European Parliament 2019-2024

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

2020/2273(INI)

21.1.2021

AMENDMENTS 1 - 334

Draft opinion Isabel Carvalhais (PE662.105v01-00)

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

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EN United in diversityEN AM_Com_NonLegOpinion

PE663.370v01-00 2/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN Amendment 1 Isabel Carvalhais, Clara Aguilera, Paolo De Castro, Pina Picierno, Juozas Olekas, Ivo Hristov, Attila Ara-Kovács, Carmen Avram, Marc Tarabella, Eric Andrieu

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-1. Whereas agricultural biodiversity includes all components of biological diversity of relevance to food and agriculture; whereas it includes the variety and variability of ecosystems, animals, plants and micro-organisms, at the genetic, species and ecosystem levels which are necessary to sustain key functions of the ecosystems;

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Amendment 2 Isabel Carvalhais, Clara Aguilera, Paolo De Castro, Pina Picierno, Juozas Olekas, Ivo Hristov, Attila Ara-Kovács, Carmen Avram, Marc Tarabella, Eric Andrieu

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-1a. Whereas the major direct drivers of biodiversity loss are changes in land and sea use; natural resource extraction; climate change; pollution; and invasion of alien species; whereas those drivers result from adverse set of underlying causes related notably with production and consumption patterns, human population dynamics and trends, trade and technological innovations1a; ______1a IPBES, “Global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services”, 2019

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AM\1222864EN.docx 3/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN Amendment 3 Isabel Carvalhais, Clara Aguilera, Paolo De Castro, Pina Picierno, Juozas Olekas, Ivo Hristov, Attila Ara-Kovács, Carmen Avram, Marc Tarabella, Eric Andrieu

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-1b. Whereas the long term trends in farmland and forest common bird and grassland butterfly populations demonstrate that Europe has experienced a major decline in farmland biodiversity; whereas this is primarily due to loss, fragmentation and degradation of natural ecosystems, mainly caused by agricultural intensification, intensive forest management, land abandonment and urban sprawl 1b; ______1b EEA, “The European environment – state and outlook 2020”, 2019.

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Amendment 4 Isabel Carvalhais, Clara Aguilera, Paolo De Castro, Pina Picierno, Juozas Olekas, Ivo Hristov, Attila Ara-Kovács, Carmen Avram, Marc Tarabella, Eric Andrieu

Draft opinion Paragraph -1 c (new)

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-1c. Whereas agricultural land accounts for almost half of the EU area and forests cover about 42% of the EU territory; whereas the sustainable management of agricultural lands contribute to wider ecosystem functions such as biodiversity protection, carbon sequestration, maintenance of water and air quality, soil moisture retention with

PE663.370v01-00 4/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN reduction of runoff, water infiltration and erosion control;

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Amendment 5 Isabel Carvalhais, Clara Aguilera, Paolo De Castro, Pina Picierno, Juozas Olekas, Ivo Hristov, Attila Ara-Kovács, Carmen Avram, Marc Tarabella, Eric Andrieu

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-1d. Whereas agriculture and forestry are key components of the European economy and society, providing safe, quality and affordable food and representing a major component of the viability of rural areas, in terms of preserving employment and economic opportunities, quality of life and the environment;

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Amendment 6 Isabel Carvalhais, Clara Aguilera, Paolo De Castro, Pina Picierno, Juozas Olekas, Ivo Hristov, Attila Ara-Kovács, Carmen Avram, Marc Tarabella, Eric Andrieu

Draft opinion Paragraph -1 e (new)

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-1e. Whereas the specific nature and structural features of the EU agricultural sector, mainly composed by small farms based on family labour, two-thirds of which with less than 5 ha in size, and where around one third of the managers are 65 years old or over, poses specific challenges that need to be taken into consideration by policy makers in designing measures and policies involving

AM\1222864EN.docx 5/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN the sector;

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Amendment 7 Michal Wiezik, Maria Noichl

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1. Recalls that agricultural 1. Recalls that agricultural productivity and resilience depend on productivity and resilience depend on biodiversity to guarantee the long-term biodiversity to guarantee the long-term sustainability of our food systems; sustainability of our food systems; underlines, furthermore, that much of the underlines, furthermore, that much of the biodiversity across Europe has been biodiversity across Europe has been created by farming and its survival is created by farming and its survival is dependent on the continued active dependent on the continued active management of farmland; management of farmland; Further recalls the scientific consensus1a that an intensification of this management, including landscape simplification, increases in the use of pesticides and mowing frequency, irrigation expansion and the destruction of pasture lands has led to catastrophic declines in bird, mammal, reptile, amphibian and insect populations; ______1a Letter from European Ornithologists Union, European Mammal Foundation, Societas Europaea Herpetologica, Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica, Butterfly Conservation Europe, European Bird Census Council; https://assets.vlinderstichting.nl/docs/b0cc 2493-88fe-4591-8838-f44abd1f975a.pdf

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Amendment 8 Lena Düpont, Norbert Lins, Christine Schneider, Peter Jahr, Herbert Dorfmann,

PE663.370v01-00 6/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN Marlene Mortler

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1. Recalls that agricultural 1. Recalls that agricultural productivity and resilience depend on productivity and resilience depend on biodiversity to guarantee the long-term biodiversity to guarantee the long-term sustainability of our food systems; sustainability of our food systems; underlines, furthermore, that much of the underlines, furthermore, that much of the biodiversity across Europe has been biodiversity across Europe has been created by farming and its survival is created by farming and its survival is dependent on the continued active dependent on the continued active management of farmland; management of farmland and effective generational renewal in the sector; there is therefore a need to continue to promote the sustainable use of forest and agriculture ecosystems (taking into account economic, social and environmental aspects), in Europe and in the rest of the world;

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Amendment 9 Elsi Katainen, Hilde Vautmans, Ulrike Müller, Irène Tolleret, Asger Christensen, Jérémy Decerle, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli

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1. Recalls that agricultural 1. Recalls that agricultural productivity and resilience depend on productivity and resilience depend on biodiversity to guarantee the long-term biodiversity to guarantee the long-term sustainability of our food systems; sustainability of our food systems; underlines, furthermore, that much of the underlines, furthermore, that much of the biodiversity across Europe has been biodiversity across Europe has been created by farming and its survival is created by farming and forestry and its dependent on the continued active survival is dependent on the continued management of farmland; active management of land; highlights the fact that sustainable and effective management of natural resources is of the utmost importance for maintaining

AM\1222864EN.docx 7/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN biodiversity and combating climate change; therefore believes implementation should focus on profitable measures;

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Amendment 10 Martin Häusling

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1. Recalls that agricultural 1. Recalls that agricultural productivity and resilience depend on productivity and resilience also depend on biodiversity to guarantee the long-term biodiversity to guarantee the long-term sustainability of our food systems; sustainability of our food systems; notes underlines, furthermore, that much of the that agriculture plays a significant role in biodiversity across Europe has been determining the status of biodiversity; created by farming and its survival is points out that modern agriculture, dependent on the continued active through intensification, rationalisation, management of farmland; specialisation and concentration of production, has contributed significantly to decreasing the biodiversity of cultivated and wild plants;

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Amendment 11 Anne Sander

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1. Recalls that agricultural 1. Recalls that agricultural productivity and resilience depend on productivity and resilience depend on biodiversity to guarantee the long-term biodiversity, which is vital for sustainability of our food systems; guaranteeing the long-term sustainability underlines, furthermore, that much of the of our food systems; underlines, biodiversity across Europe has been furthermore, that much of the biodiversity created by farming and its survival is across Europe has been created by farming

PE663.370v01-00 8/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN dependent on the continued active and its survival is dependent on the management of farmland; continued active management of land by our producers;

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Amendment 12 Mazaly Aguilar

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1. Recalls that agricultural 1. Recalls that agricultural productivity and resilience depend on productivity and resilience depend on biodiversity to guarantee the long-term biodiversity to guarantee the long-term sustainability of our food systems; sustainability of our food systems; underlines, furthermore, that much of the underlines, furthermore, that much of the biodiversity across Europe has been biodiversity across Europe has been created by farming and its survival is created by farming and its survival is dependent on the continued active dependent on the continued active management of farmland; management of farmland; points out that the progressive abandonment of arable land in the EU poses an increasing threat to biodiversity;

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Amendment 13 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

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1. Recalls that agricultural 1. Recalls that agricultural productivity and resilience depend on productivity and resilience depend on biodiversity to guarantee the long-term biodiversity to guarantee the long-term sustainability of our food systems; sustainability of our food systems; underlines, furthermore, that much of the underlines, furthermore, that considerable biodiversity across Europe has been amounts of the biodiversity across Europe created by farming and its survival is had been maintained by low-

AM\1222864EN.docx 9/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN dependent on the continued active input traditional farming systems and in management of farmland; many cases, survival of many species is dependent on the continued sustainable, low impact, low intensity management of farmland;

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Amendment 14 Petros Kokkalis

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1. Recalls that agricultural 1. Recalls that agricultural productivity and resilience depend on productivity and resilience depend on biodiversity to guarantee the long-term biodiversity to guarantee the long-term sustainability of our food systems; sustainability and resilience of our food underlines, furthermore, that much of the systems; underlines, furthermore, that biodiversity across Europe has been much of the biodiversity across Europe has created by farming and its survival is been created by farming and its survival is dependent on the continued active dependent on the continued sustainable management of farmland; management of farmland; underlines, however, the negative impact of intensive agriculture on biodiversity;

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Amendment 15 Benoît Lutgen

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1. Recalls that agricultural 1. Recalls that agricultural productivity and resilience depend on productivity and resilience depend on biodiversity to guarantee the long-term biodiversity to guarantee the long-term sustainability of our food systems; sustainability of our food systems; underlines, furthermore, that much of the underlines, furthermore, that much of the biodiversity across Europe has been biodiversity across Europe has been created by farming and its survival is created by its diverse farming models and

PE663.370v01-00 10/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN dependent on the continued active its survival is dependent on the continued management of farmland; active management of farmland and effective generational renewal;

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Amendment 16 Balázs Hidvéghi

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1. Recalls that agricultural 1. Recalls that agricultural productivity and resilience depend on productivity and resilience depend on biodiversity to guarantee the long-term biodiversity to guarantee the long-term sustainability of our food systems; sustainability of our food systems; underlines, furthermore, that much of the underlines, furthermore, that much of the biodiversity across Europe has been present biodiversity across Europe has created by farming and its survival is been preserved by farming and forest dependent on the continued active management as well and is dependent on management of farmland; the continued active management of farmland and forest;

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Amendment 17 Isabel Carvalhais, Clara Aguilera, Paolo De Castro, Pina Picierno, Juozas Olekas, Ivo Hristov, Attila Ara-Kovács, Carmen Avram, Marc Tarabella, Eric Andrieu

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1. Recalls that agricultural 1. Recalls that agricultural productivity and resilience depend on productivity and resilience depend on biodiversity to guarantee the long-term biodiversity to guarantee the long-term sustainability of our food systems; sustainability of our food systems; underlines, furthermore, that much of the underlines, furthermore, that much of the biodiversity across Europe has been biodiversity across Europe has been created by farming and its survival is created by farming and its survival is dependent on the continued active dependent on the continued active and management of farmland; sustainable management of farmland;

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Amendment 18 Mara Bizzotto, Angelo Ciocca, Elena Lizzi, Gilles Lebreton, Maxette Pirbakas

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1. Recalls that agricultural 1. Recalls that agricultural productivity and resilience depend on productivity and resilience also depend on biodiversity to guarantee the long-term biodiversity to guarantee the long-term sustainability of our food systems; sustainability of our food systems; underlines, furthermore, that much of the underlines, furthermore, that biodiversity biodiversity across Europe has been across Europe has also been created by created by farming and its survival is farming and its survival is dependent on dependent on the continued active the continued active and sustainable management of farmland; management of farmland;

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Amendment 19 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new)

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1a. It is undeniable, based on a vast body of scientific evidence, including recently the UN's IPBES meta-study on biodiversity and ecosystem services1a, that certain contemporary farming practices of course also contribute highly significantly to habitat loss, and local species extinctions, including of agro-ecosystems and species beneficial to farming, leading to ecosystem simplification, loss of ecosystem functions and ecosystem collapse. Recognises therefore the urgent need to change the destructive status quo which

PE663.370v01-00 12/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN imperils lives, livelihoods and health; ______1a IPBES, "Global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services" 2019. www.ipbes.net/sites/default/files/inline/file s/ipbes_global_assessment_report_summa ry_for_policymakers.pdf

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Amendment 20 Krzysztof Jurgiel

Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new)

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1a. Recalls that the agriculture and forestry have a pivotal role to play in the transition to a more circular, sustainable and resource-efficient society. These sectors provide biodiversity benefits through the active management of land and forests, application of sustainable management systems and the adoption of innovative technologies and practices. Therefore, there is a need to continue to promote the sustainable use of forest and agriculture ecosystems (taking into account economic, social and environmental aspects), in Europe and in the rest of the world;

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Amendment 21 Michal Wiezik, Maria Noichl, Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg

Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new)

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AM\1222864EN.docx 13/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN 1a. Notes that cascading effect of landscape simplification leads to lower crop production through, in particular, reduced both pollinator and natural enemy richness1a; reiterates that replacement of natural enemy population by use of insecticides exacerbates further the problem of reduced pollination, which is a direct component of crop production; Calls for a holistic approach in order to safeguard ecosystem services through measures leading to increased landscape heterogeneity; ______1a M. Dainese, E. A. Martin, M. A. Aizen, M. Albrecht, I. Bartomeus, R. Bommarco, L. G. Carvalheiro, R. Chaplin-Kramer, V. Gagic, L. A. Garibaldi, J. Ghazoul, H. Grab, M. Jonsson, D. S. Karp, C. M. Kennedy, D. Kleijn, C. Kremen, D. A. Landis, D. K. Letourneau, L. Marini, K. Poveda, R. Rader, H. G. Smith, T. Tscharntke, G. K. S. Andersson, I. Badenhausser, S. Baensch, A. D. M. Bezerra, F. J. J. A. Bianchi, V. Boreux, V. Bretagnolle, B. Caballero-Lopez, P. Cavigliasso, A. Ćetković, N. P. Chacoff, A. Classen, S. Cusser, F.D. da Silva e Silva, G. A. deGroot, J.H. Dudenhöffer, J. Ekroos, T. Fijen, P. Franck, B. M. Freitas, M. P. D. Garratt, C. Gratton, J. Hipólito, A. Holzschuh, L. Hunt, A. L. Iverson, S. Jha, T. Keasar, T. N. Kim,M. Kishinevsky, B. K. Klatt, A.-M. Klein, K.M. Krewenka, S. Krishnan, A. E. Larsen, C. Lavigne, H. Liere, B. Maas, R. E. Mallinger, E. Martinez Pachon, A. Martínez-Salinas, T. D. Meehan, M. G. E. Mitchell, G. A. R. Molina, M. Nesper, L. Nilsson, M. E. O’Rourke,M. K. Peters,M. Plećaš, S. G. Potts, D. d. L. Ramos, J. A. Rosenheim, M. Rundlöf, A. Rusch, A. Sáez, J. Scheper, M. Schleuning, J. M. Schmack, A. R. Sciligo, C. Seymour, D. A. Stanley, R. Stewart, J. C. Stout, L. Sutter,M. B. Takada, H. Taki, G. Tamburini, M. Tschumi, B. F. Viana, C. Westphal, B. K. Willcox, S. D. Wratten, A.

PE663.370v01-00 14/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN Yoshioka, C. Zaragoza-Trello, W. Zhang, Y. Zou, I. Steffan-Dewenter, A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production. Sci. Adv. 5, eaax0121 (2019).

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Amendment 22 Petros Kokkalis

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1a. Emphasises the strong interconnection between biodiversity loss, climate change and the COVID-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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Amendment 23 Irène Tolleret, Martin Hlaváček, Elsi Katainen, Ulrike Müller

Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new)

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1a. Notes that the new reform of the common agricultural policy already aims to improve the environmental commitments of farmers and underlines the important positive impact of rotation in the protection of biodiversity;

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AM\1222864EN.docx 15/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN Amendment 24 Petros Kokkalis

Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new)

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1b. Notes that biodiversity is a key factor for the achievement of food security and improved nutrition and that all food systems and a broad range of ecosystem services that support agricultural productivity, such as soil fertility, and water quality and supply depend on biodiversity; underlines that at least one-third of the world’s agricultural crops depend upon pollinators; stresses that low-input and ecosystem based approaches to agriculture are particularly adapted to supporting the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity;

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Amendment 25 Irène Tolleret, Martin Hlaváček, Elsi Katainen, Ulrike Müller, Hilde Vautmans

Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new)

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1b. Stresses the importance of genetic diversity, of species and of natural landscapes, and considers that agriculture makes it possible to preserve the biodiversity of many regions, such as open mountain areas, by avoiding the proliferation of invasive plant and animal species;

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Amendment 26

PE663.370v01-00 16/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN Petros Kokkalis

Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new)

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1c. Emphasises the important role of small farms to biodiversity and landscape preservation; stresses that small farms contribute to biodiversity conservation by applying less intensive and mechanized practices and by using less inputs such as pesticides and fertilizers; underlines, furthermore, that they protect sensitive rural areas (mountainous, disadvantaged, islands, Natura areas) by preserving agriculture and therefore biodiversity;

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Amendment 27 Irène Tolleret, Martin Hlaváček, Elsi Katainen, Ulrike Müller, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Hilde Vautmans

Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new)

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1c. Requires strong support to agricultural practices, such as agroforestry and pastoralism in high value areas, which provide a wide variety of ecosystem services, including biodiversity, landscape, carbon storage, soil protection, and water cycle regulation;

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Amendment 28 Petros Kokkalis

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1d. Emphasises that sustainable agriculture can reduce the negative effects on species, habitats and ecosystems and thus minimise the effects of climate change;

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Amendment 29 Petros Kokkalis

Draft opinion Paragraph 1 e (new)

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1e. Calls on the Commission to timely present a proposal for legally binding nature restoration targets; stresses that legally binding restoration targets present a major opportunity for repairing EU’s degraded ecosystems and will be instrumental in the achievement of the objectives of the biodiversity strategy while also contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation;

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Amendment 30 Michal Wiezik, Maria Noichl

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2. Welcomes the high level of 2. Welcomes the high level of ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that

PE663.370v01-00 18/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN this level of ambition encourages policy this level of ambition encourages policy action at all levels and promotes the action at all levels to increase development of research and innovative heterogeneity of landscapes and promotes solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; research and innovative solutions' stresses that the continuous decline in translation into policy to tackle farmland biodiversity is a reality and that biodiversity loss; stresses that the bold action is needed to counteract this continuous decline in farmland and forest trend; biodiversity is a reality and that bold action is needed to counteract this trend; agrees that Member States’ CAP Strategic Plans need to set explicit national values for relevant targets of the Biodiversity and Farm to Fork Strategies1a; ______1a as in the Annex to the Biodiversity Strategy to 2030

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Amendment 31 Krzysztof Jurgiel

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2. Welcomes the high level of 2. Welcomes the high level of ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that biodiversity loss in the EU; recognises, this level of ambition encourages policy however, the need for realistic and action at all levels and promotes the balanced approach in implementation of development of research and innovative the Strategy in which all three dimensions solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; of sustainability are acknowledged; stresses that the continuous decline in stresses that halting and reversing farmland biodiversity is a reality and that biodiversity loss in the EU is a task to be bold action is needed to counteract this fulfilled by each economic and societal trend; sector equally; considers that this level of ambition encourages policy action at all levels and promotes the development of research and innovative solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; stresses that the continuous decline in biodiversity is a reality and that bold action by society as a whole is needed to counteract this trend;

