g. Reiterates its support for the end of EU exports of waste, an enhanced circular economy worldwide and the introduction of a global ban on single-use plastics;

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29 h. Stresses that meeting our climate objectives should never happen at the expense of biodiversity; believes that bioenergy policy requires strict environmental and social criteria in order to prevent land-grabbing and deforestation; in this light, calls on the Union and the Member States to lead the initiative at the next UN General Assembly for the global recognition of the right to a healthy environment;

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29 i. Stresses that climate change and environmental degradation increasingly interact with the drivers of human displacement, since populations are being forcibly displaced from their homes by the effects of climate change, environmental degradation and disasters; points out that, due to climate change and biodiversity loss, such crises will multiply in the decades to come unless swift and effective action is taken now; stresses that the EU must be ready for climate-induced displacement and displacement from environmental degradation and disasters and recognises the need for adequate measures to be taken to protect the human rights of affected populations;

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29 j. Notes the IPCC Technical Paper V on Climate Change and Biodiversity from April 2002; urges the EU and the Member States to call for an IPCC Special Report on biodiversity and climate change;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 29 k (new)

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29 k. Endorses the position expressed in the Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) that exports of crops, deforestation, and other transfers of resources from developing countries have contributed to the deterioration of nature, while importing developed countries and rapidly growing developing countries often decrease nature degradation nationally; calls on the EU to pay specific attention, in the context of the external dimension of the Biodiversity Strategy, to developing countries and their populations, as they are territories with high biodiversity;

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29 l. Recalls that indigenous peoples are active agents of environmental conservation; recalls that the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land recognises that indigenous peoples and local communities play a critical role in stewarding and safeguarding the world’s lands and forests and preventing climate change, and that strengthening their rights is a crucial solution in the context of the climate crisis; also recalls the statement in the IPBES Global Assessment Report that nature is generally declining less rapidly on indigenous peoples’ land than on other lands; emphasises the interdependence of

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nature, economy and society and, in particular, the direct effects that biodiversity loss has on indigenous communities and the acute existential threat that many of them face;

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Implementation and enforcement of nature legislation

Implementation, enforcement and recast of relevant legislation

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 29 m (new)


29 m. Calls for greater international support for indigenous peoples’ collective rights to land, territories and resources, which would contribute to limiting global warming and biodiversity loss since the territories of the world’s 370 million indigenous peoples cover 24 % of land worldwide and contain 80 % of the world’s biodiversity; believes this will contribute to combating the degradation of ecosystems, ensuring indigenous livelihoods and contributing to greater equity in these efforts; urges all Member States to ratify without delay the ILO’s Indigenous and Tribal Peoples

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Convention of 1989 (ILO Convention No 169);

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 29 n (new)


29 n. Expresses its deep concern at the increasingly perilous situation of environmental rights defenders, especially in developing countries, and the culture of impunity, particularly in relation to crimes and threats against the most marginalised and most vulnerable; condemns any attempts to deregulate environmental and human rights protections in the context of the COVID-19pandemic and other crises; also expresses its concern at the situation of environmental defenders and whistle-blowers throughout the world; recalls that everyone should have access to the enjoyment of human rights, environmental protection and sustainable development, and that no one should be penalised, persecuted or harassed for protecting the environment; calls on the Commission to support environmental defenders across the world;

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29 o. Stresses that bioplastics pose equal threats to marine wildlife as conventional plastics and considers, therefore, that there must be a reduction in plastic production and use;

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29b. Reiterates that Member States must ensure that there is no deterioration of Natura 2000 areas and must implement conservation measures in order to maintain or restore the favourable conservation status of protected species and habitats; calls for the Nature Directives to be fully implemented in order to ensure that conservation actions that are taken are in line with the latest technical and scientific progress; calls for rapid and decisive action by the Commission to ensure full implementation by the Member States, including by the increased use of infringement procedures;

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30. Urges Member States to fully comply with the obligations set out in existing EU nature legislation and calls on the Commission to swiftly pursue infringement procedures to remedy all cases of non-compliance and to allocate sufficient resources in order to overcome the current delays;