AM\1222864EN.docx 19/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN stresses the need to avoid unnecessary administrative burdens in the implementation of the Strategy;

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Amendment 32 Benoît Lutgen

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2. Welcomes the high level of 2. Welcomes the high level of ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that this level of ambition encourages policy this level of ambition encourages policy action at all levels and promotes the action at all levels and promotes the development of research and innovative development of accessible research and solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; innovative solutions for the farmers which stresses that the continuous decline in contribute to tackle biodiversity loss; farmland biodiversity is a reality and that stresses that the continuous decline in bold action is needed to counteract this farmland biodiversity is a reality and that trend; bold action is needed to counteract this trend; highlights that policy actions which take in consideration all three levels of sustainability of farming, i.e. environmental, economic and social, will potentially contribute the most to the EU biodiversity strategy;

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Amendment 33 Álvaro Amaro

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2. Welcomes the high level of 2. Welcomes the high level of ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy

PE663.370v01-00 20/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that biodiversity loss in the EU; points out, this level of ambition encourages policy however, the need to ensure balanced action at all levels and promotes the implementation of the strategy, taking development of research and innovative into account not only the environmental solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; dimension, but also, more generally, the stresses that the continuous decline in social and economic dimensions that are farmland biodiversity is a reality and that involved, too; considers that this level of bold action is needed to counteract this ambition encourages policy action at all trend; levels and promotes the development of research and innovative solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; stresses that the continuous decline in biodiversity is a reality and that bold action is needed to counteract this trend, which is the aim of all economic sectors and society as a whole;

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Amendment 34 Elsi Katainen, Ulrike Müller, Hilde Vautmans, Irène Tolleret, Asger Christensen, Jérémy Decerle, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli

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2. Welcomes the high level of 2. Welcomes the high level of ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that biodiversity loss in the EU; reminds that this level of ambition encourages policy effective implementation of the strategy action at all levels and promotes the calls also for economic and social aspects development of research and innovative to be recognized in a more balanced way; solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; considers that this level of ambition stresses that the continuous decline in encourages policy action at all levels and farmland biodiversity is a reality and that promotes the development of research and bold action is needed to counteract this innovative solutions to tackle biodiversity trend; loss; stresses that the continuous decline in farmland biodiversity is a reality and that bold action is needed to counteract this trend; underlines that prior to expanding the cover of protected areas across Europe a holistic and in-depth evaluation of the effectiveness of current protected

AM\1222864EN.docx 21/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN land areas is crucial;

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Amendment 35 Simone Schmiedtbauer, Daniel Buda, Michaela Šojdrová, Marlene Mortler, Annie Schreijer-Pierik, Christine Schneider

Draft opinion Paragraph 2

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2. Welcomes the high level of 2. Welcomes the high level of ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that biodiversity loss in the EU; stresses that this level of ambition encourages policy halting and reversing biodiversity loss in action at all levels and promotes the the EU is not only a task to be fulfilled by development of research and innovative farmers and land owners, it is a task to be solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; fulfilled by each economic an societal stresses that the continuous decline in sector equally; considers that this level of farmland biodiversity is a reality and that ambition encourages policy action at all bold action is needed to counteract this levels and promotes the development of trend; research and innovative solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; stresses that the continuous decline in farmland biodiversity is a reality and that bold action by society as a whole is needed to counteract this trend;

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Amendment 36 Lena Düpont, Norbert Lins, Christine Schneider, Peter Jahr, Herbert Dorfmann, Marlene Mortler

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2. Welcomes the high level of 2. Welcomes the high level of ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse

PE663.370v01-00 22/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that this level of ambition encourages policy policy action at all levels is needed and action at all levels and promotes the promotes the development of research and development of research and innovative innovative and implementable solutions to solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; tackle biodiversity loss; stresses that the stresses that the continuous decline in continuous decline in farmland biodiversity farmland biodiversity is a reality and that is a reality and that bold action is needed bold action is needed to counteract this not only by rural areas but also urban trend; areas and other economic and social sectors to counteract this trend while ensuring healthy, safe and affordable food security;

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Amendment 37 Carmen Avram

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2. Welcomes the high level of 2. Welcomes the high level of ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that this level of ambition encourages policy this level of ambition encourages policy action at all levels and promotes the action at all levels, by each economic and development of research and innovative societal sector equally, and promotes the solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; development of research and innovative stresses that the continuous decline in solutions to tackle biodiversity loss, while farmland biodiversity is a reality and that avoiding unnecessary administrative bold action is needed to counteract this burdens in the implementation process; trend; stresses that the continuous decline in biodiversity is a reality and that bold action is needed to counteract this trend;

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Amendment 38 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

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AM\1222864EN.docx 23/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN Paragraph 2

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2. Welcomes the high level of 2. Welcomes, and insists on ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy maintaining, the high level of ambition of for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 in biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that seeking to halt and reverse biodiversity this level of ambition encourages policy loss in the EU; considers that this level of action at all levels and promotes the ambition encourages policy action at all development of research and innovative levels and promotes the development and solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; mainstreaming of research and innovative stresses that the continuous decline in solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; farmland biodiversity is a reality and that stresses that the continuous decline in bold action is needed to counteract this farmland biodiversity including on a trend; landscape scale is a reality and that bold action is needed to counteract this trend;

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Amendment 39 Daniel Buda

Draft opinion Paragraph 2

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2. Welcomes the high level of 2. Welcomes the high level of ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that this level of ambition encourages policy this level of ambition encourages policy action at all levels and promotes the action at all levels and promotes the development of research and innovative development of research and innovative solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; solutions and access to high-end precision stresses that the continuous decline in agriculture technologies in order to tackle farmland biodiversity is a reality and that biodiversity loss; stresses that the bold action is needed to counteract this continuous decline in farmland biodiversity trend; is a reality and that bold action is needed to counteract this trend;

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Amendment 40

PE663.370v01-00 24/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN Balázs Hidvéghi

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2. Welcomes the high level of 2. Welcomes the high level of ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that this level of ambition encourages policy this level of ambition encourages policy action at all levels and promotes the action at all levels and promotes the development of research and innovative development of research and innovative solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; aware stresses that the continuous decline in of biodiversity loss at global scale and that farmland biodiversity is a reality and that bold action is needed to counteract this bold action is needed to counteract this trend; trend;

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Amendment 41 Ulrike Müller, Elsi Katainen, Martin Hlaváček, Hilde Vautmans, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Irène Tolleret, Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen

Draft opinion Paragraph 2

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2. Welcomes the high level of 2. Welcomes the high level of ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that this level of ambition encourages policy this level of ambition encourages policy action at all levels and promotes the action at all levels and promotes the development of research and innovative development of research and innovative solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; stresses that the continuous decline in stresses that the continuous decline in farmland biodiversity is a reality and that farmland biodiversity is a reality and that bold action is needed to counteract this bold action is needed to counteract this trend; trend, carefully balancing voluntary and legislative measures;

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AM\1222864EN.docx 25/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN Amendment 42 Anne Sander

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2. Welcomes the high level of 2. Welcomes the high level of ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that this level of ambition encourages policy this level of ambition encourages policy action at all levels and promotes the action at all levels and promotes the development of research and innovative development of research and innovative solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; and practical solutions so that diverse stresses that the continuous decline in farming systems can help to tackle farmland biodiversity is a reality and that biodiversity loss; bold action is needed to counteract this trend;

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Amendment 43 Veronika Vrecionová, Ruža Tomašić, Mazaly Aguilar, Bert-Jan Ruissen

Draft opinion Paragraph 2

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2. Welcomes the high level of 2. Welcomes the high level of ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that this level of ambition encourages policy this level of ambition encourages policy action at all levels and promotes the action at all levels and promotes the development of research and innovative development of research and innovative solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; stresses that the continuous decline in stresses that the continuous decline in farmland biodiversity is a reality and that farmland biodiversity is a reality and that bold action is needed to counteract this bold action is needed to counteract this trend; trend, such as plant breeding to stress factors;

PE663.370v01-00 26/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN Or. en

Amendment 44 Hermann Tertsch, Mazaly Aguilar

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2. Welcomes the high level of 2. Welcomes the high level of ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that this level of ambition encourages policy this level of ambition should encourage action at all levels and promotes the policy action at all levels and promote the development of research and innovative development of research and innovative solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; stresses that the continuous decline in stresses that the continuous decline in farmland biodiversity is a reality and that farmland biodiversity is a reality and that bold action is needed to counteract this bold science-based action is needed to trend; counteract this trend;

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Amendment 45 Martin Häusling

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2. Welcomes the high level of 2. Welcomes the high level of ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that biodiversity loss in the EU; reaffirms that this level of ambition encourages policy the time has come to develop and action at all levels and promotes the implement ambitious policy action at all development of research and innovative levels and to promote the development of solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; research and innovative solutions to tackle stresses that the continuous decline in biodiversity loss; stresses that the farmland biodiversity is a reality and that continuous decline in farmland biodiversity bold action is needed to counteract this is a reality and that bold action is needed to trend; counteract this trend;

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Amendment 46 Mara Bizzotto, Angelo Ciocca, Elena Lizzi, Gilles Lebreton, Maxette Pirbakas

Draft opinion Paragraph 2

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2. Welcomes the high level of 2. Notes the high level of ambition of ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 in for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse seeking to halt and reverse biodiversity biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that loss in the EU; considers that this level of this level of ambition encourages policy ambition should encourage policy action action at all levels and promotes the at all levels and promote the development development of research and innovative of research and innovative solutions to solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; tackle biodiversity loss; stresses that the stresses that the continuous decline in continuous decline in farmland biodiversity farmland biodiversity is a reality and that is a reality in some areas of the EU and bold action is needed to counteract this that action is needed to counteract this trend; trend;

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Amendment 47 Hilde Vautmans, Irène Tolleret, Ulrike Müller, Jérémy Decerle, Martin Hlaváček, Elsi Katainen

Draft opinion Paragraph 2

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2. Welcomes the high level of 2. Welcomes the high level of ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that this level of ambition encourages policy this level of ambition encourages policy action at all levels and promotes the action at all levels and promotes the development of research and innovative development of research and innovative solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; stresses that the continuous decline in stresses that the continuous decline in farmland biodiversity is a reality and that biodiversity is a reality and that bold action bold action is needed to counteract this by society as a whole is needed to

PE663.370v01-00 28/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN trend; counteract this trend;

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Amendment 48 Balázs Hidvéghi

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(1) Highlights that a unified EU methodology is important to assess the current biodiversity status, however by setting any quantitative target the specificities of the Member States shall be taken into full account; underlines in order to have tangible results a more effective communication shall be achieved than ever before with the farming and forestry community;

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Amendment 49 Balázs Hidvéghi

Draft opinion Paragraph 2 – point 2 (new)

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(2) Calls on the Commission to avoid outsourcing the environmental footprint to third countries; therefore stresses that without a thorough impact assessment the objectives of the Biodiversity Strategy in their current form are endangering the food security in Europe;

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AM\1222864EN.docx 29/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN Amendment 50 Annie Schreijer-Pierik

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2a. Regrets the significant differences between the Member States in the implementation of European nature legislation and the consequent uneven playing field as regards the protection regime for Natura 2000 sites, including in relation to critical deposition and threshold values, nitrogen deposition calculation models and the assessment of the overall conservation status of habitats of Community importance, which give rise to inexplicable differences in assessment and policy within the EU’s borders;

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Amendment 51 Clara Aguilera, Paolo De Castro, Juozas Olekas, Pina Picierno, Ivo Hristov, Carmen Avram, Isabel Carvalhais

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2 a. Stresses that the implementation of this strategy will not be as effective as intended from an environmental point of view, unless alternatives and support are provided to ensure that farmers and their businesses do not lose market competitiveness; calls on the Commission to put in place the necessary mechanisms to ensure that third countries which export products to the EU also implement the new measures that apply to European farmers and thus make biodiversity protection more effective globally;

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Amendment 52 Michal Wiezik, Maria Noichl, Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg

Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new)

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2a. Regrets the fact that the EU’s biodiversity strategy to 2020 had not set measurable targets for agriculture, making it difficult to assess progress and the performance of EU-funded actions; recalls that poor coordination between EU policies and strategies dealing with biodiversity has led to failure to address the decline in genetic diversity 1a ;Calls on the Commission to follow the ECA's recommendations and to build on these lessons learned in the Biodiversity strategy 2030; ______1a https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocI tem.aspx?did=%7bB5A7E9DE-C42E- 4C1D-A5D2-03CA1FADE6F8%7d

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Amendment 53 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new)

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2a. Notes that after the ideals and good intentions announced in the Green Deal, there must be consequent follow-up in implementation, notably also in the common agricultural policy, which has a

AM\1222864EN.docx 31/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN highly significant impact on biodiversity as it governs land use not only in the EU but also beyond;

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Amendment 54 Carmen Avram

Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new)

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2a. Considers that EU’s food safety, environmental conditionality, animal welfare and social standards should apply fully to the import of products from third countries with which the EU concludes free trade agreements, completing the efforts made by EU farmers to produce food more sustainably;

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Amendment 55 Simone Schmiedtbauer, Annie Schreijer-Pierik, Anne Sander, Daniel Buda, Franc Bogovič, Marlene Mortler, Herbert Dorfmann, Christine Schneider, Norbert Lins, Álvaro Amaro

Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new)

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2a. Stresses the need for the involvement of all relevant actors at the European, national, regional and local level so that concrete actions can be taken to implement the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and to tackle the shortcomings in the implementation of the Birds and Habitats Directives;

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PE663.370v01-00 32/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN Amendment 56 Bert-Jan Ruissen

Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new)

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2a. Calls on the Commission to ensure access to new technologies for European farmers and to enable continuous development in the agriculture sector by ensuring an innovation-friendly regulatory framework;

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Amendment 57 Annie Schreijer-Pierik

Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new)

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2b. Regrets that, in the context of the Fitness Check of the European nature directives, the Commission and Member States have not actively reconsidered unachievable targets in certain Natura 2000 sites and have refused to carry out an appropriate revision of the nature directives, which diminishes the recognition of protected areas and European biodiversity policy among stakeholders and continues to cause socio-economic uncertainty;

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Amendment 58 Simone Schmiedtbauer, Annie Schreijer-Pierik, Anne Sander, Daniel Buda, Franc Bogovič, Marlene Mortler, Herbert Dorfmann, Christine Schneider, Norbert Lins,

AM\1222864EN.docx 33/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN Álvaro Amaro

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2b. Without jeopardising the conservation objectives and requirements set within the Nature Directives, recognises that the flexibility of implementation approaches that take into account specific national circumstances contributes to the reduction and progressive resolution of conflicts and problems between nature protection and socioeconomic activities;

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Amendment 59 Clara Aguilera, Paolo De Castro, Juozas Olekas, Pina Picierno, Ivo Hristov, Carmen Avram, Isabel Carvalhais

Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new)

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2b. Recalls the importance of encouraging the collective approach, taking advantage of its multiplier effect, to promote the actions of the biodiversity strategy, and calls on the Commission to promote and support associative enterprises, such as agri-food cooperatives, in the implementation of measures to protect biodiversity in a collective manner;

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Amendment 60 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

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2b. Notes that EU agriculture, food and industry also drive biodiversity crashes 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, that both cause massive tropical and subtropical deforestation and habitat conversion;

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Amendment 61 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

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2c. Notes the alarming increase in domesticated animals kept for our food, principally chickens, pigs & cows, during the Anthropocene; notes the distribution of planetary vertebrate biomass is now dominated by humans (one third and rising) and their domesticated food animals (livestock at almost two thirds, rising), versus wild animals (1-4%, rapidly shrinking)1a; notes that since 1970 human and dependent food animal species populations have almost doubled while wild vertebrate populations have more than halved1b and that 70% of all birds are now chickens and other poultry while only 30% are wild1b; notes that these global trends in biodiversity loss correlate with expansion of intensive agriculture, and conversion of habitats and resident biodiversity being replaced by food

AM\1222864EN.docx 35/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN animals kept for human consumption; ______1a Smil, Vaclav. (2011). Harvesting the Biosphere: The Human Impact. Population and development review. 37. 613-36. 10.1111/j.1728- 4457.2011.00450.x. See also The biomass distribution on Earth, Y.M.Bar-On, R.Phillips, R.Milo in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Jun 2018, 115 (25) 6506-6511 1b +96% increase, vs. -60% decrease; Collen, B. et al. Monitoring Change in Vertebrate Abundance: the Living Planet Index. Conservation Biology 23, 317-327 (2009); WWF/Zoological Society London, The Living Planet Index database, (2018); UN Population division 2018.

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Amendment 62 Simone Schmiedtbauer, Annie Schreijer-Pierik, Anne Sander, Daniel Buda, Franc Bogovič, Marlene Mortler, Herbert Dorfmann, Christine Schneider, Norbert Lins, Álvaro Amaro

Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new)

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2c. Recalls that the coexistence of people and large carnivores, particularly wolves, can have negative impacts in certain regions on the sustainable development of ecosystems and inhabited rural areas, including certain types of farming, which are beneficial for biodiversity;

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Amendment 63 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg

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2d. Recognises the role of EU meat production in the global biodiversity crash. Notes the need, within the Green deal strategies, to limit livestock production to within our EU carrying capacity, based on grazing and home- grown fodder, without polluting our waters, soils and air, or driving deforestation and habitat conversion outside the EU. Considers this a blind spot of the Green Deal and its strategies: a reluctance to challenge the extractive model of trade based upon deforestation and exploitation and conversion of other tropical and subtropical habitats that are the repositories of most of the world's biodiversity, in order to feed an animal population that is too large for European consumers to eat or European resources to sustain, in order to export to third country markets using dumping practices;

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Amendment 64 Simone Schmiedtbauer, Annie Schreijer-Pierik, Anne Sander, Daniel Buda, Franc Bogovič, Marlene Mortler, Herbert Dorfmann, Christine Schneider, Norbert Lins, Álvaro Amaro

Draft opinion Paragraph 2 d (new)

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2d. Stresses that extensively managed farmland (e.g. alpine regions) offers precious habitats for numerous protected species, which only find all prerequisites for their continued existence on this

AM\1222864EN.docx 37/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN extensively managed farmland; highlights that a growing population of protected large carnivore species can endanger traditional forms of extensive land management, which can lead to a threat to other protected species thriving in these unique extensively managed habitats;

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Amendment 65 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group Martin Häusling

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2e. Calls for the effective implementation of the long overdue EU protein strategy, principally through incorporation into the CAP national Strategic Plans, in particular to reduce dependency on forest destroying soya imported for animal feed, originating from tropical and subtropical areas; Calls upon the Member States and Commission to ensure its inclusion therein. Notes the importance of home grown leguminous crops grown in rotation, and also matching livestock populations and densities to local carrying capacities, and a shift to grazing pasture and also temporary grasslands and herbaceous arable leys enriched with sown legumes;

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Amendment 66 Simone Schmiedtbauer, Annie Schreijer-Pierik, Anne Sander, Daniel Buda, Franc Bogovič, Marlene Mortler, Herbert Dorfmann, Christine Schneider, Norbert Lins, Álvaro Amaro

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2e. Highlights that some natural habitats develop better than others under changing climatic conditions and that these habitats are also in natural competition with each other (e.g. certain grassland and forest habitats); stresses that certain species ongoing population development will lead to a change in opportunity for other species population development in the future (e.g. large carnivores and their prey); recalls that in certain areas biodiversity should be managed in order to allow for a balanced development of all protected species present in a habitat;

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Amendment 67 Simone Schmiedtbauer, Annie Schreijer-Pierik, Anne Sander, Daniel Buda, Franc Bogovič, Marlene Mortler, Herbert Dorfmann, Christine Schneider, Norbert Lins, Álvaro Amaro

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2f. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take concrete measures to address these issues, so as not to endanger the sustainable development of rural areas, while recognising the available flexibility within 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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AM\1222864EN.docx 39/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN Amendment 68 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group Martin Häusling

Draft opinion Paragraph 2 f (new)

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2f. In general calls for the application of due diligence and for products of deforestation not to be allowed access to the EU market;

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Amendment 69 Simone Schmiedtbauer, Annie Schreijer-Pierik, Anne Sander, Daniel Buda, Franc Bogovič, Marlene Mortler, Herbert Dorfmann, Christine Schneider, Norbert Lins, Álvaro Amaro

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2g. Underlines that correct implementation of nature legislation not only falls in the responsibility of Member States, but also with the European Commission including the need for an assessment procedure to adopt 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 70 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg

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3. Emphasises the strong link with the 3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system; calls holistic approach to the food system; calls on the Commission to establish an on the Commission to establish an evidence-based evaluation of the evidence-based evaluation of the implementation of the strategy’s measures implementation of the strategy’s measures and targets, in particular of the individual and targets, in particular of the individual and cumulative impacts on the social and and cumulative impacts on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture in economic sustainability of agriculture in the EU, food security and prices, and the the EU, long term food security and prices, potential risks of displacing biodiversity the cost of inaction and a continuation of losses abroad by the replacement of local the status quo, including effects on global agricultural production with imports; ecosystem functioning and life support; notes that the potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural production with imports pre-supposes that high biodiversity systems are less productive, whereas numerous peer- reviewed scientific and economic studies show this is not the case and that low artificial input, high-biodiversity agroecological systems are equally productive as conventional systems in nearly 2/3 of cases, if not more productive1a, but are often also more profitable1b; stresses the need to look at the long term regarding both resource use and food security; ______1a Meta-study review by Tamburini et. al, 2020. “Agricultural diversification promotes multiple ecosystem services without compromising yield.” Science Advances; They reviewed 98 meta- analyses based on 5160 original studies, comprising 41,946 comparisons between diversified and simplified practices. In 63% of cases, agroecology boosted biodiversity without any cost to yields, and in many cases, yields actually increased.

AM\1222864EN.docx 41/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba1715 https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6 /45/eaba1715 1b Meta-study /review 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 71 Elsi Katainen, Ulrike Müller, Hilde Vautmans, Irène Tolleret, Asger Christensen, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Jérémy Decerle, Adrián Vázquez Lázara

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3. Emphasises the strong link with the 3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a Farm to Fork strategy, the Forest strategy holistic approach to the food system; calls and the Bioeconomy strategy and the need on the Commission to establish an for a holistic approach to the food system evidence-based evaluation of the and to the forest value chains, keeping in implementation of the strategy’s measures mind all three pillars of sustainability and targets, in particular of the individual (environmental, economic and social); and cumulative impacts on the social and calls on the Commission to establish an economic sustainability of agriculture in evidence-based evaluation of the the EU, food security and prices, and the implementation of the Biodiversity potential risks of displacing biodiversity strategy’s measures and targets, in losses abroad by the replacement of local particular of the individual and cumulative agricultural production with imports; impacts on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture and forest based sector in the EU, food security and prices, and the potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural production with imports; as well as impacts on the wood availability, innovation, competitiveness, resilience and autonomy, including the potential leakage effects of the bioeconomy if the implementation restricts the sustainable

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Amendment 72 Anne Sander

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3. Emphasises the strong link with the 3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system; calls holistic approach to the food system; on the Commission to establish an points out that the COVID-19 pandemic evidence-based evaluation of the has highlighted the need to ensure our implementation of the strategy’s measures food security and self-sufficiency; calls, and targets, in particular of the individual therefore, on the Commission to establish and cumulative impacts on the social and an evidence-based evaluation of the economic sustainability of agriculture in potential implementation of the measures the EU, food security and prices, and the and targets proposed in the strategy, in potential risks of displacing biodiversity particular of the individual and cumulative losses abroad by the replacement of local long-term impacts on the social and agricultural production with imports; economic sustainability of agriculture in the EU, European food security, land availability and prices of agricultural and food products for processors and European consumers, and the potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural production with imports;

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Amendment 73 Jérémy Decerle, Ulrike Müller, Irène Tolleret

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AM\1222864EN.docx 43/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN 3. Emphasises the strong link with the 3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system; calls holistic approach to the food system; calls on the Commission to establish an on the Commission to establish an evidence-based evaluation of the evidence-based evaluation of the implementation of the strategy’s measures implementation of the strategy’s measures and targets, in particular of the individual and targets, in particular of the individual and cumulative impacts on the social and and cumulative impacts on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture in economic sustainability of agriculture in the EU, food security and prices, and the the EU, food security and prices, and the potential risks of displacing biodiversity potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural production with imports; agricultural production with imports; more specifically warns that some trade agreements currently under negotiation or recently concluded by the European Union, such as the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement, are in contradiction with the very objectives of the Biodiversity Strategy;

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Amendment 74 Gilles Lebreton, Francesca Donato, Mara Bizzotto

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3. Emphasises the strong link with the 3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system; calls holistic approach to the food system; calls on the Commission to establish an on the Commission to establish an evidence-based evaluation of the evidence-based evaluation of the implementation of the strategy’s measures implementation of the strategy’s measures and targets, in particular of the individual and targets, in particular of the individual and cumulative impacts on the social and and cumulative impacts on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture in economic sustainability of agriculture in the EU, food security and prices, and the the EU, food security and prices, and the potential risks of displacing biodiversity potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural production with imports; agricultural production with imports; stresses, in this respect, that trade agreements such as the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement or the EU-Mexico

PE663.370v01-00 44/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN Trade Agreement, whether currently in force or under negotiation, are contrary to the objectives of the Biodiversity Strategy;

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Amendment 75 Michal Wiezik, Maria Noichl

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3. Emphasises the strong link with the 3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system; calls holistic approach to the food system; calls on the Commission to establish an on the Commission to establish an evidence-based evaluation of the evidence-based evaluation of the status implementation of the strategy’s measures and trends of the main taxonomy groups and targets, in particular of the individual of fauna and flora of predominantly and cumulative impacts on the social and agricultural species and of the economic sustainability of agriculture in implementation of the strategy’s measures the EU, food security and prices, and the and targets, in particular of the individual potential risks of displacing biodiversity and cumulative impacts, including the losses abroad by the replacement of local positive impact, on the long-term social agricultural production with imports; and economic sustainability of agriculture in the EU, food security and prices, and the continuing biodiversity losses both in the EU and abroad if our model of agriculture, dependent on feed imports and external inputs, remains to be the mainstream supported by the policy;

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Amendment 76 Martin Häusling

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3. Emphasises the strong link with the 3. Emphasises the strong link with the

AM\1222864EN.docx 45/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system; calls holistic approach to the food system; calls on the Commission to establish an on the Commission now to follow up with evidence-based evaluation of the action and to ensure that the biodiversity implementation of the strategy’s measures objectives are integrated into all EU and targets, in particular of the individual legislation; stresses that, above all, the and cumulative impacts on the social and common agricultural policy needs to be economic sustainability of agriculture in aligned with the Biodiversity Strategy; the EU, 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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Amendment 77 Dan-Ştefan Motreanu

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3. Emphasises the strong link with the 3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system; calls holistic approach to the food system; calls on the Commission to establish an on the Commission to establish an evidence-based evaluation of the evidence-based evaluation of the implementation of the strategy’s measures implementation of the strategy’s measures and targets, in particular of the individual and targets, in particular of the individual and cumulative impacts on the social and and cumulative impacts on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture in economic sustainability of agriculture in the EU, food security and prices, and the the EU, food security and prices, and the potential risks of displacing biodiversity potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural production with imports; agricultural production with imports; recognises the efforts made until now by Member States, sectors and stakeholders, especially in agriculture and forestry sectors;

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Amendment 78 Balázs Hidvéghi

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3. Emphasises the strong link with the 3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system; calls holistic approach to the food system; calls on the Commission to establish an on the Commission to establish an evidence-based evaluation of the evidence-based and science implementation of the strategy’s measures based evaluation of the implementation of and targets, in particular of the individual the strategy’s measures and targets, in and cumulative impacts on the social and particular of the individual and cumulative economic sustainability of agriculture in impacts on the social and economic the EU, food security and prices, and the sustainability of agriculture and forestry in potential risks of displacing biodiversity the EU, food security and biomass security losses abroad by the replacement of local as well as food and wood prices, and the agricultural production with imports; potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses in non-EU countries by the replacement of local sustainable agricultural and forestry production with imports;

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Amendment 79 Lena Düpont, Norbert Lins, Christine Schneider, Peter Jahr, Herbert Dorfmann, Marlene Mortler

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3. Emphasises the strong link with the 3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system; calls holistic approach to the food system; calls on the Commission to establish an on the Commission to establish a evidence-based evaluation of the comprehensive evidence-based evaluation implementation of the strategy’s measures of the implementation looking at all and targets, in particular of the individual measures and targets combined and not in and cumulative impacts on the social and their singularity, in particular of the economic sustainability of agriculture in individual and cumulative impacts on the the EU, food security and prices, and the social and economic sustainability of potential risks of displacing biodiversity agriculture and forestry in the EU, food losses abroad by the replacement of local security and prices, farmland availability

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Amendment 80 Ulrike Müller, Martin Hlaváček, Hilde Vautmans, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Irène Tolleret, Jérémy Decerle

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3. Emphasises the strong link with the 3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system; calls holistic approach to the food system; calls on the Commission to establish an on the Commission to base all measures evidence-based evaluation of the and targets included in subsequent implementation of the strategy’s measures proposals on impact assessments ex-ante and targets, in particular of the individual and to establish an evidence-based and cumulative impacts on the social and evaluation of the implementation of these economic sustainability of agriculture in measures and targets ex-post, in particular the EU, food security and prices, and the of the individual and cumulative impacts potential risks of displacing biodiversity on the social and economic sustainability losses abroad by the replacement of local of agriculture in the EU, food security and agricultural production with imports; prices, and the potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural production with imports;

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Amendment 81 Krzysztof Jurgiel

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3. Emphasises the strong link with the 3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a

PE663.370v01-00 48/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN holistic approach to the food system; calls holistic approach to the food system, on the Commission to establish an keeping in mind all three dimensions of evidence-based evaluation of the sustainability; calls on the Commission to implementation of the strategy’s measures establish an evidence-based evaluation of and targets, in particular of the individual the implementation of the strategy’s and cumulative impacts on the social and measures and targets, in particular of the economic sustainability of agriculture in individual and cumulative impacts on the the EU, food security and prices, and the social and economic sustainability of potential risks of displacing biodiversity agriculture and forestry in the EU, food losses abroad by the replacement of local security and prices, and the potential risks agricultural production with imports; of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural and forestry production with imports;

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Amendment 82 Simone Schmiedtbauer, Norbert Lins, Daniel Buda, Michaela Šojdrová, Marlene Mortler, Annie Schreijer-Pierik, Christine Schneider

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3. Emphasises the strong link with the 3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system; calls holistic approach to the food system, on the Commission to establish an keeping in mind all three dimensions of evidence-based evaluation of the sustainability; calls on the Commission to implementation of the strategy’s measures establish an evidence-based evaluation of and targets, in particular of the individual the implementation of the strategy’s and cumulative impacts on the social and measures and targets, in particular of the economic sustainability of agriculture in individual and cumulative impacts on the the EU, food security and prices, and the social and economic sustainability of potential risks of displacing biodiversity agriculture in the EU, food security and losses abroad by the replacement of local prices, and the potential risks of displacing agricultural production with imports; biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural production with imports;

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Amendment 83 Annie Schreijer-Pierik

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3. Emphasises the strong link with the 3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system; calls holistic approach to the food system; calls on the Commission to establish an on the Commission to establish a evidence-based evaluation of the comprehensive impact assessment and implementation of the strategy’s measures evidence-based evaluation of the and targets, in particular of the individual implementation of the strategy’s measures and cumulative impacts on the social and and targets, in particular of the individual economic sustainability of agriculture in and cumulative impacts on the social and the EU, food security and prices, and the economic sustainability of agriculture and potential risks of displacing biodiversity rural areas in the EU, food security and losses abroad by the replacement of local prices, and the potential risks of increasing agricultural production with imports; biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of regional European agricultural production with imports;

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Amendment 84 Bert-Jan Ruissen

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3. Emphasises the strong link with the 3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system; calls holistic approach to the food system; calls on the Commission to establish an on the Commission to establish without evidence-based evaluation of the further delay an evidence-based evaluation implementation of the strategy’s measures of the implementation of the strategy’s and targets, in particular of the individual measures and targets, in particular a and cumulative impacts on the social and comprehensive assessment of the economic sustainability of agriculture in individual and cumulative impacts on the the EU, food security and prices, and the social and economic sustainability of potential risks of displacing biodiversity agriculture in the EU, food security and losses abroad by the replacement of local prices, and the potential risks of displacing agricultural production with imports; biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural production with imports;

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Amendment 85 Benoît Lutgen

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3. Emphasises the strong link with the 3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system; calls holistic approach to the food system; calls on the Commission to establish an on the Commission to establish an evidence-based evaluation of the evidence-based evaluation of the implementation of the strategy’s measures implementation of the strategy’s measures and targets, in particular of the individual and targets, in particular of the individual and cumulative impacts on the social and and cumulative impacts on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture in economic sustainability of agriculture in the EU, food security and prices, and the the EU, food security and prices, the potential risks of displacing biodiversity availability of farmland and its prices and losses abroad by the replacement of local the potential risks of displacing agricultural production with imports; biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural production with imports;

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Amendment 86 Isabel Carvalhais, Clara Aguilera, Paolo De Castro, Pina Picierno, Juozas Olekas, Ivo Hristov, Attila Ara-Kovács, Carmen Avram, Marc Tarabella, Eric Andrieu

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3. Emphasises the strong link with the 3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system; calls holistic approach to the food system; calls on the Commission to establish an on the Commission to establish an evidence-based evaluation of the evidence-based evaluation of the implementation of the strategy’s measures implementation of the strategy’s measures and targets, in particular of the individual and targets, in particular of the individual and cumulative impacts on the social and and cumulative impacts on the social and

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Amendment 87 Petros Kokkalis

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3. Emphasises the strong link with the 3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system; calls holistic approach to the food system; calls on the Commission to establish an on the Commission to conduct impact evidence-based evaluation of the assessments and establish an evidence- implementation of the strategy’s measures based evaluation of the implementation of and targets, in particular of the individual the strategy’s measures and targets, in and cumulative impacts on the social and particular of the individual and cumulative economic sustainability of agriculture in impacts on the social and economic the EU, food security and prices, and the sustainability of agriculture in the EU, food potential risks of displacing biodiversity security and prices, and the potential risks losses abroad by the replacement of local of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by agricultural production with imports; the replacement of local agricultural production with imports;

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Amendment 88 Carmen Avram

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3. Emphasises the strong link with the 3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system; calls holistic approach to the food system; calls

PE663.370v01-00 52/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN on the Commission to establish an on the Commission to establish an evidence-based evaluation of the evidence-based evaluation of the implementation of the strategy’s measures implementation of the strategy’s measures and targets, in particular of the individual and targets, in particular of the individual and cumulative impacts on the social and and cumulative impacts on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture in economic sustainability of agriculture and the EU, food security and prices, and the forestry in the EU, food security and potential risks of displacing biodiversity prices, and the potential risks of displacing losses abroad by the replacement of local biodiversity losses abroad by the agricultural production with imports; replacement of local agricultural and forestry production with imports;

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Amendment 89 Mara Bizzotto, Angelo Ciocca, Elena Lizzi, Gilles Lebreton, Maxette Pirbakas

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3. Emphasises the strong link with the 3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system; calls holistic approach to the food system; calls on the Commission to establish an on the Commission to establish an evidence-based evaluation of the evidence-based evaluation of the implementation of the strategy’s measures implementation of the strategy’s measures and targets, in particular of the individual and targets, in particular of the individual and cumulative impacts on the social and and cumulative impacts on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture in economic sustainability of agriculture in the EU, food security and prices, and the the EU, food security and prices, and the potential risks of displacing biodiversity risks created by displacing local losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural production abroad through an agricultural production with imports; increase in imports;

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Amendment 90 Elsi Katainen, Ulrike Müller, Hilde Vautmans, Irène Tolleret, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Jérémy Decerle, Adrián Vázquez Lázara

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3 a. Underlines that for the EU to be climate-neutral by 2050 there is a need for determined shift from the fossil economy to a circular bio-economy requiring investments for example in forest growth and the continued availability of wooden raw material guaranteed by sustainable forest management; highlights that sustainable forest management can support long-term wood availability for bio-based products while enhancing biodiversity and carbon storage; highlights the importance of using internationally recognized definitions to ensure consistency of collected data on global level;

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Amendment 91 Michal Wiezik, Maria Noichl, Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg

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3 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the use of pasture and pastoral habitats, including wooded pastures and other agroforestry systems, as a critical precondition for creating nesting substrates for pollinators, birds and mammals, and in synergy with maintenance of high nature value grassland communities confined to grazing and traditional forms of extensive farming;

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Amendment 92 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg

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3a. Underlines that land use change is a significant driver of the transmission and emergence of infectious diseases. Land use change is cited as the cause of over 30% of emerging infectious diseases, and correlates significantly with the emergence of novel zoonoses globally1a; notes further that in the last 30 years there have been over 50 zoonotic disease cross-over events; ______1a IPBES “Workshop report on Biodiversity and Pandemics”, 2020. https://ipbes.net/sites/default/files/2020- 12/IPBES%20Workshop%20on%20Biodi versity%20and%20Pandemics%20Report _0.pdf

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Amendment 93 Dan-Ştefan Motreanu

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3a. Acknowledges that the EU has the largest coordinated network of protected areas in the world and 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;

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AM\1222864EN.docx 55/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN Amendment 94 Annie Schreijer-Pierik

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3a. Notes with great concern the recent scientific assessment of the cumulative effects of the Farm to Fork and biodiversity strategies by the Economic Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture1a; ______1a Beckman, Jayson, Maros Ivanic, Jeremy L. Jelliffe, Felix G. Baquedano, and Sara G. Scott, November 2020. Economic and Food Security Impacts of Agricultural Input Reduction Under the European Union Green Deal’s Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies, EB-30, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

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Amendment 95 Teuvo Hakkarainen

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3a. Stresses that EU policies should not compromise food safety in the EU, increase consumer prices for food or replace own production and jobs with imports from countries with lower environmental standards;

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3a. Highlights the need for a resource- efficient food production considering resources used per kilogram of product, as the world population is growing while the area of farmland is limited;

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Amendment 97 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg

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3b. Notes the IDDRI study1a on the feasibility of transitioning to agro-ecology in Europe in terms of food production, which found that under an agro- ecological system, European farms would be able to produce enough food to feed its 2050 population and also maintain some export capacity; notes that the FAO also underlines that biodiversity contributes to food security and nutrition in many ways1b, including by enabling food to be produced in a wide range of environments, helping to maintain the stability of food supplies through the year and through shocks such as droughts and pest outbreaks, supplying a wide variety of nutritionally diverse foods and contributing to the supply of water and fuel used in food preparation; ______1a IDDRI “An Agroecological Europe in 2050: multifunctional agriculture for