30. Urges Member States to fully comply with the obligations set to out in existing EU nature legislation and calls on the Commission pursue infringement procedures more swiftly, effectively and transparently, including through the regular follow-up of cases, to remedy all cases of non-compliance and to allocate sufficient resources in order to overcome the current delays; stresses that strategic enforcement can also be delivered through an enhanced environmental implementation review process, with more binding and time-bound commitments;

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30. Urges Member States to fully comply with the obligations set out in existing EU nature legislation and calls on the Commission to live up to its commitment on zero tolerance to non-compliance in nature protection, swiftly pursue infringement procedures, to use its prerogative to ask for a decision ordering interim measures and compel compliance through imposition of sanctions and penalty payments in nature protection; remedy all cases of non-compliance and to allocate sufficient resources in order to overcome the current delays;

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30. Emphasizes the importance of impact assessments of any legally binding actions suggested in the strategy including an assessment of the proportionality in relation to means and goals and costs; urges Member States to fully comply with the obligations set out in existing EU nature legislation and calls on the Commission to swiftly pursue infringement procedures to remedy all cases of non-compliance and to allocate sufficient resources in order to overcome the current delays;

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30. Urges Member States to fully comply with the obligations set out in existing EU nature legislation and calls on the Commission to swiftly pursue infringement procedures to remedy all cases of non-compliance to promptly and efficiently prosecute the illegal killing, taking and trade of European protected wildlife, and to allocate sufficient resources in order to overcome the current delays;

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30. Proposes that Member States fully comply with the obligations set out in existing EU nature legislation and allocate sufficient resources in order to overcome the current delays;

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Amendment 1169Alexander Bernhuber, Christophe Hansen, Marlene Mortler, Christine Schneider, Edina Tóth




30. Urges Member States to fully comply with the obligations set out in existing EU nature legislation and calls on the Commission to swiftly pursue infringement procedures to remedy priority cases of non-compliance particularly affecting habitat conservation and to allocate sufficient resources in order to overcome the current delays;

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30. Urges Member States to fully comply with the obligations set out in existing EU nature legislation and calls on the Commission to swiftly pursue infringement procedures to remedy priority cases of non-compliance particularly affecting habitats and to allocate sufficient resources in order to overcome the current delays;

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30. Urges Member States to fully implement and comply with the obligations set out in existing EU nature and marine legislation and calls on the Commission to systematically pursue infringement procedures to remedy all cases of non-compliance and to allocate sufficient resources in order to overcome the current delays;

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30. Urges Member States to fully comply with the obligations set out in existing EU nature legislation and calls on the Commission to swiftly pursue infringement procedures to remedy all cases of non-compliance and to allocate sufficient resources in order to overcome the current enforcement delays;

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30a. Expresses its concern over the term ‘nature based' solutions due to its broadness and ambiguity; calls for a clear definition to be developed at EU level and/or at the level of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, supplemented with an exclusion list of techniques and 'solutions' which do not fall under this definition; considers that this exclusion list should include, inter alia, geoengineering, genetic engineering including gene drives as well as biodiversity offsetting; highlights that too-broad an interpretation of the term is harmful to the efforts of conservation, sustainable use and benefit sharing of biological biodiversity (the three pillars of the CBD); expresses furthermore the concern that the term ‘nature based’ is used to conflate natural ecosystems such as forests, soils, grasslands, estuaries and mangroves with, for example, monoculture tree plantations, which do not provide the benefits in terms of mitigation, adaptation or other ecosystem functions; endorses 'ecosystem based'

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approaches as defined under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, which offer a more holistic strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation and sustainable use in an equitable way;

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30a. Emphasises the importance of implementing and enforcing environmental legislation to protect biodiversity, and applying liability in the event of breaches or damage to the environment; calls on the Commission to revise the Environmental Liability Directive (2004/35/EC) and the Directive on the protection of the environment through criminal law (2008/99/EC) so as to make an effective contribution to the targets set out in the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030;

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30a. Underlines that correct implementation of the nature directives

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not only falls on Member States but also with the European Commission including the need for an assessment procedure to enable the protection status of species in particular regions to be amended as soon as the desired conservation status is reached, in accordance with Article 19 of Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora;