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Amendment 98 Michal Wiezik, Maria Noichl, Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg

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3b. Expresses concern over plans and projects of intensive animal feeding operations in various Member States; considers that traditional extensive animal farming is being threatened by intensive form of production which the Common Agricultural policy helps make profitable to the detriment of biodiversity and wider environment; calls for all policy instruments coherently working towards support of the traditional European cultural landscape of the extensive production supporting biodiversity and phasing out support to intensive production units;

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Amendment 99 Annie Schreijer-Pierik

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3b. Calls, too, on the Commission to produce an evidence-based impact assessment of the potential risks to

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Amendment 100 Elsi Katainen, Ulrike Müller, Hilde Vautmans, Asger Christensen, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Jérémy Decerle, Adrián Vázquez Lázara

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3b. Emphasises the importance of thorough and comprehensive impact assessments for any implementation actions related to the Biodiversity Strategy; calls on the acknowledgement of the subsidiarity and proportionality of the implementation measures which should avoid any unnecessary administrative burden; reminds that the consideration of specific national conditions as well as measures already taken by Member States have to be taken into account;

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Amendment 101 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

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AM\1222864EN.docx 59/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN 4. Considers that biodiversity 4. Stresses that biodiversity loss and conservation is a key societal goal, ecosystem collapse are an existential requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and threat to the survival of many species the effective participation of everyone in including humans; considers that society, in particular those more affected biodiversity conservation is a key societal by the measures, such as the farming goal, requiring a broad and inclusive community, while at the same benefiting debate, and the effective participation of from their knowledge and experience, and everyone in society, in particular those creating a sense of ownership, vital for the more affected by the measures, such as the successful implementation of the strategy; world's poor and most vulnerable populations, those dependent on biodiversity for their livelihoods, and the EU farming community who are being asked to implement positive change for the common good; Notes the need to benefit from farmers' knowledge and experience, and to mainstream the many success stories that are a win-win-win for biodiversity, society and farmers' profits; notes also the need in creating a sense of custodianship for nature and biodiversity, especially where it helps farmers' productivity, and ownership over the implementation of the strategy, which is vital for it to be successful;

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Amendment 102 Elsi Katainen, Ulrike Müller, Asger Christensen, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Jérémy Decerle, Adrián Vázquez Lázara

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4. Considers that biodiversity 4. Considers that biodiversity conservation is a key societal goal, conservation is a key societal goal, requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and the effective participation of everyone in the effective participation of everyone in society, in particular those more affected society, in particular those more affected by the measures, such as the farming by the measures, such as the farming community, while at the same benefiting community, landowners, and the forest from their knowledge and experience, and based sector, while at the same benefiting

PE663.370v01-00 60/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN creating a sense of ownership, vital for the from their knowledge and experience, successful implementation of the strategy; avoiding top-down measures; and creating a sense of ownership, vital for the successful implementation of the strategy and generational renewal in the sector; stresses the need to provide remuneration and prioritise positive incentives and voluntary bottom-up participatory process in order to increase the acceptance, motivation and commitment of biodiversity protection, and thus, calls for a careful approach towards any new legally binding instrument; highlights the need to fully respect and support the rights of landowners; taking into account the actual base line at MS level and prioritizing voluntary measures;

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Amendment 103 Krzysztof Jurgiel

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4. Considers that biodiversity 4. Considers that biodiversity conservation is a key societal goal, conservation is one of a key societal goals, requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and the effective participation of everyone in the effective participation of everyone in society, in particular those more affected society, in particular those more affected by the measures, such as the farming by the measures, such as the farming community, while at the same benefiting community and forest-based sector, while from their knowledge and experience, and at the same benefiting from their creating a sense of ownership, vital for the knowledge and experience, and creating a successful implementation of the strategy; sense of ownership, vital for the successful implementation of the strategy; 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 thus, calls for a very careful approach towards any new legally binding instruments;

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Amendment 104 Mazaly Aguilar

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4. Considers that biodiversity 4. Considers that biodiversity conservation is a key societal goal, conservation is a key societal goal, requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and the effective participation of everyone in the effective participation of everyone in society, in particular those more affected society, in particular those more affected by the measures, such as the farming by the measures, such as the farming community, while at the same benefiting community, while at the same benefiting from their knowledge and experience, and from their knowledge and experience, and creating a sense of ownership, vital for the creating a sense of ownership, vital for the successful implementation of the strategy; successful implementation of the strategy; points out that this goal can be achieved only by implementing a voluntary system that offers incentives to those farmers who opt for new and more sustainable productive models or practices;

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Amendment 105 Daniel Buda

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4. Considers that biodiversity 4. Considers that biodiversity conservation is a key societal goal, conservation is a key societal goal, requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and the effective participation of everyone in the effective participation of everyone in society, in particular those more affected society, in particular those more affected by the measures, such as the farming by the measures, such as the farming community, while at the same benefiting community, while at the same benefiting from their knowledge and experience, and from their knowledge and experience, and creating a sense of ownership, vital for the creating a sense of ownership, vital for the

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Amendment 106 Carmen Avram

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4. Considers that biodiversity 4. Considers that biodiversity conservation is a key societal goal, conservation is among the key societal requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and goals, requiring a broad and inclusive the effective participation of everyone in debate, and the effective participation of society, in particular those more affected everyone in society, in particular those by the measures, such as the farming more affected by the measures, such as the community, while at the same benefiting farming community and the forest-based from their knowledge and experience, and sector, while at the same benefiting from creating a sense of ownership, vital for the their knowledge and experience, and successful implementation of the strategy; creating a sense of ownership, vital for the successful implementation of the strategy; further encourages positive incentives and voluntary bottom-up participatory process in order to increase the acceptance, motivation and commitment to biodiversity protection;

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Amendment 107 Benoît Lutgen

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4. Considers that biodiversity 4. Considers that biodiversity

AM\1222864EN.docx 63/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN conservation is a key societal goal, conservation is a key societal goal, requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and the effective participation of everyone in the effective participation of everyone in society, in particular those more affected society, in particular those more affected by the measures, such as the farming by the measures, such as the farming community, while at the same benefiting community, while at the same benefiting from their knowledge and experience, and from their knowledge and experience, and creating a sense of ownership, vital for the creating a sense of ownership, vital for the successful implementation of the strategy; successful implementation of the strategy; stresses the need to prioritise positive incentives and a bottom-up participatory process to increase the acceptance, motivation and commitment to biodiversity protection;

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Amendment 108 Álvaro Amaro

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4. Considers that biodiversity 4. Considers that biodiversity conservation is a key societal goal, conservation is a key societal goal, requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and the effective participation of everyone in the effective participation of everyone in society, in particular those more affected society, in particular those more affected by the measures, such as the farming by the measures, such as the farming community, while at the same benefiting community, while at the same benefiting from their knowledge and experience, and from their knowledge and experience, and creating a sense of ownership, vital for the creating a sense of ownership, vital for the successful implementation of the strategy; successful implementation of the strategy; stresses, therefore, the importance of using a bottom-up participative process and increasing positive incentives to change behaviour;

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Amendment 109 Simone Schmiedtbauer, Norbert Lins, Daniel Buda, Michaela Šojdrová, Marlene Mortler, Annie Schreijer-Pierik, Christine Schneider

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4. Considers that biodiversity 4. Considers that biodiversity conservation is a key societal goal, conservation is a key societal goal, requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and the effective participation of everyone in the effective participation of everyone in society, in particular those more affected society, in particular those more affected by the measures, such as the farming by the measures, such as the farming community, while at the same benefiting community, while at the same developing from their knowledge and experience, and reward systems based on attractive creating a sense of ownership, vital for the incentives for farmers who want to successful implementation of the strategy; improve their position as custodians of biodiversity as well as benefiting from their knowledge and experience, and creating a sense of ownership, vital for the successful implementation of the strategy;

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Amendment 110 Emmanouil Fragkos

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4. Considers that biodiversity 4. Considers that biodiversity conservation is a key societal goal, conservation is a key societal goal, requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and the effective participation of everyone in the effective participation of everyone in society, in particular those more affected society, in particular those more affected by the measures, such as the farming by the measures, such as the farming community, while at the same benefiting community, while at the same benefiting from their knowledge and experience, and from their knowledge and experience, and creating a sense of ownership, vital for the creating a sense of ownership, vital for the successful implementation of the strategy; successful implementation of the strategy; believes that innovative knowledge communities can contribute greatly to the development of innovative solutions for sustainable forest use;

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AM\1222864EN.docx 65/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN Amendment 111 Martin Häusling

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4. Considers that biodiversity 4. Considers that biodiversity conservation is a key societal goal, conservation is a key societal goal; notes requiring a broad and inclusive debate, that an overwhelming majority of and the effective participation of everyone Europeans are also concerned about the in society, in particular those more loss of biodiversity and support stronger affected by the measures, such as the EU action to protect nature, according to farming community, while at the same a Eurobarometer survey from 20191a; benefiting from their knowledge and experience, and creating a sense of ownership, vital for the successful implementation of the strategy; ______1a An overwhelming majority of Europeans are concerned about the loss of biodiversity and support stronger EU action to protect nature according to a Eurobarometer from 2019: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscor ner/detail/en/IP_19_2360.

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Amendment 112 Isabel Carvalhais, Clara Aguilera, Paolo De Castro, Pina Picierno, Juozas Olekas, Ivo Hristov, Attila Ara-Kovács, Carmen Avram, Marc Tarabella, Eric Andrieu

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4. Considers that biodiversity 4. Considers that biodiversity conservation is a key societal goal, conservation is a key societal goal, requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and the effective participation of everyone in the effective participation of everyone in society, in particular those more affected society, in particular those more affected

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Amendment 113 Petros Kokkalis

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4. Considers that biodiversity 4. Considers that biodiversity conservation is a key societal goal, conservation is a key societal goal, requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and the effective participation of everyone in the effective participation of everyone in society, in particular those more affected society, in particular those more affected by the measures, such as the farming by the measures, such as the farming community, while at the same benefiting community and especially small and from their knowledge and experience, and young farmers, while at the same creating a sense of ownership, vital for the benefiting from their knowledge and successful implementation of the strategy; experience, and creating a sense of ownership, vital for the successful implementation of the strategy;

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Amendment 114 Balázs Hidvéghi

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4. Considers that biodiversity 4. Considers that biodiversity conservation is a key societal goal, conservation is a key societal goal, requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and

AM\1222864EN.docx 67/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN the effective participation of everyone in the effective participation of everyone in society, in particular those more affected society, in particular those more affected by the measures, such as the farming by the measures, such as the farming and community, while at the same benefiting forestry community, while at the same from their knowledge and experience, and time benefiting from their knowledge and creating a sense of ownership, vital for the experience, and creating a sense of successful implementation of the strategy; ownership, vital for the successful implementation of the strategy;

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Amendment 115 Lena Düpont, Norbert Lins, Christine Schneider, Peter Jahr, Herbert Dorfmann, Marlene Mortler

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4. Considers that biodiversity 4. Considers that biodiversity conservation is a key societal goal, conservation is a key societal goal, requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and the effective participation of everyone in the effective participation of everyone in society, in particular those more affected society, in particular those more affected by the measures, such as the farming by the measures, such as the farming and community, while at the same benefiting forestry community, while at the same from their knowledge and experience, and benefiting from their knowledge and creating a sense of ownership, vital for the experience, and creating a sense of successful implementation of the strategy; ownership, vital for the successful implementation of the strategy;

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Amendment 116 Mara Bizzotto, Angelo Ciocca, Elena Lizzi, Gilles Lebreton, Maxette Pirbakas

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4. Considers that biodiversity 4. Considers that biodiversity conservation is a key societal goal, conservation is a goal that requires a broad requiring a broad and inclusive debate, debate and the effective participation of all

PE663.370v01-00 68/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN and the effective participation of everyone areas of society, in particular those more in society, in particular those more affected affected by the measures, such as the by the measures, such as the farming farming community, while at the same community, while at the same benefiting benefiting from their knowledge and from their knowledge and experience, and experience, and creating a sense of creating a sense of ownership, vital for the ownership, vital for the successful successful implementation of the strategy; implementation of the strategy;

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Amendment 117 Veronika Vrecionová, Ruža Tomašić, Mazaly Aguilar

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4. Considers that biodiversity 4. Considers that biodiversity conservation is a key societal goal, conservation is a societal goal, requiring a requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and broad and inclusive debate, and the the effective participation of everyone in effective participation of key players, in society, in particular those more affected particular those more affected by the by the measures, such as the farming measures, such as the farming community, community, while at the same benefiting while at the same benefiting from their from their knowledge and experience, and knowledge and experience, and creating a creating a sense of ownership, vital for the sense of ownership, vital for the successful successful implementation of the strategy; implementation of the strategy;

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Amendment 118 Elsi Katainen, Ulrike Müller, Hilde Vautmans, Irène Tolleret, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Adrián Vázquez Lázara

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4 a. Emphasises the strong link of the strategy with the post 2020 EU Forest Strategy and the need for a holistic approach to forests; stresses that the future EU Forest Strategy should be used

AM\1222864EN.docx 69/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN as the main policy framework to coordinate all policies related to forests, forestry and the forest-based sector; 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, including on their conservation, protection and restoration measures; stresses that defining forest and forestry related terms and measures, including e.g. protection and strict protection, old-growth and primary forests, afforestation and reforestation, degraded areas and closer to nature forestry, should be done by the Member States;

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Amendment 119 Petros Kokkalis

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4a. Stresses that actions taken against biodiversity loss must be underpinned by sound science and that investing in research, innovation, knowledge exchange, raising awareness, education and advisory services will be key to gathering data and finding the best solutions; notes that farmers, especially small, young and women farmers and people who live in disadvantaged rural areas, need bolstered training and advises to implement efficient practices and investments for the conservation and restoration of biodiversity;

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PE663.370v01-00 70/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN Amendment 120 Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Martin Hlaváček, Elsi Katainen, Ulrike Müller

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4a. Invites the Commission to consider the need and the possibility for re- evaluating existing protected zones, which could include, inter alia, assessment of their effectiveness; Believes that there should be a possibility for consultation with the Commission for the change of the status of these zones if the evaluation proves it necessary;

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Amendment 121 Lena Düpont, Norbert Lins, Christine Schneider, Peter Jahr, Herbert Dorfmann, Marlene Mortler

Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

4a. 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 the changes in conservation status;

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Amendment 122 Anne Sander

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4a. Emphasises, in this respect, the importance of preserving access to land, particularly for young farmers, so that future generations can continue to achieve the crucial ambitions defined in this new strategy;

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Amendment 123 Isabel Carvalhais, Clara Aguilera, Paolo De Castro, Pina Picierno, Juozas Olekas, Ivo Hristov, Attila Ara-Kovács, Carmen Avram, Marc Tarabella

Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new)

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4a. Considers that more focus should be put at all policy levels in developing win-win solutions for biodiversity protection where the three dimensions of sustainability, economic, social and environmental are promoted;

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Amendment 124 Lena Düpont, Norbert Lins, Christine Schneider, Peter Jahr, Herbert Dorfmann, Marlene Mortler

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4b. Stresses that Member States should enable farmers and forest owners with financial support, training, technology and innovation in the uptake and delivery of biodiversity and environmental benefits; while considering

PE663.370v01-00 72/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN the importance of balancing voluntary measures and regulatory action;

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Amendment 125 Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Martin Hlaváček, Elsi Katainen, Ulrike Müller

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Draft opinion Amendment

4b. Considers that the creation of sub- zones or regions, in the existing protected zones, where different range of activities could be permitted, based on the specificities of these areas, would allow for more flexibility while at the same time increase the effectiveness of the protection;

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Amendment 126 Anne Sander

Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

4b. Emphasises that farmers must receive appropriate financial support to help them adopt and implement practices that can be a source of socioeconomic information, biodiversity and further environmental benefits;

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Amendment 127 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg

AM\1222864EN.docx 73/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

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5. Stresses the key role of the 5. Stresses the key role of the common agricultural policy (CAP) in common agricultural policy (CAP) in protecting and promoting farmland protecting and promoting farmland biodiversity; underlines the potential of the biodiversity; underlines the potential of the green architecture components of the CAP green architecture components of the CAP in promoting and providing incentives for in promoting and providing incentives for the transition to more sustainable the transition to more sustainable agricultural systems for producing food agricultural systems for producing food and maintaining high nature value and maintaining high nature value farmland; considers that Member States farmland; considers that Member States must ensure the timely development and must set effective baselines for uptake of actions which contribute to sustainability and biodiversity when enhancing the delivery and potential of defining their conditionality standards, biodiversity benefits in line with the and ensure the ambitious and timely required level of ambition; development and uptake of interventions, in particular eco-schemes and agri- environmental-climate measures in rural development, which would contribute to enhancing the delivery and potential of biodiversity benefits in line with the required level of ambition; Calls on the Commission to play its role effectively when assessing the design and following up the implementation of the Member States' strategic plans through ambitious targets and milestones; notes the need for using a sufficient and effective set of indicators to measure performance of the CAP in stemming and reversing the biodiversity crash, and to measure impact on the ground and in the waters;

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Amendment 128 Balázs Hidvéghi

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5. Stresses the key role of the 5. Stresses the key role of the common agricultural policy (CAP) in common agricultural policy (CAP) in protecting and promoting farmland protecting and promoting farmland biodiversity; underlines the potential of the biodiversity; acknowledges the green architecture components of the CAP achievements so far of the CAP related to in promoting and providing incentives for the environmental performance; stresses the transition to more sustainable that the new CAP represents an enhanced agricultural systems for producing food environmental and climate and maintaining high nature value ambition which takes shape in its nine farmland; considers that Member States specific objectives reflecting the three must ensure the timely development and pillars of sustainability i.e. environmental, uptake of actions which contribute to social and economic; points out that any enhancing the delivery and potential of additional agricultural and forest related biodiversity benefits in line with the climate-neutral objectives stemming required level of ambition; from the Biodiversity Strategy shall respect the Union decision-making mechanisms i.e. the Commission shall submit legislative proposals accordingly; underlines the potential of the new green architecture of the CAP in promoting and providing incentives for the transition to more sustainable agricultural systems for producing food and maintaining high nature value farmland;

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Amendment 129 Mazaly Aguilar

Draft opinion Paragraph 5

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5. Stresses the key role of the 5. Stresses the key role of the common agricultural policy (CAP) in common agricultural policy (CAP) in protecting and promoting farmland protecting and promoting farmland biodiversity; underlines the potential of the biodiversity; underlines the potential of the green architecture components of the CAP green architecture components of the CAP in promoting and providing incentives for in promoting and providing incentives for the transition to more sustainable the transition to more sustainable agricultural systems for producing food agricultural systems for producing food

AM\1222864EN.docx 75/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN and maintaining high nature value and maintaining high nature value farmland; considers that Member States farmland; considers that Member States must ensure the timely development and must ensure the timely development and uptake of actions which contribute to uptake of actions which contribute to enhancing the delivery and potential of enhancing the delivery and potential of biodiversity benefits in line with the biodiversity benefits in line with the required level of ambition; required level of ambition; considers that the CAP cannot be the only tool for promoting biodiversity in European agriculture, and calls for the other Green Deal policies and instruments to assume their share of this responsibility;

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Amendment 130 Simone Schmiedtbauer, Daniel Buda, Michaela Šojdrová, Marlene Mortler, Annie Schreijer-Pierik

Draft opinion Paragraph 5

Draft opinion Amendment

5. Stresses the key role of the 5. Stresses the key role of the common agricultural policy (CAP) in common agricultural policy (CAP) in protecting and promoting farmland protecting and promoting farmland biodiversity; underlines the potential of the biodiversity while keeping in mind the green architecture components of the CAP main objectives of the CAP written down in promoting and providing incentives for in Art. 39 TFEU; underlines the potential the transition to more sustainable of the green architecture components of the agricultural systems for producing food upcoming CAP in promoting and and maintaining high nature value providing incentives for the transition to farmland; considers that Member States more sustainable agricultural systems for must ensure the timely development and producing food and maintaining high uptake of actions which contribute to nature value farmland; considers that enhancing the delivery and potential of Member States must ensure the timely biodiversity benefits in line with the development and uptake of actions which required level of ambition; contribute to enhancing the delivery and potential of biodiversity benefits in line with the required level of ambition; points out that the market needs to realise higher prices for products deriving from biodiversity-friendly cultivation methods;

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PE663.370v01-00 76/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN Amendment 131 Elsi Katainen, Ulrike Müller, Hilde Vautmans, Asger Christensen, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Jérémy Decerle, Adrián Vázquez Lázara

Draft opinion Paragraph 5

Draft opinion Amendment

5. Stresses the key role of the 5. Stresses the key role of the common agricultural policy (CAP) in common agricultural policy (CAP) in protecting and promoting farmland protecting and promoting farmland biodiversity; underlines the potential of the biodiversity while keeping in mind the green architecture components of the CAP main objectives of the CAP stated in the in promoting and providing incentives for Article 39 of the Treaty; underlines the the transition to more sustainable potential of the green architecture agricultural systems for producing food components of the CAP in promoting and and maintaining high nature value providing incentives for the transition to farmland; considers that Member States more sustainable agricultural systems for must ensure the timely development and producing food and maintaining uptake of actions which contribute to biodiversity on farmland; considers that enhancing the delivery and potential of Member States must ensure the timely biodiversity benefits in line with the development and uptake of actions which required level of ambition; contribute to enhancing the delivery and potential of biodiversity benefits in line with the required level of ambition while taking account special conditions at national, regional and local level as one size does not fit all;

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Amendment 132 Martin Häusling

Draft opinion Paragraph 5

Draft opinion Amendment

5. Stresses the key role of the 5. Stresses the key role of the common agricultural policy (CAP) in common agricultural policy (CAP) in protecting and promoting farmland protecting and promoting farmland biodiversity; underlines the potential of the biodiversity; underlines the potential of the green architecture components of the CAP green architecture components of the CAP

AM\1222864EN.docx 77/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN in promoting and providing incentives for in promoting and providing incentives for the transition to more sustainable the transition to more sustainable agricultural systems for producing food agricultural systems for producing food and maintaining high nature value and maintaining high nature value farmland; considers that Member States farmland, if it is designed appropriately; must ensure the timely development and regrets that the draft of the CAP currently uptake of actions which contribute to under discussion does not adequately enhancing the delivery and potential of cover the urgently needed ecological biodiversity benefits in line with the measures; considers that Member States required level of ambition; must ensure the urgent development and uptake of actions which contribute to ensuring that biodiversity is promoted as a priority;

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Amendment 133 Gilles Lebreton, Francesca Donato, Mara Bizzotto

Draft opinion Paragraph 5

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5. Stresses the key role of the 5. Stresses the key role of the common agricultural policy (CAP) in common agricultural policy (CAP) in protecting and promoting farmland protecting and promoting farmland biodiversity; underlines the potential of the biodiversity; underlines the potential of the green architecture components of the CAP green architecture components of the CAP in promoting and providing incentives for in promoting and providing incentives for the transition to more sustainable the transition to more sustainable agricultural systems for producing food agricultural systems for producing food and maintaining high nature value and maintaining high nature value farmland; considers that Member States farmland; highlights the importance of must ensure the timely development and pasture systems that preserve many uptake of actions which contribute to millions of hectares of grassland and enhancing the delivery and potential of hedges and that are key sources of biodiversity benefits in line with the biodiversity; considers that Member States required level of ambition; must ensure the timely development and uptake of actions which contribute to enhancing the delivery and potential of biodiversity benefits in line with the required level of ambition;

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PE663.370v01-00 78/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN Amendment 134 Daniel Buda

Draft opinion Paragraph 5

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5. Stresses the key role of the 5. Stresses the key role of the common agricultural policy (CAP) in common agricultural policy (CAP) in protecting and promoting farmland protecting and promoting farmland biodiversity; underlines the potential of the biodiversity; underlines the potential of the green architecture components of the CAP green architecture components of the CAP in promoting and providing incentives for in promoting and providing incentives for the transition to more sustainable the transition to more sustainable agricultural systems for producing food agricultural systems for producing food and maintaining high nature value and maintaining high nature value farmland; considers that Member States farmland; stresses that food security must ensure the timely development and continues to be the main challenge facing uptake of actions which contribute to agriculture in the EU and globally in enhancing the delivery and potential of terms of maintaining a stable agricultural biodiversity benefits in line with the sector; considers that Member States must required level of ambition; ensure the timely development and uptake of actions which contribute to enhancing the delivery and potential of biodiversity benefits in line with the required level of ambition;

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Amendment 135 Anne Sander

Draft opinion Paragraph 5

Draft opinion Amendment

5. Stresses the key role of the 5. Stresses the key role of the common agricultural policy (CAP) in common agricultural policy (CAP) in protecting and promoting farmland protecting and promoting farmland biodiversity; underlines the potential of the biodiversity; underlines the potential of the green architecture components of the CAP green architecture components of the CAP in promoting and providing incentives for in promoting and providing incentives for the transition to more sustainable the transition to more sustainable agricultural systems for producing food agricultural systems for producing food and maintaining high nature value and maintaining high nature value

AM\1222864EN.docx 79/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN farmland; considers that Member States farmland, such as pasture systems that must ensure the timely development and preserve grassland and its surrounding uptake of actions which contribute to hedges and that are sources of enhancing the delivery and potential of biodiversity; considers that Member States biodiversity benefits in line with the must ensure the timely development and required level of ambition; uptake of actions which contribute to enhancing the delivery and potential of biodiversity benefits in line with the required level of ambition;

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Amendment 136 Jérémy Decerle, Ulrike Müller

Draft opinion Paragraph 5

Draft opinion Amendment

5. Stresses the key role of the 5. Stresses the key role of the common agricultural policy (CAP) in common agricultural policy (CAP) in protecting and promoting farmland protecting and promoting farmland biodiversity; underlines the potential of the biodiversity; underlines the potential of the green architecture components of the CAP green architecture components of the CAP in promoting and providing incentives for in promoting and providing incentives for the transition to more sustainable the transition to more sustainable agricultural systems for producing food agricultural systems for producing food and maintaining high nature value and maintaining high nature value farmland; considers that Member States farmland, such as grazing systems must ensure the timely development and maintaining essential grasslands and uptake of actions which contribute to hedges surrounding them ; considers that enhancing the delivery and potential of Member States must ensure the timely biodiversity benefits in line with the development and uptake of actions which required level of ambition; contribute to enhancing the delivery and potential of biodiversity benefits in line with the required level of ambition;

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Amendment 137 Krzysztof Jurgiel

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5. Stresses the key role of the 5. Stresses the key role of the common agricultural policy (CAP) in common agricultural policy (CAP) in protecting and promoting farmland protecting and promoting farmland biodiversity; underlines the potential of the biodiversity, while keeping in mind the green architecture components of the CAP overarching objectives of the CAP as per in promoting and providing incentives for Art. 39 TFEU; underlines the potential of the transition to more sustainable the green architecture components of the agricultural systems for producing food CAP in promoting and providing and maintaining high nature value incentives for the transition to more farmland; considers that Member States sustainable agricultural systems for must ensure the timely development and producing food and maintaining high uptake of actions which contribute to nature value farmland; considers that enhancing the delivery and potential of Member States must ensure the timely biodiversity benefits in line with the development and uptake of actions which required level of ambition; contribute to enhancing the delivery and potential of biodiversity benefits in line with the required level of ambition;

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Amendment 138 Petros Kokkalis

Draft opinion Paragraph 5

Draft opinion Amendment

5. Stresses the key role of the 5. Stresses the key role of the common agricultural policy (CAP) in common agricultural policy (CAP) in protecting and promoting farmland protecting and promoting farmland biodiversity; underlines the potential of the biodiversity; underlines the potential of the green architecture components of the CAP green architecture components of the CAP in promoting and providing incentives for in promoting and providing incentives for the transition to more sustainable the transition to more sustainable and agricultural systems for producing food resilient agricultural systems for producing and maintaining high nature value food and maintaining high nature value farmland; considers that Member States farmland; considers that Member States must ensure the timely development and must ensure the timely development and uptake of actions which contribute to uptake of actions which contribute to enhancing the delivery and potential of enhancing the delivery and potential of biodiversity benefits in line with the biodiversity benefits in line with the required level of ambition; required level of ambition, according to relevant targets subject to an impact

AM\1222864EN.docx 81/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN assessment;

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Amendment 139 Carmen Avram

Draft opinion Paragraph 5

Draft opinion Amendment

5. Stresses the key role of the 5. Stresses the key role of the common agricultural policy (CAP) in common agricultural policy (CAP) in both protecting and promoting farmland protecting and promoting farmland biodiversity; underlines the potential of the biodiversity and in fulfilling its objectives green architecture components of the CAP under Art. 39 of the TFEU; underlines the in promoting and providing incentives for potential of the green architecture the transition to more sustainable components of the CAP in promoting and agricultural systems for producing food providing incentives for the transition to and maintaining high nature value more sustainable agricultural systems for farmland; considers that Member States producing food and maintaining high must ensure the timely development and nature value farmland; considers that uptake of actions which contribute to Member States must ensure the timely enhancing the delivery and potential of development and uptake of actions which biodiversity benefits in line with the contribute to enhancing the delivery and required level of ambition; potential of biodiversity benefits in line with the required level of ambition;

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Amendment 140 Jérémy Decerle, Ulrike Müller, Irène Tolleret, Elsi Katainen, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli

Draft opinion Paragraph 5

Draft opinion Amendment

5. Stresses the key role of the 5. Stresses the key role of the common agricultural policy (CAP) in common agricultural policy (CAP) in protecting and promoting farmland protecting and promoting farmland biodiversity; underlines the potential of the biodiversity; underlines the potential of the green architecture components of the CAP green architecture components of the CAP in promoting and providing incentives for in promoting and providing active farmers

PE663.370v01-00 82/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN the transition to more sustainable with individual or collective incentives for agricultural systems for producing food the transition to more sustainable and maintaining high nature value agricultural systems for producing food farmland; considers that Member States and maintaining high nature value must ensure the timely development and farmland; considers that Member States uptake of actions which contribute to must ensure the timely development and enhancing the delivery and potential of uptake of actions which contribute to biodiversity benefits in line with the enhancing the delivery and potential of required level of ambition; biodiversity benefits in line with the required level of ambition;

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Amendment 141 Michal Wiezik, Maria Noichl

Draft opinion Paragraph 5

Draft opinion Amendment

5. Stresses the key role of the 5. Stresses the key role of the common agricultural policy (CAP) in common agricultural policy (CAP) in protecting and promoting farmland protecting and promoting farmland biodiversity; underlines the potential of the biodiversity, including genetic diversity; green architecture components of the CAP underlines the potential of the green in promoting and providing incentives for architecture components of the CAP in the transition to more sustainable promoting and providing incentives for the agricultural systems for producing food transition to more sustainable agricultural and maintaining high nature value systems for producing food and farmland; considers that Member States maintaining high nature value farmland; must ensure the timely development and considers that Member States must ensure uptake of actions which contribute to the timely development and uptake of enhancing the delivery and potential of actions which contribute to enhancing the biodiversity benefits in line with the delivery and potential of biodiversity required level of ambition; benefits in line with the required level of ambition;

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Amendment 142 Colm Markey

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5. Stresses the key role of the 5. Stresses the key role of the common agricultural policy (CAP) in common agricultural policy (CAP) in protecting and promoting farmland protecting and promoting farmland biodiversity; underlines the potential of the biodiversity; underlines the potential of the green architecture components of the CAP green architecture components of the CAP in promoting and providing incentives for in promoting and providing incentives for the transition to more sustainable the transition to more sustainable agricultural systems for producing food agricultural systems for producing food and maintaining high nature value and maintaining high nature value farmland; considers that Member States farmland; considers that Member States must ensure the timely development and must ensure the timely development and uptake of actions which contribute to uptake of scientifically sound actions enhancing the delivery and potential of which contribute to enhancing the delivery biodiversity benefits in line with the and potential of biodiversity benefits in required level of ambition; line with the required level of ambition;

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Amendment 143 Benoît Lutgen

Draft opinion Paragraph 5

Draft opinion Amendment

5. Stresses the key role of the 5. Stresses the key role of the common agricultural policy (CAP) in common agricultural policy (CAP) in protecting and promoting farmland protecting and promoting farmland biodiversity; underlines the potential of the biodiversity; underlines the potential of the green architecture components of the CAP green architecture components of the CAP in promoting and providing incentives for in promoting and providing incentives for the transition to more sustainable active farmers for the transition to more agricultural systems for producing food sustainable agricultural systems for and maintaining high nature value producing food and maintaining high farmland; considers that Member States nature value farmland; considers that must ensure the timely development and Member States must ensure the timely uptake of actions which contribute to development and uptake of actions which enhancing the delivery and potential of contribute to enhancing the delivery and biodiversity benefits in line with the potential of biodiversity benefits in line required level of ambition; with the required level of ambition;

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PE663.370v01-00 84/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN Amendment 144 Mara Bizzotto, Angelo Ciocca, Elena Lizzi, Gilles Lebreton, Maxette Pirbakas

Draft opinion Paragraph 5

Draft opinion Amendment

5. Stresses the key role of the 5. Recalls that the common common agricultural policy (CAP) in agricultural policy (CAP) can be one way protecting and promoting farmland of protecting and promoting farmland biodiversity; underlines the potential of the biodiversity, but is not the only way; green architecture components of the CAP underlines the potential of the green in promoting and providing incentives for architecture components of the CAP in the transition to more sustainable promoting and providing incentives for the agricultural systems for producing food transition to more sustainable agricultural and maintaining high nature value systems for producing food and farmland; considers that Member States maintaining high nature value farmland; must ensure the timely development and considers that Member States must ensure uptake of actions which contribute to the timely development and uptake of enhancing the delivery and potential of actions which contribute to enhancing the biodiversity benefits in line with the delivery and potential of biodiversity required level of ambition; benefits in line with the required level of ambition;

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Amendment 145 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new)

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5 a. Relies on the CAP reform to incorporate Green Deal strategy targets, and for CAP funds to be used wisely to actually benefit biodiversity and climate, by investing public funds into interventions proven to be effective for the transition to environmental sustainability; notes with urgency that this is the last chance mandate for turning around the

AM\1222864EN.docx 85/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN biodiversity crash and the chaos of runaway climate change; recalls that greening efforts failed due to retrofitting during CAP reform negotiations of those greening requirement to actions already being done, resulting in no net positive change in an entire programming period. Is concerned that if citizens' decades-long demands for effective change towards sustainability are yet again ignored, and another programming period of massive expenditure again yields no results in starting to positively impact biodiversity and climate, then the calls for cutting the CAP expenditure may escalate; recalls the concerns of the Court of Auditors for the new delivery model and of the risk of no effective change for biodiversity and climate and also for tracking that expenditure in the CAP, without dilution by e.g. irrelevant animal welfare interventions with no link to biodiversity or climate; reminds the Commission of its responsibility to check the likely effectiveness of new and adapted interventions originally intended for this purpose, notably eco-schemes in the new delivery model;

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Amendment 146 Michal Wiezik, Maria Noichl

Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new)

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5a. Recalls that the potential of greening has not been effectively used and choices applied did not address the weaknesses and did not grasp the opportunities; notes that for example countries and regions with virtually zero landscape features' cover remained such

PE663.370v01-00 86/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN until the end of the programming period1a; calls for implementation of green architecture in line with an evidence-based SWOT and needs analysis; ______1a from the SWD -Commission recommendations for Slovakia’s CAP strategic plan -SK remains with close to 0% linear landscape elements in agricultural land

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Amendment 147 Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Martin Hlaváček, Ulrike Müller, Irène Tolleret, Jérémy Decerle

Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

5a. Reiterates the importance of sustainable utilization and management of water resources for the protection and the restauration of the biodiversity; encourages the Commission and the Member States to strengthen their support for effective and efficient irrigation systems and sustainable water management;

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Amendment 148 Petros Kokkalis

Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

5a. Calls on the Commission to make immediate use of the possibilities for

AM\1222864EN.docx 87/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN 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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Amendment 149 Mara Bizzotto, Angelo Ciocca, Elena Lizzi, Gilles Lebreton, Maxette Pirbakas

Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

5a. Stresses that it is important to protect the EU agricultural sector from unfair international competition; recalls that the admirable objectives of promoting biodiversity should not overlook the goal of sustainable production;

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Amendment 150 Michal Wiezik, Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg

Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new)

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5b. Notes that the CAP has been failing to promote the positive correlation between the production and selective enhancement of functional biodiversity; highlights that provision of ecosystem services by fauna requires an agricultural plot to offer a non-toxic environment and suitable habitat for all the life stages of target organisms, for nesting, breeding and foraging;

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Amendment 151 Michal Wiezik, Maria Noichl

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Draft opinion Amendment

5c. Considers that small changes introduced by the Common Agricultural Policy in its various reforms have not represented a strong signal for famers to change their practice and is of the opinion that a significant change basing itself on climate and biodiversity crises is necessary to assure farmers of its relevance also for their business and livelihood;

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Amendment 152 Michal Wiezik, Maria Noichl, Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg

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5 d. Regrets the fact that the CAP was not effective in reversing the decades-long decline in biodiversity and intensive farming remains a main cause of biodiversity loss. Furthermore, stresses that according to the ECA special report no 13/2020 1a, the agriculture target and actions in the EU biodiversity strategy are not measurable, making it difficult to assess performance; stresses therefore the importance of following ECA's recommends for the Commission to better coordinate the 2030 biodiversity strategy, enhance the contribution of direct

AM\1222864EN.docx 89/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN payments and rural development to farmland biodiversity, track budget spending more accurately and develop reliable indicators to assess CAP impact; ______1a https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocI tem.aspx?did=%7bB5A7E9DE-C42E- 4C1D-A5D2-03CA1FADE6F8%7d

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Amendment 153 Michal Wiezik, Maria Noichl, Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg

Draft opinion Paragraph 5 e (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

5e. Reiterates that CAP direct farm payments account for around 70% of all EU agricultural spending, regrets that the way the Commission tracks CAP spending benefiting biodiversity is unreliable, as it overstates the contribution of some measures to biodiversity, making their effect on farmland biodiversity limited, or unknown; stresses, furthermore that some direct payment requirements, notably “greening” and “cross-compliance”, have the potential to improve biodiversity; regrets, however, that the Commission and Member States favoured low-impact options such as catch or nitrogen-fixing crops. Expresses concern over ECA auditors' findings on the cross- compliance sanction scheme having no clear impact on farmland biodiversity and that the potential of greening was underdeveloped 1a; ______1a https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocI tem.aspx?did=%7bB5A7E9DE-C42E-

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Amendment 154 Michal Wiezik, Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg

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Draft opinion Amendment

5f. Underlines that the rural development programmes have greater biodiversity potential than direct payments; calls on the Member States to use high-impact measures such as result- based schemes, as opposed to the less demanding and less beneficial (“light green”) ones 1a. ______1a https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocI tem.aspx?did=%7bB5A7E9DE-C42E- 4C1D-A5D2-03CA1FADE6F8%7d

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Amendment 155 Petros Kokkalis

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6. Highlights the importance of 6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural landscape features in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of landscapes, focusing in sensitive rural biodiversity, pollinators and the natural areas(mountainous, disadvantageous, biological control of pests; calls on the islands, Natura areas), for their value in Member States to develop the necessary terms of biodiversity, pollinators and the measures under their CAP Strategic Plans natural biological control of pests; calls on

AM\1222864EN.docx 91/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN to promote non-productive areas and the Member States to develop the features with the aim of achieving an area necessary measures under their CAP of at least 10% of high diversity areas Strategic Plans to promote non-productive beneficial for biodiversity at national level, areas and features with the aim of promoting interconnectivity between achieving an area of at least 10% of high habitats and thereby maximising the diversity areas beneficial for biodiversity at potential for biodiversity; national level, promoting interconnectivity between habitats and thereby maximising the potential for biodiversity; reiterates that pollination is crucial for agricultural production and therefore that support under the first pillar of the CAP should not lead to weakened or lost pollination services; calls on the Commission to approve only strategic plans in which this factor is addressed properly by the relevant conditionality elements and eco- schemes under the first pillar;

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Amendment 156 Martin Häusling

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6. Highlights the importance of 6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural landscape features in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of landscapes, such as seagrass beds, biodiversity, pollinators and the natural wetlands and peatlands, marshes, biological control of pests; calls on the grassland, old-growth and primary Member States to develop the necessary forests, for their value in terms of measures under their CAP Strategic Plans biodiversity, pollinators and the natural to promote non-productive areas and biological control of pests; calls on the features with the aim of achieving an area Member States to give the highest priority of at least 10% of high diversity areas to the protection and restoration of beneficial for biodiversity at national biodiversity: points out that, according to level, promoting interconnectivity between the One Planet Summit for Biodiversity1a, habitats and thereby maximising the at least 30% of land and oceans must be potential for biodiversity; protected by 2030; stresses, too, that Member States must ensure that they develop the necessary measures under their CAP Strategic Plans with the aim of

PE663.370v01-00 92/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN withdrawing an area of at least 10% of farmland from intensive production and protecting and developing it into areas of high biodiversity; notes that this can be achieved, for example, through the non- use of chemicals, diversification of arable crops and temporary fallows; notes, too, that interconnectivity between habitats and the creation of green corridors should be promoted as far as possible in this context in order to maximise the potential for biodiversity; ______1a file:///C:/Users/LWietheger/Downloads/R elev%C3%A9%20des%20annonces%20O PS%20Biodiversit%C3%A9%20V5%20A NG.pdf.