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Amendment 1176Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Ulrike Müller, Asger Christensen



30a. Points out that protecting and preserving biodiversity will mean varied and dissimilar approaches and solutions in the Member States; underlines that each Member State has different circumstances and land use that will affect its options for action; asks the Commission to not create a one-size-fits-all-model, but instead allow each Member State to identify how they can meet the biodiversity management and conservation objectives at EU-level;

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30a. Calls on the Commission to establish an evidence-based evaluation of the implementation of the strategy’s measures and targets, in particular of the individual and cumulative impacts on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture in the EU, food security and prices, farmland availability and prices and the potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural production with imports;

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30a. Points out that lengthy procedure and prolonged dialogues with Member state are an issue in the field of environmental infringements due to a risk of an irreversible damage on environment; highlights that in case of urgency, the Commission can shorten the period given to reply to the letter of formal notice and the reasoned opinion1a; supports these decisions and actions of the Commission;_________________1a In the infringement procedure under Article 258 TFEU against Romania for systemic breaches of the EU Environmental law in relation to forestry activities, for both replies Romania was given 1 month instead of standard 2 months to reply.

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30a. Stresses the need to effectively pursue the strategy’s goals at various levels, taking account of trade-offs between their impacts so as to avoid situations in which applying one instrument, guided by one objective, has a more negative than positive overall impact;

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30a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take adequate measures to address socio-economic conflicts linked to coexistence with large carnivores, such as preventive and compensation measures, prioritising their protection;

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30a. Considers that specialised management bodies and site management plans, developed and monitored through adaptive management are key for the effective management and equitable governance of the Natura 2000 network;

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30a. Highlights the need for comprehensive mapping of carbon-and nature-rich areas, the effects of management, habitat condition and other factors in order to inform decision-making on restoration priorities;

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30a. Calls on the Commission to review the implementation of this strategy after three years in order to be able to ensure certainty that its 2030 headline objective will be met;

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30a. Stresses the importance of cooperation between Member States in order to increase their research on innovation to counter existing pollution;

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30a. Calls on the Member States and regional and local authorities to speed up implementation and enforcement;

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30b. Notes with concern that the 2016 Commission Implementation Report on the ELD concluded that eleven Member States have reported no ELD damage incidents since 2007 and stated that this is

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‘possibly because they deal with cases exclusively under their national system’; urges therefore the Commission to assume its responsibility for effective implementation and calls for the ELD to be transformed into a regulation1a; calls for an assessment of whether the Environmental Crime Directive would not serve better its purpose as a regulation;_________________1a as in the compromise amendment on the Opinion of ENVI on liability of companies for environmental damage

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30b. Underlines that the correct implementation of nature legislation not only falls on Member States but also with the Commission including the need for an assessment procedure to enable the protection status of species in particular regions to be amended as soon as the desired conservation status is reached, in accordance with Article 19 of Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora;

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30b. Calls on Member States to improve the quality and completeness of their monitoring systems in order to be able to draw firm conclusions as to the effectiveness of the Natura 2000 network; notes that for a satisfactory assessment of the effectiveness of Natura 2000-related measures, monitoring should involve collecting more data on areas inside and outside the network and on the quality of conservation management;

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30b. Urges the Commission to revise the Environmental Crime Directive and address the disparities in its application by Member States; calls for the inclusion of environmental offences, such as IUU fishing and illegal hunting, and for the recognition of wildlife crime as a serious criminal activity that should be adequately penalised, especially in the context of organised crime;

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30b. Considers that the EU’s emissions trading scheme for greenhouse gases has failed, having proved ineffective in achieving the emission reduction targets; stresses that the creation of more carbon markets is compromising and undermining the adoption of other environmental regulations;

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30b. Reiterates its call on the Commission, given the lack of progress towards achieving the 2020 biodiversity targets, to provide Parliament with two-yearly reports in which the Council and the Commission elaborate on the state of play, reasons for non-achievement and the strategy for ensuring future compliance;

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30b. Stresses that tools and global standards for Protected Areas Management Effectiveness Evaluation