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Amendment 157 Elsi Katainen, Ulrike Müller, Hilde Vautmans, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Jérémy Decerle, Adrián Vázquez Lázara

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6. Highlights the importance of 6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural landscape features in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of landscapes for their value in terms of biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biological control of pests; calls on the biological control of pests; calls on the Member States to develop the necessary Member States to develop the necessary measures under their CAP Strategic Plans measures under their CAP Strategic Plans to promote non-productive areas and to promote non-productive areas and features with the aim of achieving an area features as well as agricultural practices of at least 10% of high diversity areas which contribute to biodiversity promoting beneficial for biodiversity at national sustainably managed interconnections level, promoting interconnectivity between between habitats and thereby maximising habitats and thereby maximising the the potential for biodiversity where potential for biodiversity; voluntary measures needs to be taken into account; stresses that dedication to high

AM\1222864EN.docx 93/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN diversity should not result in the withdrawal of areas from food production, which would put additional pressure on agricultural land availability and prices; reminds that access to land is one of the primary factors limiting the settlement of young farmers and the renewal of generations in European farms, which is an important objective of the European agricultural policy;

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Amendment 158 Simone Schmiedtbauer, Petri Sarvamaa, Daniel Buda, Michaela Šojdrová, Marlene Mortler

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6. Highlights the importance of 6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural landscape features as well as extensive landscapes for their value in terms of farmland in agricultural landscapes for biodiversity, pollinators and the natural their value in terms of biodiversity, biological control of pests; calls on the pollinators and the natural biological Member States to develop the necessary control of pests; calls on the Member measures under their CAP Strategic Plans States to develop the necessary measures to promote non-productive areas and under their CAP Strategic Plans to promote features with the aim of achieving an area non-productive areas and features as well of at least 10% of high diversity areas as extensive farmland with the aim of beneficial for biodiversity at national level, achieving an area of at least 10% of high promoting interconnectivity between diversity areas beneficial for biodiversity at habitats and thereby maximising the national level, promoting interconnectivity potential for biodiversity; between habitats and thereby maximising the potential for biodiversity; points out that extensively managed farmland such as alpine meadows and pastures, extensive traditional pastures, litter meadows, meadow orchards, grassland with up to two cuts as well as catch crops need to be taken into account as high- diversity landscape as those unique habitats can only be preserved if they are

PE663.370v01-00 94/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN cultivated by farmers;

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Amendment 159 Balázs Hidvéghi

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6. Highlights the importance of 6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural landscape features in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of landscapes for their value in terms of biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biodiversity and pollinators; stresses the biological control of pests; calls on the role of beekeepers considering that the Member States to develop the necessary highest level of pollination is provided by measures under their CAP Strategic Plans honey bees therefore the importance of to promote non-productive areas and their financial support is vital; features with the aim of achieving an area encourages the Member States to develop of at least 10% of high diversity areas the necessary measures under their CAP beneficial for biodiversity at national level, Strategic Plans to promote measures of promoting interconnectivity between high diversity areas beneficial for habitats and thereby maximising the biodiversity at national level, promoting potential for biodiversity; interconnectivity between habitats and thereby maximising the potential for biodiversity; emphasises in this context that maintaining of financial support for these areas must be guaranteed;

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Amendment 160 Ulrike Müller, Martin Hlaváček, Hilde Vautmans, Irène Tolleret, Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen

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6. Highlights the importance of 6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity maintaining and restoring high-diversity

AM\1222864EN.docx 95/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN landscape features in agricultural landscape features in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of landscapes for their value in terms of biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biological control of pests; calls on the biological control of pests; calls on the Member States to develop the necessary Member States to develop the necessary measures under their CAP Strategic Plans measures under their CAP Strategic Plans to promote non-productive areas and to promote non-productive areas and features with the aim of achieving an area features with the aim of achieving an area of at least 10% of high diversity areas of at least 10% of high diversity areas beneficial for biodiversity at national level, beneficial for biodiversity at national level, promoting interconnectivity between promoting interconnectivity between habitats and thereby maximising the habitats and thereby maximising the potential for biodiversity; potential for biodiversity; recognises that agriculture and forestry practices do not contradict the conservation objectives of high diversity areas per se and hence productive use must remain an option; stresses that specific local conditions must be taken into account with regard to admissible forms of productive use;

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Amendment 161 Mazaly Aguilar

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6. Highlights the importance of 6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural landscape features in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of landscapes for their value in terms of biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biological control of pests; calls on the biological control of pests; calls on the Member States to develop the necessary Member States to develop the necessary measures under their CAP Strategic Plans measures under their CAP Strategic Plans to promote non-productive areas and to promote non-productive areas and features with the aim of achieving an area features with the aim of achieving an area of at least 10% of high diversity areas of at least 10% of high diversity areas beneficial for biodiversity at national level, beneficial for biodiversity at national level, promoting interconnectivity between promoting interconnectivity between habitats and thereby maximising the habitats and thereby maximising the potential for biodiversity; potential for biodiversity; points out that reducing pesticide use and increasing

PE663.370v01-00 96/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN landscape features must not come at the cost of lower productivity of European agriculture and increased imports from third countries;

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Amendment 162 Herbert Dorfmann

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6. Highlights the importance of 6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural landscape features in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of landscapes for their value in terms of biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biological control of pests; calls on the biological control of pests; calls on the Member States to develop the necessary Member States to develop the necessary measures under their CAP Strategic Plans measures under their CAP Strategic Plans to promote non-productive areas and to promote non-productive areas and features with the aim of achieving an area features with the aim of achieving a high of at least 10% of high diversity areas diversity areas beneficial for biodiversity at beneficial for biodiversity at national level, national level, promoting interconnectivity promoting interconnectivity between between habitats and thereby maximising habitats and thereby maximising the the potential for biodiversity; highlights potential for biodiversity; the need to assess the potential trade-offs and new risks of increasing non- productive areas, especially when combined with the reduction of chemical inputs and strengthening of protected areas;

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Amendment 163 Anne Sander

Draft opinion Paragraph 6

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6. Highlights the importance of 6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural landscape features in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of landscapes for their value in terms of biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biological control of pests; calls on the biological control of pests; calls on the Member States to develop the necessary Member States to develop the necessary measures under their CAP Strategic Plans measures under their CAP Strategic Plans to promote non-productive areas and to promote non-productive areas and features with the aim of achieving an area features with the aim of achieving an area of at least 10% of high diversity areas of at least 10% of high diversity areas beneficial for biodiversity at national level, beneficial for biodiversity at national level, promoting interconnectivity between promoting interconnectivity between habitats and thereby maximising the habitats and thereby maximising the potential for biodiversity; potential for biodiversity; highlights the need to assess the effects of increasing non-productive areas, particularly when combined with fewer chemical inputs and the strengthening of protected areas;

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Amendment 164 Lena Düpont, Norbert Lins, Christine Schneider, Peter Jahr, Herbert Dorfmann, Marlene Mortler

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6. Highlights the importance of 6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural landscape features in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of landscapes for their value in terms of biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biological control of pests; calls on the biological control of pests; highlights that Member States to develop the necessary agriculture and forestry do not contradict measures under their CAP Strategic Plans the conservation objectives of strict to promote non-productive areas and protection; calls on the Member States to features with the aim of achieving an area develop the necessary measures under their of at least 10% of high diversity areas CAP Strategic Plans to promote non- beneficial for biodiversity at national level, productive areas and features with the aim promoting interconnectivity between of achieving an area of at least 10% of high habitats and thereby maximising the diversity areas beneficial for biodiversity at

PE663.370v01-00 98/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN potential for biodiversity; national level, promoting interconnectivity between habitats and thereby maximising the potential for biodiversity; highlights the need to assess potential trade-offs of non-productive areas and features on food security, land availability and prices;

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Amendment 165 Annie Schreijer-Pierik

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6. Highlights the importance of 6. Highlights the importance of both maintaining and restoring high-diversity maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural landscape features in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of landscapes for their value in terms of biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biological control of pests; calls on the biological control of pests, as well as Member States to develop the necessary maintaining and supporting farming measures under their CAP Strategic Plans practices and/or productive characteristics to promote non-productive areas and beneficial to biodiversity, pollinators and features with the aim of achieving an area natural biological pest control; calls on of at least 10% of high diversity areas the Member States to develop the beneficial for biodiversity at national level, necessary measures under their CAP promoting interconnectivity between Strategic Plans to promote non-productive habitats and thereby maximising the areas and features with the aim of potential for biodiversity; voluntarily creating an appropriate area of high diversity that is beneficial for biodiversity at national level, promoting interconnectivity between habitats and thereby maximising the potential for biodiversity;

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Amendment 166 Krzysztof Jurgiel

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6. Highlights the importance of 6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural landscape features, maintaining and landscapes for their value in terms of supporting agricultural practices and/or biodiversity, pollinators and the natural productive features beneficial to biological control of pests; calls on the biodiversity, pollinators and the natural Member States to develop the necessary biological control of pests in agricultural measures under their CAP Strategic Plans landscapes for their value; calls on the to promote non-productive areas and Member States to develop the voluntary features with the aim of achieving an area measures under their CAP Strategic Plans of at least 10% of high diversity areas to promote non-productive areas and beneficial for biodiversity at national features, as well as agricultural practices level, promoting interconnectivity between and/or productive features which habitats and thereby maximising the contribute to biodiversity, with the aim of potential for biodiversity; achieving an area of at least 10% of high diversity areas beneficial for biodiversity at EU level, promoting interconnectivity between habitats and thereby maximising the potential for biodiversity;

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Amendment 167 Irène Tolleret, Martin Hlaváček, Ulrike Müller, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Hilde Vautmans

Draft opinion Paragraph 6

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6. Highlights the importance of 6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural landscape features in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of landscapes for their value in terms of biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biological control of pests; calls on the biological control of pests; calls on the Member States to develop the necessary Member States to develop the necessary measures under their CAP Strategic Plans measures under their CAP Strategic Plans to promote non-productive areas and to promote non-productive areas and features with the aim of achieving an area features with the aim of achieving high of at least 10% of high diversity areas diversity areas beneficial for biodiversity at beneficial for biodiversity at national level, national level, promoting interconnectivity promoting interconnectivity between between habitats and thereby maximising habitats and thereby maximising the the potential for biodiversity; considers

PE663.370v01-00 100/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN potential for biodiversity; that the setting up of non-productive areas should be assessed to avoid as much as possible a negative impact on the access of young farmers to land;

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Amendment 168 Álvaro Amaro

Draft opinion Paragraph 6

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6. Highlights the importance of 6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural landscape features in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of landscapes for their value in terms of biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biological control of pests; calls on the biological control of pests; calls on the Member States to develop the necessary Member States to develop the necessary measures under their CAP Strategic Plans measures under their CAP Strategic Plans to promote non-productive areas and to promote non-productive areas and features with the aim of achieving an area features, and agricultural practices and of at least 10% of high diversity areas productive features that contribute to beneficial for biodiversity at national biodiversity, with the aim of achieving an level, promoting interconnectivity between area of at least 10% of high diversity areas habitats and thereby maximising the beneficial for biodiversity at EU level, potential for biodiversity; promoting interconnectivity between habitats and thereby maximising the potential for biodiversity;

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Amendment 169 Benoît Lutgen

Draft opinion Paragraph 6

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6. Highlights the importance of 6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity maintaining and restoring high-diversity

AM\1222864EN.docx 101/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN landscape features in agricultural landscape features in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of landscapes for their value in terms of biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biological control of pests; calls on the biological control of pests; calls on the Member States to develop the necessary Member States to develop the necessary measures under their CAP Strategic Plans measures under their CAP Strategic Plans to promote non-productive areas and to promote non-productive areas and features with the aim of achieving an area features with the aim of achieving an area of at least 10% of high diversity areas of at least 10% of high diversity areas beneficial for biodiversity at national level, beneficial for biodiversity at national level, promoting interconnectivity between as well as agricultural practices and habitats and thereby maximising the productive features which contribute to potential for biodiversity; biodiversity promoting interconnectivity between habitats and thereby maximising the potential for biodiversity;

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Amendment 170 Hilde Vautmans, Irène Tolleret, Ulrike Müller, Martin Hlaváček

Draft opinion Paragraph 6

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6. Highlights the importance of 6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural landscape features in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of landscapes for their value in terms of biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biological control of pests; calls on the biological control of pests; calls on the Member States to develop the necessary Member States to develop the necessary measures under their CAP Strategic Plans measures under their CAP Strategic Plans to promote non-productive areas and to promote non-productive areas and features with the aim of achieving an area features, as well as agricultural practices of at least 10% of high diversity areas and/or productive features which beneficial for biodiversity at national contribute to biodiversity; level, promoting interconnectivity between habitats and thereby maximising the potential for biodiversity;

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Amendment 171

PE663.370v01-00 102/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN Veronika Vrecionová, Ruža Tomašić, Mazaly Aguilar, Bert-Jan Ruissen

Draft opinion Paragraph 6

Draft opinion Amendment

6. Highlights the importance of 6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural landscape features in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of landscapes for their value in terms of biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biological control of pests; calls on the biological control of pests; calls on the Member States to develop the necessary Member States to develop the necessary measures under their CAP Strategic Plans measures under their CAP Strategic Plans to promote non-productive areas and to promote non-productive areas and features with the aim of achieving an area features, promoting interconnectivity of at least 10% of high diversity areas between habitats and thereby maximising beneficial for biodiversity at national the potential for biodiversity; level, promoting interconnectivity between habitats and thereby maximising the potential for biodiversity;

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Amendment 172 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Draft opinion Paragraph 6

Draft opinion Amendment

6. Highlights the importance of 6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural landscape features in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of landscapes for their value in terms of biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biological control of pests; calls on the biological control of pests; calls on the Member States to develop the necessary Member States to develop the necessary measures under their CAP Strategic Plans measures under their CAP Strategic Plans to promote non-productive areas and to promote high biodiversity ecological features with the aim of achieving an area infrastructure and landscape features with of at least 10% of high diversity areas the aim of achieving an area of at least beneficial for biodiversity at national level, 25% of high diversity areas beneficial for promoting interconnectivity between biodiversity at farm level and at local,

AM\1222864EN.docx 103/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN habitats and thereby maximising the regional and national level, promoting potential for biodiversity; interconnectivity between habitats and thereby maximising the potential for biodiversity;

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Amendment 173 Daniel Buda

Draft opinion Paragraph 6

Draft opinion Amendment

6. Highlights the importance of 6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural landscape features in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of landscapes for their value in terms of biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biodiversity, pollinators, and the natural biological control of pests; calls on the biological control of melliferous plants Member States to develop the necessary and pests; calls on the Member States to measures under their CAP Strategic Plans develop the necessary measures under their to promote non-productive areas and CAP Strategic Plans to promote non- features with the aim of achieving an area productive areas and features with the aim of at least 10% of high diversity areas of achieving an area of at least 10% of high beneficial for biodiversity at national level, diversity areas beneficial for biodiversity at promoting interconnectivity between national level, promoting interconnectivity habitats and thereby maximising the between habitats and thereby maximising potential for biodiversity; the potential for biodiversity;

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Amendment 174 Mara Bizzotto, Angelo Ciocca, Elena Lizzi, Gilles Lebreton, Maxette Pirbakas

Draft opinion Paragraph 6

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6. Highlights the importance of 6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural landscape features in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of landscapes for their value in terms of

PE663.370v01-00 104/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biological control of pests; calls on the biological control of pests; calls on the Member States to develop the necessary Member States to develop the necessary measures under their CAP Strategic Plans measures under their CAP Strategic Plans to promote non-productive areas and to promote non-productive areas and features with the aim of achieving an area features with the aim of achieving an area of at least 10% of high diversity areas of at least 5% of high diversity areas beneficial for biodiversity at national level, beneficial for biodiversity at national level, promoting interconnectivity between promoting interconnectivity between habitats and thereby maximising the habitats and thereby maximising the potential for biodiversity; potential for biodiversity;

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Amendment 175 Carmen Avram

Draft opinion Paragraph 6

Draft opinion Amendment

6. Highlights the importance of 6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural landscape features in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of landscapes for their value in terms of biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biological control of pests; calls on the biological control of pests; calls on the Member States to develop the necessary Member States to develop the necessary measures under their CAP Strategic Plans measures under their CAP Strategic Plans to promote non-productive areas and to promote non-productive areas and features with the aim of achieving an area features with the aim of collectively of at least 10% of high diversity areas achieving an area of at least 10% of high beneficial for biodiversity at national diversity areas beneficial for biodiversity, level, promoting interconnectivity between promoting interconnectivity between habitats and thereby maximising the habitats and thereby maximising the potential for biodiversity; potential for biodiversity;