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(PAMEE) successfully applied worldwide could substantially contribute to assess and improve the effectiveness of Natura 2000 network management;

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30b. Calls on the Member States to take appropriate measures to prevent future pollution by incorporating artificial intelligence from this moment on as this will make it possible to reduce certain effects on humans and on European ecosystems;

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30c. Stresses that the IUCN Green List for Protected and Conserved Areas (GLPCA) standard provides a globally attested pathway for improving, assessing and recognizing the effective management of protected areas; recognises that over the coming programme period, all protected areas including Natura 2000 sites, whose management and activities are funded by the European taxpayers may significantly improve their effectiveness, transparency and

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accountability through enrolling a globally recognized standard, such as IUCN GLPCA;

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30d. Stresses the importance of harmonised implementation and enforcement of the EU legislation throughout all the Member States to provide a stable and transparent regulatory framework for business operations within the different national jurisdictions;

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31. Underlines that the successful implementation of the strategy depends on the involvement of all actors and sectors; calls on the Commission to create a stakeholder platform for discussion and to ensure an inclusive, equitable and just transition;

31. Underlines that the successful implementation of the strategy depends on the involvement of all actors and sectors; calls on the Commission to create a stakeholder platform for discussion and to ensure an inclusive, equitable and just transition and for existing platforms, expert groups and other similar entities on all matters related to biodiversity and drivers of its loss to ensure equitable and inclusive representation of different stakeholders; notes that indigenous

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peoples of Europe are not represented in any of the expert groups or relevant subgroups1a; calls for an immediate change of the status quo where applicable;_________________1a from the response of the Sámi people to the consultation to the Roadmap of the EU Forest Strategy ''The Saami Council supports a broad consultation process, but underlines the need and the obligation under international law to also include the indigenous people, the Sámi people in this process. We are currently not represented in any of the expert groups or other relevant subgroups.'', available here: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/betterregulation/ have-yoursay/ initiatives/12674-EU-Forest-Strategy- ?fbclid=IwAR0YS1Ah55gNy6OtxINd0iec JD7l6bV9QqXGfQ1AlB1XMEChT5t0zjCf saE.

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31. Underlines that the successful implementation of the strategy depends on the involvement of all actors and sectors directly concerned and requires local and regional acceptance; calls on the Commission to create a stakeholder platform for discussion and to ensure an inclusive, equitable and just transition; emphasises the importance of thorough and comprehensive impact assessments of the overall Strategy and any legislative

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action related to the Strategy; stresses the need to avoid unnecessary administrative burdens in the implementation of the Strategy;

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31. Underlines that the successful implementation of the strategy depends on the involvement of all actors and sectors, especially those most affected; calls on the Commission to create a stakeholder platform for discussion and to ensure an inclusive, equitable and just transition; stresses the importance of carrying out complete and in-depth impact assessments of the general strategy and any related legislative initiatives; stresses the need to avoid unnecessary administrative burdens when implementing the strategy;

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31. Underlines that the successful implementation of the strategy depends on the involvement of all actors and sectors; calls on the Commission to create a stakeholder platform for discussion and to ensure an inclusive, equitable and just

31. Underlines that the successful implementation of the strategy depends on the involvement of all actors and sectors, emphasising the importance of respect for local biodiversity management, as is already the case in the Habitats and

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transition; Natura 2000 areas; calls on the Commission to create a stakeholder platform for discussion and to ensure an inclusive transition, in line with the sustainable development targets, that is equitable and just;

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31. Underlines that the successful implementation of the strategy depends on the involvement of all actors and sectors; calls on the Commission to create a stakeholder platform for discussion and to ensure an inclusive, equitable and just transition; emphasises the importance of thorough and comprehensive impact assessments of the overall Strategy and any legislative action related to the Strategy;

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transition; transition, which would include fishermen, farmers, hunters, breeders, foresters and landowners;

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31. Underlines that the successful implementation of the strategy depends on the involvement of all actors and sectors, and on an "all public administrations" approach that includes regional and local authorities; calls on the Commission to create a stakeholder platform for discussion and to ensure an inclusive, equitable and just transition;

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31. Underlines that the successful implementation of the strategy depends on the involvement of all actors and sectors directly concerned and requires local and regional acceptance; calls on the Commission to create a stakeholder platform for discussion and to ensure an inclusive, equitable and just transition;

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31. Underlines that the successful implementation of the strategy depends on the involvement of all actors and sectors; calls on the Commission to create a stakeholder platform for discussion;

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31. Underlines that the successful implementation of the strategy depends on the direct involvement of all actors and sectors; supplementary calls on the Commission to create a stakeholder platform for discussion and to ensure an inclusive, equitable and just transition

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31a. Notes that nature conservation framework subject to weak implementation could potentially create a hostile environment for activists and conservationists and lead directly or indirectly to endangering their lives; together with the Commission expresses strong concerns that freedom of expression has come under threat by associations or federations clamping down on activists, NGOs and journalists militating for forests’ protection in the EU1a; underlines that this has recently resulted in murderous acts in the EU and is thus extremely serious and requires coherent communication from all the Commission DGs and citizens' representatives in support of proper implementation of the nature legislation;_________________1a reply of the Commission to a letter of MEPs, Ref. Ares(2020)6589550

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Amendment 1208Alexander Bernhuber, Jessica Polfjärd, Christophe Hansen, Marlene Mortler, Christine Schneider, Edina Tóth



31a. Calls on the Commission to ensure the swift and effective implementation of the recent revision of the Renewable Energy Directive and continue to assess the use of biomass for biofuels as part of the upcoming review; stresses that the use of wood, especially of damaged wood, for bioenergy should increase the size and sustainability of the EU’s and the world’s forests in the light of the rising demand for energy from renewable sources;

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31a. Believes that the stakeholders platform must be thorough, include gender perspective and develop beyond the level of mere consultation, to the active and representative participation of communities and stakeholders in the decision-making process in order to inspire the ownership of decisions, plans and initiatives and the engagement in actions;

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31a. Calls on the Commission to increase the frequency of monitoring the application of the EU biodiversity legislation at the national level, demanding that Member States submit annual implementation reports that are presented in Parliament;

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31a. Highlights its increased expectations related to the quality of impact assessments and calls on the Commission to analyse both cost of action and non-action in terms of immediate and long-term impact on environment and human health;

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31a. Stresses the importance of the role

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played by wildlife rehabilitation centres and calls for the necessary means and resources to be provided so that they can carry out their activities properly and ensure the well-being of animals;

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31a. Underlines the need to create incentives for all actors and sectors to advance a transformative biodiversity agenda;

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31b. Calls on and encourages the Commission, when revising the Renewable Energy Directive, to open articles and Annexes on the matters related to sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels in line with the EU Biodiversity Strategy and the Green Deal; considers that there is a justified concern that subsidies emanating from roundwood used for energy purposes are part of business plans of some members of bioenergy industry and this

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needs to be revised and such energy completely excluded from the support schemes and renewable energy targets without delay; notes that energy use of residues with carbon payback time relevant for the EU climate targets will not be impacted by this change;

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Amendment 1215Michal Wiezik, Radan Kanev, Róża Thun und Hohenstein



31c. Recalls that targets for renewable energy set by the EU have resulted in a surge in the consumption of woody biomass1a;denounces a policy that allowed to make the Member States’2a forests, including in protected areas, a factory for wood pellets; and that awards subsidies to energy sources with higher CO2 emissions per unit of energy generated than coal, and to the lowest ranking use of wood in the wood use cascade;_________________1a JRC, 2018: Biomass production, supply, uses and flows in the European Union2a Latvia and Estonia being the leading EU exporters of wood pellets from wood harvested including in protected areas, report Hidden inside a Wood Pellet (2020): https://media.voog.com/0000/0037/1265/files/Biomass_report_ENG%20_2020.pdf, as reported also e.g. by Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/14/carbon-neutrality-is-a-fairy-tale-how-the-race-for-renewables-is-burning-europes-forests?fbclid=IwAR3aSO-uiYHuJLgs-FzcSYkYCtlTLE9GrFZc2--

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