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Amendment 176 Colm Markey

Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – point a (new)

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(a) Stresses the importance of the need to support the development of (digital) tools that enable intelligent conservation and biodiversity planning at farm level and beyond;

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Amendment 177 Colm Markey

Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – point b (new)

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(b) Considers that brining innovation to the market requires an enabling regulatory environment and adoption of incentives; considers that the CAP could facilitate the uptake of digital farming technologies to support farmers in further optimising their decision-making;

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Amendment 178 Colm Markey

Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – point c (new)

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(c) Calls for the creation of, and support for, educational programmes which lead to a good understanding of both agronomic and nature conservation;

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PE663.370v01-00 106/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN Amendment 179 Ulrike Müller, Elsi Katainen, Martin Hlaváček, Hilde Vautmans, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Irène Tolleret, Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen

Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

6a. takes note of the Commission’s proposal to increase the area under protection and 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; 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; 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 180 Michal Wiezik, Maria Noichl

Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new)

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6a. Stresses that despite a belief that result-based schemes with embedded monitoring within bring bureaucracy and complexity, the experience from number of pilot projects on the matter shows rather a positive feedback from farmers,

AM\1222864EN.docx 107/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN feeling of ownership and pride over public goods and nature the land holds, being an important part of the citizens' science, encompassing also educational element for kids at family farms; underlines that these schemes needs to be promoted and used at much larger scale than currently; notes that they can be implemented under the Pillar I ecoschemes with a clear incentivising element remunerating the implementation beyond cost incurred and income foregone;

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Amendment 181 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

6a. Recalls the need for ecological infrastructure in agricultural landscapes, as refugia for biodiversity or "space for nature"; notes the multiple benefits of this approach and recalls it is not "taking out" land "set aside" for "non- productive" use, as it actually increases productivity of the whole system by boosting populations of beneficial species like natural predators of pests, pollinators, topsoil creating communities, etc.; notes that in order to achieve maximum agroecological efficiency, any such ecological focus areas should be established on the same area over the years in order to allow biodiversity to accumulate;

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Amendment 182

PE663.370v01-00 108/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN Ivo Hristov

Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new)

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6a. Notes the crucial role of pollinators for biodiversity, including for the yields of agricultural and wild crops; is extremely concerned about the high mortality trends among pollinators, including honey bees, as documented in a number of EU regions; calls on the responsible authorities of the Member States to ensure better control of the use of substances that are not permitted or are harmful to pollinators;

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Amendment 183 Mazaly Aguilar

Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

6a. 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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Amendment 184 Elsi Katainen, Ulrike Müller, Hilde Vautmans, Irène Tolleret, Asger Christensen, Jérémy Decerle, Adrián Vázquez Lázara

Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new)

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6a. Calls Commission to pay attention to the loss of biodiversity caused by the built environment and urbanization and to take effective measures to enhance biodiversity in urban areas, which should be seen in a holistic way with rural areas;

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Amendment 185 Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Martin Hlaváček, Elsi Katainen, Ulrike Müller, Irène Tolleret

Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

6a. Underlines the importance of stimulating and supporting the rearing and conservation of local autochthonous/indigenous livestock breeds and varieties of traditional seeds, along with the development of modern livestock breeds and seeds;

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Amendment 186 Daniel Buda

Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

6a. Stresses that the EU needs to step up its external policy efforts to conserve biodiversity and that all international agreements must respect the EU’s climate and environmental standards;

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PE663.370v01-00 110/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN Amendment 187 Michal Wiezik, Maria Noichl, Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg

Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

6b. Calls for holistic approach when adopting measures supporting pollinators; notes that support directed merely towards honeybees e.g. based on number of beehives, is alone absolutely insufficient in halting decline in pollinators, as well is ineffective to sustain pollination ecosystem service as honey bee only supplements, rather than substitutes for, pollination provided by different groups of insect species1a, including solitary bees, butterflies, hoverflies and beetles; Calls on Member States to include in their draft Strategic Plans a broad array of measures targeting various groups of pollinators; ______1a Lucas A. Garibaldi at al, 2013: Wild Pollinators Enhance Fruit Set of Crops Regardless of Honey Bee Abundance

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Amendment 188 Ulrike Müller, Elsi Katainen, Martin Hlaváček, Hilde Vautmans, Irène Tolleret, Asger Christensen

Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

6b. Stresses that where conservation measures restrict the use of privately owned land or negatively affect its value, adequate compensation must be granted to the owner;

AM\1222864EN.docx 111/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN Or. en

Amendment 189 Ulrike Müller, Elsi Katainen, Martin Hlaváček, Hilde Vautmans, Asger Christensen

Draft opinion Paragraph 7

Draft opinion Amendment

7. Welcomes the recognition of 7. Welcomes the recognition of organic farming as a strong component on organic farming as a strong component on the EU’s path towards more sustainable the EU’s path towards more sustainable food systems; underlines that the food systems, but stresses that besides its development of organic food production generally positive contribution to must be accompanied by research, biodiversity there are disadvantages with innovation and scientific transfer, market regard to efficiency and yields hindering and supply chain development, and the achievement of other Green Deal and measures stimulating demand for organic UN SDG targets and that therefore food, ensuring both the stability of the organic farming should be seen as part of organic products market and the fair the solution, but not as a silver bullet; remuneration of farmers; underlines that the development of organic food production must be based on a supply and demand based approach rather than an area target and must be accompanied by research, innovation and scientific transfer, market and supply chain development, and measures stimulating demand for organic food, aiming to support stability of the organic products market and the fair remuneration of farmers; 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;

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Amendment 190 Álvaro Amaro

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7. Welcomes the recognition of 7. Welcomes the recognition of organic farming as a strong component on organic farming as a strong component on the EU’s path towards more sustainable the EU’s path towards more sustainable food systems; underlines that the food systems; underlines that the development of organic food production development of organic food production must be accompanied by research, must be accompanied by research, innovation and scientific transfer, market innovation and scientific transfer, market and supply chain development, and and supply chain development, and measures stimulating demand for organic measures stimulating demand for organic food, ensuring both the stability of the food, ensuring both the stability of the organic products market and the fair organic products market and the fair remuneration of farmers; remuneration of farmers; points out, however, that food security in the EU is vital and that disproportionately increasing organic production will not only put pressure on arable land to the point of unbalancing the EU’s food system, but will also require local agricultural products to be replaced with imports that do not meet the same criteria for organic production or environmental sustainability as in the EU;

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Amendment 191 Mazaly Aguilar

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7. Welcomes the recognition of 7. Welcomes the recognition of organic farming as a strong component on organic farming as a strong component on the EU’s path towards more sustainable the EU’s path towards more sustainable food systems; underlines that the food systems, and calls on the development of organic food production Commission to also examine the potential must be accompanied by research, of other production models, such as innovation and scientific transfer, market integrated production or precision and supply chain development, and farming; underlines that the development measures stimulating demand for organic of sustainable food production must be

AM\1222864EN.docx 113/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN food, ensuring both the stability of the accompanied by research, innovation and organic products market and the fair scientific transfer, market and supply chain remuneration of farmers; development, and measures stimulating demand for organic food, ensuring both the stability of the organic products market and the fair remuneration of farmers; stresses that the target of achieving 25% organic production by 2030 is both laudable and ambitious, but rejects the idea of this being a legal requirement without taking account of developments in the market and demand;

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Amendment 192 Veronika Vrecionová, Ruža Tomašić

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7. Welcomes the recognition of 7. DELETION1a organic farming as a strong component on the EU’s path towards more sustainable food systems; underlines that the development of organic food production must be accompanied by research, innovation and scientific transfer, market and supply chain development, and measures stimulating demand for organic food, ensuring both the stability of the organic products market and the fair remuneration of farmers;

______1a There is no, per se, a correlation between the level of organic farming and the level of biodiversity.

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PE663.370v01-00 114/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN Amendment 193 Simone Schmiedtbauer, Petri Sarvamaa, Daniel Buda, Michaela Šojdrová, Marlene Mortler, Annie Schreijer-Pierik, Christine Schneider

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7. Welcomes the recognition of 7. Welcomes the recognition of organic farming as a strong component on organic farming as a strong component on the EU’s path towards more sustainable the EU’s path towards more sustainable food systems; underlines that the food systems; underlines that the development of organic food production development of organic food production must be accompanied by research, must be accompanied by research, innovation and scientific transfer, market innovation and scientific transfer, market and supply chain development, and and supply chain development, and measures stimulating demand for organic measures stimulating demand for organic food, ensuring both the stability of the food, ensuring both the stability of the organic products market and the fair organic products market and the fair remuneration of farmers; remuneration of farmers; points out that the EU goal on organic production needs to be accompanied by a broad variety of promotion measures, and therefore become a production as well as a consumption target, otherwise European organic farmers are expected to suffer from market pressure;

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Amendment 194 Bert-Jan Ruissen

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7. Welcomes the recognition of 7. Welcomes organic farming organic farming as a strong component on alongside conventional and other types of the EU’s path towards more sustainable farming together ensuring food security food systems; underlines that the as a strong component on the EU’s path development of organic food production towards more sustainable food systems; must be accompanied by research, stresses that each type of farming makes innovation and scientific transfer, market its contribution for sustainability and and supply chain development, and feeding the population with an efficient

AM\1222864EN.docx 115/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN measures stimulating demand for organic use of resources; underlines that the food, ensuring both the stability of the development of organic food production organic products market and the fair must be characterised by a bottom-up remuneration of farmers; rather than a top-down approach, accompanied by research, innovation and scientific transfer, market and supply chain development, following demand for organic food, ensuring both the stability of the organic products market and the fair remuneration of farmers;

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Amendment 195 Petros Kokkalis

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7. Welcomes the recognition of 7. Welcomes the recognition of organic farming as a strong component on organic farming as a strong component on the EU’s path towards more sustainable the EU’s path towards more sustainable food systems; underlines that the food systems; stresses the importance of development of organic food production the European Action Plan of organic must be accompanied by research, farming to reach 25% organic land and innovation and scientific transfer, market increase the uptake of agro-ecological and supply chain development, and practices in EU by 2030; underlines that measures stimulating demand for organic the development of organic food food, ensuring both the stability of the production must be accompanied by organic products market and the fair research, innovation, scientific knowledge remuneration of farmers; transfer and advisory services, market and supply chain development, measures stimulating demand for organic food, ensuring both the stability of the organic products market and the fair remuneration of farmers and measures supporting young organic farmers;

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Amendment 196 Balázs Hidvéghi

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7. Welcomes the recognition of 7. Welcomes the recognition of organic farming as a strong component on organic farming as a strong component on the EU’s path towards more sustainable the EU’s path towards more sustainable food systems; underlines that the food systems; underlines that the development of organic food production development of organic food production must be accompanied by research, must be accompanied by research, innovation and scientific transfer, market innovation and scientific transfer, market and supply chain development, and and supply chain development, and measures stimulating demand for organic measures stimulating demand for organic food, ensuring both the stability of the food, ensuring both the stability of the organic products market and the fair organic products market and the fair remuneration of farmers; remuneration of farmers; points out that the purchasing power within the European Union varies considerably, consequently the expected results on the demand side will vary in Member States;

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Amendment 197 Daniel Buda

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7. Welcomes the recognition of 7. Welcomes the recognition of organic farming as a strong component on organic farming as a strong component on the EU’s path towards more sustainable the EU’s path towards more sustainable food systems; underlines that the food systems with a view to achieving development of organic food production public policy objectives for economic must be accompanied by research, development, rural employment, innovation and scientific transfer, market environmental protection and climate and supply chain development, and action; underlines that the development of measures stimulating demand for organic organic food production must be food, ensuring both the stability of the accompanied by research, innovation and organic products market and the fair scientific transfer, market and supply chain remuneration of farmers; development, and measures stimulating demand for organic food, ensuring both the stability of the organic products market and the fair remuneration of farmers;

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Amendment 198 Teuvo Hakkarainen

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7. Welcomes the recognition of 7. Welcomes the recognition of organic farming as a strong component on organic farming as a strong component on the EU’s path towards more sustainable the EU’s path towards more sustainable food systems; underlines that the food systems; underlines that the development of organic food production development of organic food production must be accompanied by research, must be accompanied by research, innovation and scientific transfer, market innovation and scientific transfer, market and supply chain development, and and supply chain development, and measures stimulating demand for organic measures stimulating demand for organic food, ensuring both the stability of the food, ensuring both the stability of the organic products market and the fair organic products market and the fair remuneration of farmers; remuneration of farmers; notes, however, that organic farming has been found to be inefficient, and that its impact on waters and the climate in terms of every tonne of pollutant produced is greater than that of intensive farming;

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Amendment 199 Martin Häusling

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7. Welcomes the recognition of 7. Welcomes the recognition of organic farming as a strong component on organic farming as a strong component on the EU’s path towards more sustainable the EU’s path towards more sustainable food systems; underlines that the food systems, in accordance with development of organic food production Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and must be accompanied by research, Regulation (EU) 2018/848, and notes that innovation and scientific transfer, market the European Commission rightly aims to

PE663.370v01-00 118/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN and supply chain development, and achieve 25% use of agricultural land for measures stimulating demand for organic organic farming in Europe by 2030; food, ensuring both the stability of the underlines that the development of organic organic products market and the fair food production must be accompanied by remuneration of farmers; research, innovation, training and scientific transfer, market and supply chain development, and measures stimulating demand for organic food, ensuring both the stability of the organic products market and the fair remuneration of farmers;

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Amendment 200 Annie Schreijer-Pierik

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7. Welcomes the recognition of 7. Welcomes the recognition of organic farming as a strong component on organic farming as one of several building the EU’s path towards more sustainable blocks on the EU’s path towards more food systems; underlines that the sustainable food systems, especially with development of organic food production regard to biodiversity; underlines that the must be accompanied by research, development of organic food production innovation and scientific transfer, market must be market-driven, and accompanied and supply chain development, and by research, innovation and scientific measures stimulating demand for organic transfer, market and supply chain food, ensuring both the stability of the development, and measures stimulating organic products market and the fair demand for organic food, ensuring both the remuneration of farmers; stability of the organic products market and the fair remuneration of farmers;

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Amendment 201 Anne Sander

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AM\1222864EN.docx 119/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN 7. Welcomes the recognition of 7. Welcomes the recognition of organic farming as a strong component on organic farming, family livestock the EU’s path towards more sustainable production and pasturing as a strong food systems; underlines that the component on the EU’s path towards more development of organic food production sustainable food systems; underlines that must be accompanied by research, the development of organic food innovation and scientific transfer, market production must be accompanied by and supply chain development, and research, innovation and scientific transfer, measures stimulating demand for organic market and supply chain development, and food, ensuring both the stability of the measures stimulating demand for organic organic products market and the fair food, ensuring both the stability of the remuneration of farmers; organic products market and the fair remuneration of farmers;

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Amendment 202 Elsi Katainen, Ulrike Müller, Hilde Vautmans, Irène Tolleret, Asger Christensen, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Jérémy Decerle, Adrián Vázquez Lázara

Draft opinion Paragraph 7

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7. Welcomes the recognition of 7. Welcomes the recognition of organic farming as a strong component on organic farming as a strong component on the EU’s path towards more sustainable the EU’s path towards more sustainable food systems; underlines that the food systems; underlines that the development of organic food production development of organic food production must be accompanied by research, must be market driven and accompanied innovation and scientific transfer, market by research, innovation and scientific and supply chain development, and transfer, market and supply chain measures stimulating demand for organic development, and measures stimulating food, ensuring both the stability of the demand for organic food, ensuring both the organic products market and the fair stability of the organic products market and remuneration of farmers; the fair remuneration of farmers;

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Amendment 203 Lena Düpont, Norbert Lins, Christine Schneider, Peter Jahr, Herbert Dorfmann, Marlene Mortler

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PE663.370v01-00 120/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN Paragraph 7

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7. Welcomes the recognition of 7. Welcomes the recognition of organic farming as a strong component on organic farming as a strong component on the EU’s path towards more sustainable the EU’s path towards more sustainable food systems; underlines that the food systems; underlines that the development of organic food production development of organic food production must be accompanied by research, must be market-driven and accompanied innovation and scientific transfer, market by research, innovation and scientific and supply chain development, and transfer, market and supply chain measures stimulating demand for organic development, and measures stimulating food, ensuring both the stability of the demand for organic food, ensuring both the organic products market and the fair stability of the organic products market and remuneration of farmers; the fair remuneration of farmers;

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Amendment 204 Krzysztof Jurgiel

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7. Welcomes the recognition of 7. Welcomes the recognition of organic farming as a strong component on organic farming as a strong component on the EU’s path towards more sustainable the EU’s path towards more sustainable food systems; underlines that the food systems; underlines that the development of organic food production development of organic food production must be accompanied by research, must be market driven and accompanied innovation and scientific transfer, market by research, innovation and scientific and supply chain development, and transfer, market and supply chain measures stimulating demand for organic development, and measures stimulating food, ensuring both the stability of the demand for organic food, ensuring both the organic products market and the fair stability of the organic products market and remuneration of farmers; the fair remuneration of farmers;

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Amendment 205 Mara Bizzotto, Angelo Ciocca, Elena Lizzi, Gilles Lebreton, Maxette Pirbakas

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7. Welcomes the recognition of 7. Welcomes the recognition of organic farming as a strong component on organic farming as one of the components the EU’s path towards more sustainable on the EU’s path towards more sustainable food systems; underlines that the food systems; underlines that the development of organic food production development of organic food production must be accompanied by research, must be accompanied by research, innovation and scientific transfer, market innovation and scientific transfer, market and supply chain development, and and supply chain development, and measures stimulating demand for organic measures stimulating demand for organic food, ensuring both the stability of the food, ensuring both the stability of the organic products market and the fair organic products market and the fair remuneration of farmers; remuneration of farmers in the EU;

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Amendment 206 Gilles Lebreton, Francesca Donato, Mara Bizzotto

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7. Welcomes the recognition of 7. Welcomes the recognition of organic farming as a strong component on organic farming, family livestock the EU’s path towards more sustainable production and pasturing as strong food systems; underlines that the components on the EU’s path towards development of organic food production more sustainable food systems; underlines must be accompanied by research, that the development of such systems must innovation and scientific transfer, market be accompanied by research, innovation and supply chain development, and and scientific transfer, market and supply measures stimulating demand for organic chain development, and measures food, ensuring both the stability of the stimulating demand for sustainable food, organic products market and the fair ensuring both the stability of the remuneration of farmers; agricultural products market and the fair remuneration of farmers;

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Amendment 207

PE663.370v01-00 122/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN Veronika Vrecionová, Ruža Tomašić, Mazaly Aguilar

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7a. Stresses that the European model of a multifunctional agricultural sector, driven by family farms, continues to ensure quality food production, local supply chain, good agriculture practices, high environmental standards and vibrant rural areas throughout the EU. Each level of biodiversity must lead to overarching sustainability of agricultural production, at least at the current levels of production. Biodiversity as such cannot be a goal in itself. This is because an increased biodiversity may, inter alia, imply an increase of: invasive alien species(IAS), weeds, zoonotic diseases transferred to domestic animals and/or humans and other factors harmful to sustainability;

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Amendment 208 Elsi Katainen, Ulrike Müller, Hilde Vautmans, Irène Tolleret, Asger Christensen, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Jérémy Decerle, Adrián Vázquez Lázara

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new)

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7a. Notes that soil biodiversity covers different soil types (mineral and organic) which provide ecosystem services and public goods including food production, where organic soils rich in nitrogen supply and water retention capacity provide good conditions for biomass growth under non-rainy periods; therefore underlines that the role of climate change and biodiversity

AM\1222864EN.docx 123/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN adaptation of drought-resistant organic soils needs to be seen broadly, and their essential importance on food and biomass security and resilience must be recognized;

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Amendment 209 Clara Aguilera, Paolo De Castro, Pina Picierno, Carmen Avram, Isabel Carvalhais

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7a. Considers that organic farming is not the only environmentally sustainable production method and calls on the Commission also to promote other environmentally friendly production methods, such as integrated production, a method which is widely established in many Member States and which optimises the use of natural resources, protects soil, water and air and promotes biodiversity;

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Amendment 210 Mazaly Aguilar

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new)

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7a. Calls on the Commission to carry out an environmental impact study on the use of natural pesticides in organic farming, bearing in mind the potential increase in organic farming in Europe and its role as a sustainable production system guaranteeing biodiversity;

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Amendment 211 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

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7a. Welcomes the Commission setting a target for the development of land under certified organic farming by 2030, but calls for this target to be set at 30%, notably in order to match the Commission’s ambitions for a global reduction in pesticide use and risk;

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Amendment 212 Lena Düpont, Norbert Lins, Christine Schneider, Peter Jahr, Herbert Dorfmann, Marlene Mortler

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7a. Proposes to introduce a market- driven organic target corridor rather than a fix target after thorough and comprehensive impact assessment;

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Amendment 213 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

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7b. Highlights the need for a parallel development of the entire organic food chain in order to allow for local processing and distribution of the Union organic production; calls for a revision of public procurement legislation, including a mandatory inclusion of a minimum of 30% organic ingredients in meals served in schools and other public institutions, in order to encourage organic and local food production and to promote more healthy diets by creating a food environment that enables consumers to make the healthy choice;

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Amendment 214 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new)

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7c. Notes that Member states will contribute differently to these Union-wide targets depending on the level of development of their organic sector and therefore calls for the definition 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 the Commission to make sure these strategic plans are up to the task;

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Amendment 215

PE663.370v01-00 126/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

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7d. Notes that organic farming is an entire production system, made up of individual techniques. While adapting these to the CAP's eco-schemes and subsequent adoption by farmers of the individual agroecological techniques is extremely positive and represents stepping stones to more sustainable and, where applied appropriately and in the right combination, more profitable production, calls on the Commission to monitor appropriately the success in achieving the organic farming target;

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Amendment 216 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

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7e. Notes the enormous contribution of living soils to global biodiversity, given the range and enormous numbers of species resident in them; notes the strong link between a living, healthy, biodiverse soil and the productivity and profitability of farms and their resilience to climate change. For example, droughts do not effect so strongly crops with long tap roots embedded in deep topsoils built by soil communities, with fungal mycorrhizal associations sourcing water and nutrients for the crop plants; flooding impacts living and biodiverse soil much less due to

AM\1222864EN.docx 127/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN better aeration and drainage provided by soil macro-biota; living, biodiverse soils are less susceptible to leaching and erosion as fungi and bacteria glue the soil particles together; notes that a constant vegetation cover is therefore essential to keep soil biota alive, in addition to the protection offered against physical erosion of soil by wind, rain, sun; notes the important by-product of living soils is in particular the carbon sinking function of humification, the creation of humus and therefore topsoil - inputs are plant organic matter and surface vegetation: plants exude sugars and proteins from their roots to feed the entire soil community, among which topsoil building microorganisms build long-chain hydrocarbons, coating the mineral soil particles, so creating the biggest, albeit temporary, carbon store after oceans;

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Amendment 217 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

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7f. Notes the alarmingly degraded state of Europe's and the world's soils; notes the negative impacts on soil communities and biodiversity and their functions building soil and protecting plants (via mycorrhiza), including firstly their sterilisation due to collateral damage by regular field and landscape level application of pesticides intended to kill pests on crop plants; notes secondly the negative impact of synthetic fertilisers as salts on soil communities, in addition to oversupply of nutrients impoverishing plant community composition via out-

PE663.370v01-00 128/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN competition, the eutrophication of surface waters, and fish kills via toxic algal blooms; notes further that synthetic fertilisers only elicit a growth response in plant communities when the soil is sterile or severely impoverished of soil life; notes thirdly impacts due to management such as leaving soil bare of vegetation cover; in addition notes the impact of microplastics on soil biodiversity and accumulation in food chain; notes the urgent need to correct these factors leading to death and erosion of soils. Therefore considers it is essential that any policy measure, for example in the CAP, should seek to resolve those concerns and rather promote conditions for life in the soil. These concerns should also be satisfied in the taxonomy regulation;

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Amendment 218 Simone Schmiedtbauer, Norbert Lins, Daniel Buda, Marlene Mortler

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8. Underlines the importance of 8. Stresses, that the change of sustainable forest management for the biodiversity in European forests primary health and longevity of forest ecosystems is caused by climate change and therefore and the preservation of the multifunctional the rapid phasing out of fossil resources is role of forests; highlights the potential of essential. Underlines the importance active agroforestry to improve and boost and of sustainably managed forests for the ecosystem services and farmland health and longevity of forest ecosystems biodiversity, while enhancing farm and the preservation of the multifunctional productivity; role of forests; highlights the importance to use wood from sustainably managed forests and wooden products to develop into a CO2-neutral economy; indicates that it is necessary to adapt forests to climate change and that it is therefore indispensable to also cut whole healthy trees for thinning and to use them for bioenergy; advises against the excessive

AM\1222864EN.docx 129/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN “strict protection” of forests to avoid forest ecosystems as a time dependent CO2-source; highlights the potential of agroforestry to improve and boost ecosystem services and farmland biodiversity, while enhancing farm productivity;

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Amendment 219 Michal Wiezik, Maria Noichl

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8. Underlines the importance of 8. Underlines the importance of sustainable forest management for the demonstrating sustainable forest health and longevity of forest ecosystems management and of proper adaptation and the preservation of the strategy for the health of forest ecosystems multifunctional role of forests; highlights managed for wood production, reiterates the potential of agroforestry to improve that such management shall be based on and boost ecosystem services and farmland concrete benchmarks and indicators biodiversity, while enhancing farm feeding into a monitoring system productivity; connecting local forest information to a harmonised European network information system; further underlines the importance of the concept of proforestation for longevity of forests ecosystems; highlights the potential of agroforestry to contribute to the 3 billion trees target, to improve and boost ecosystem services and farmland biodiversity, while enhancing farm productivity;

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Amendment 220 Petros Kokkalis

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8. Underlines the importance of 8. Emphasises the strong links sustainable forest management for the between the Forestry and Biodiversity health and longevity of forest ecosystems Strategy; underlines the importance of and the preservation of the multifunctional sustainable forest management for the role of forests; highlights the potential of health and longevity of forest ecosystems agroforestry to improve and boost and the preservation of the multifunctional ecosystem services and farmland role of forests, forest are indispensable for biodiversity, while enhancing farm our Planet's life-support systems, covering productivity; 30% of the Earth's land area and hosting 80% of its biodiversity; highlights the potential of sustainable agroforestry to improve and boost ecosystem services and farmland biodiversity, while enhancing farm productivity and sustainability; calls on the Commission to propose a package of measures to ensure sustainable agricultural zero deforestation supply chains for products placed on the EU market; calls on the Commission to propose a package of measures to ensure sustainable agricultural zero deforestation supply chains for products placed on the EU market;

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Amendment 221 Gilles Lebreton, Francesca Donato, Mara Bizzotto

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8. Underlines the importance of 8. Underlines the importance of sustainable forest management for the sustainable forest management for the health and longevity of forest ecosystems health and longevity of forest ecosystems and the preservation of the multifunctional and the preservation of the multifunctional role of forests; highlights the potential of role of forests; highlights the potential of agroforestry to improve and boost agroforestry to improve and boost ecosystem services and farmland ecosystem services and farmland biodiversity, while enhancing farm biodiversity, while enhancing farm productivity; productivity; draws the attention of the Commission and the Member States to the

AM\1222864EN.docx 131/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN obvious fact that the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement, like many other trade agreements aimed at making it easier to import into the EU food produced under conditions resulting in major deforestation, will have the effect of automatically increasing the EU’s ‘imported deforestation’, in clear contradiction with the Biodiversity Strategy and the Green Deal ambitions;

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Amendment 222 Balázs Hidvéghi

Draft opinion Paragraph 8

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8. Underlines the importance of 8. Underlines the importance of sustainable forest management for the sustainable forest management for the health and longevity of forest ecosystems health, climate resilience and longevity of and the preservation of the multifunctional forest ecosystems and as the most effective role of forests; highlights the potential of framework tool for the preservation of the agroforestry to improve and boost multifunctional role of forests including ecosystem services and farmland maintaining and improving forest biodiversity, while enhancing farm biodiversity; therefore calls on the productivity; Commission to properly consider and reflect this concept in the foreseen EU Forest Strategy and especially through the implementation of the relevant strategies; emphasises that sustainable management practices applied in the EU have shown their contribution to the protection of biodiversity; highlights the potential of agroforestry to improve and boost ecosystem services and farmland biodiversity, while enhancing farm productivity;

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Amendment 223

PE663.370v01-00 132/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Draft opinion Paragraph 8

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8. Underlines the importance of 8. Underlines the importance of sustainable forest management for the demonstrating nature based forest health and longevity of forest ecosystems management for the health and longevity and the preservation of the multifunctional of forest ecosystems and the preservation role of forests; highlights the potential of of the multifunctional role of forests, agroforestry to improve and boost including training of forest owners, ecosystem services and farmland maintenance of existing forest habitats, biodiversity, while enhancing farm local awareness-raising projects and productivity; public participation processes, with continuous afforestation and reforestation programmes; highlights the potential of agroforestry to improve and boost ecosystem services and farmland biodiversity, while enhancing farm productivity and farmer profits, and in longer cycles of up to 30 years or more;

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Amendment 224 Krzysztof Jurgiel

Draft opinion Paragraph 8

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8. Underlines the importance of 8. Underlines the importance of sustainable forest management for the sustainable forest management for the health and longevity of forest ecosystems health and longevity of forest ecosystems and the preservation of the multifunctional and the preservation of the multifunctional role of forests; highlights the potential of role of forests as well as for the agroforestry to improve and boost achievement of the SDGs and for the ecosystem services and farmland implementation of the European Green biodiversity, while enhancing farm Deal; highlights the potential of productivity; agroforestry to improve and boost ecosystem services and farmland biodiversity, while enhancing farm productivity; highlights the importance of

AM\1222864EN.docx 133/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN using the wood from sustainably managed forests and wooden products to achieve a CO2-neutral economy; indicates that it is necessary to adapt forests to climate change through active management;

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Amendment 225 Elsi Katainen, Ulrike Müller, Hilde Vautmans, Asger Christensen, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Jérémy Decerle, Adrián Vázquez Lázara

Draft opinion Paragraph 8

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8. Underlines the importance of 8. Underlines the importance of sustainable forest management for the sustainable forest management for the health and longevity of forest ecosystems health and longevity of forest ecosystems and the preservation of the multifunctional including fauna and flora and the role of forests; highlights the potential of preservation of the multifunctional role of agroforestry to improve and boost forests as well as for the achievement of ecosystem services and farmland the SDGs and for the implementation of biodiversity, while enhancing farm the European Green Deal and combating productivity; climate change; reminds that the Member States have the responsibility for the implementation of forestry and selection of forestry measures; highlights the potential of agroforestry to improve and boost ecosystem services and farmland biodiversity, while enhancing farm productivity;

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Amendment 226 Daniel Buda

Draft opinion Paragraph 8

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8. Underlines the importance of 8. Underlines the importance of

PE663.370v01-00 134/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN sustainable forest management for the sustainable forest management for the health and longevity of forest ecosystems health and longevity of forest ecosystems and the preservation of the multifunctional and the preservation of the multifunctional role of forests; highlights the potential of role of forests; highlights the potential of agroforestry to improve and boost agroforestry to improve and boost ecosystem services and farmland ecosystem services and farmland biodiversity, while enhancing farm biodiversity, while enhancing farm productivity; productivity; stresses that the EU Forest Strategy aims to ensure that forests continue to play a key role in economic, environmental and social sustainability, and contribute to the growth of the circular economy;

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Amendment 227 Lena Düpont, Norbert Lins, Christine Schneider, Peter Jahr, Herbert Dorfmann, Marlene Mortler

Draft opinion Paragraph 8

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8. Underlines the importance of 8. Underlines the importance of sustainable forest management for the sustainable forest management for the health and longevity of forest ecosystems health and longevity of forest ecosystems and the preservation of the multifunctional and the preservation of the multifunctional role of forests; highlights the potential of role of forests; highlights the potential of agroforestry to improve and boost agroforestry to improve and boost ecosystem services and farmland ecosystem services and farmland biodiversity, while enhancing farm biodiversity and for carbon sequestration, productivity; while enhancing farm productivity; notes that forest 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 228 Jérémy Decerle, Ulrike Müller, Irène Tolleret

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8. Underlines the importance of 8. Underlines the importance of sustainable forest management for the sustainable forest management for the health and longevity of forest ecosystems health and longevity of forest ecosystems and the preservation of the multifunctional and the preservation of the multifunctional role of forests; highlights the potential of role of forests; highlights the potential of agroforestry to improve and boost agroforestry to improve and boost ecosystem services and farmland ecosystem services and farmland biodiversity, while enhancing farm biodiversity, while enhancing farm productivity; productivity; specifically warns that the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement may have the mechanical effect of increasing imported deforestation in contradiction with the Biodiversity Strategy and the ambitions of the Green Deal;

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Amendment 229 Álvaro Amaro

Draft opinion Paragraph 8

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8. Underlines the importance of 8. Underlines the importance of sustainable forest management for the sustainable forest management for the health and longevity of forest ecosystems health and longevity of forest ecosystems and the preservation of the multifunctional and the preservation of the multifunctional role of forests; highlights the potential of role of forests; highlights the potential of agroforestry to improve and boost agroforestry to improve and boost ecosystem services and farmland ecosystem services and farmland biodiversity, while enhancing farm biodiversity, while enhancing farm productivity; productivity; stresses, further, the importance of developing the production of renewable energy from biomass, using both bio-waste and bio-based products;

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PE663.370v01-00 136/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN Amendment 230 Emmanouil Fragkos

Draft opinion Paragraph 8

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8. Underlines the importance of 8. Underlines the importance of sustainable forest management for the sustainable forest management for the health and longevity of forest ecosystems health and longevity of forest ecosystems and the preservation of the multifunctional and the preservation of the multifunctional role of forests; highlights the potential of role of forests; highlights the potential of agroforestry to improve and boost agroforestry to improve and boost ecosystem services and farmland ecosystem services and farmland biodiversity, while enhancing farm biodiversity, while enhancing farm productivity; productivity; considers that the possibility of protecting private woodland through sustainable use, supported by eco- schemes, should be investigated;

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Amendment 231 Carmen Avram

Draft opinion Paragraph 8

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8. Underlines the importance of 8. Underlines the importance of sustainable forest management for the sustainable forest management for the health and longevity of forest ecosystems health and longevity of forest ecosystems and the preservation of the multifunctional and the preservation of the multifunctional role of forests; highlights the potential of role of forests; highlights the potential of agroforestry to improve and boost agroforestry to improve and boost ecosystem services and farmland ecosystem services and farmland biodiversity, while enhancing farm biodiversity, to produce more biomass and productivity; to absorb more atmospheric carbon, while enhancing farm productivity;

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Amendment 232

AM\1222864EN.docx 137/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN Emmanouil Fragkos

Draft opinion Paragraph 8

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8. Underlines the importance of 8. Underlines the importance of sustainable forest management for the sustainable forest management for the health and longevity of forest ecosystems health and longevity of forest ecosystems and the preservation of the multifunctional and the preservation of the multifunctional role of forests; highlights the potential of role of forests; highlights the potential of agroforestry to improve and boost agroforestry, including food forests, to ecosystem services and farmland improve and boost ecosystem services and biodiversity, while enhancing farm farmland biodiversity, while enhancing productivity; farm productivity;

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Amendment 233 Mara Bizzotto, Angelo Ciocca, Elena Lizzi, Gilles Lebreton, Maxette Pirbakas

Draft opinion Paragraph 8

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8. Underlines the importance of 8. Underlines the importance of sustainable forest management for the sustainable forest management for the health and longevity of forest ecosystems health and longevity of forest ecosystems and the preservation of the multifunctional and the preservation of the multifunctional role of forests; highlights the potential of role of forests; highlights the potential of agroforestry to improve and boost agroforestry and tree cultivation to ecosystem services and farmland improve and boost the ecosystem and biodiversity, while enhancing farm farmland biodiversity, not to mention farm productivity; productivity;

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Amendment 234 Martin Häusling

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8. Underlines the importance of 8. Underlines that forests, especially sustainable forest management for the old-growth and primary forests, are health and longevity of forest ecosystems highly relevant for biodiversity and must and the preservation of the be given special protection; highlights the multifunctional role of forests; highlights potential of agroforestry to improve and the potential of agroforestry to improve boost ecosystem services and farmland and boost ecosystem services and farmland biodiversity, while enhancing farm biodiversity, while enhancing farm productivity; productivity;

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Amendment 235 Balázs Hidvéghi

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 – point 1 (new)

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(1) Notes that administrative measures proposed in the strategy, especially the extension of protected and strictly protected forest areas, lack of clear definitions and detailed impact assessments; emphasizes the need that the full involvement of Member States and stakeholders is needed and 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 put on the implementation of the existing EU and national legislation;

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Amendment 236 Krzysztof Jurgiel

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new)

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8a. Stresses that the future EU Forest Strategy should be used as the main policy framework to coordinate all policies related to forests, forestry and forest- based sector, including the aspects related to biodiversity with Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) and multifunctionality at its core, while having due regard to the prevailing roles of Member States’ forest policies and laws and the subsidiarity principle; emphasises the important role of the Standing Forestry Committee as well as the Civil Dialogue Group on Forestry and Cork, as the main fora for exchange of information and providing opinions, advice and expertise to the Commission on the various policies and initiatives relevant to forests and the forest-based sector; stresses the need to take into account the diversity and different characteristics of European forests in their ecologic, economic and social dimensions;

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Amendment 237 Anne Sander

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new)

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8a. Stresses, further, that certain current and previous negotiations on trade agreements, such as the EU- Mercosur Trade Agreement, are contrary to the objectives of the Biodiversity Strategy; calls, therefore, for EU trade policy to fall into line by not facilitating the import of agricultural products that result in mass deforestation in certain regions of the world and that thus

PE663.370v01-00 140/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN seriously harm biodiversity; highlights the need, therefore, to ensure that trade agreements contain trade and sustainable development chapters that aim to promote biodiversity and alignment with European sustainability standards;

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Amendment 238 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group Martin Häusling

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new)

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8a. Emphasises that achieving the EU’s goals for environment, climate and biodiversity will never be possible without healthy forests; encourages therefore actions to increase forest cover with trees that are appropriate for local conditions and ecosystems, especially avoiding exotic species that sustain far less local biodiversity; stresses that subsequent new forest must not have negative impacts on existing biodiversity or on carbon sinks, especially avoiding planting on wetlands and peatlands and also high-biodiversity pasture and other high nature value land; stresses that protection, reforestation and afforestation, with location and environment appropriate tree species, should be the focus of any future EU Forest strategy;

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Amendment 239 Petros Kokkalis

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8 a. Emphasises the strong links between Soil Strategy and Biodiversity Strategy; underlines the importance of water and soil ecosystems for the sustainability of agricultural production and climate mitigation and adaptation and urges Member States to adopt sustainable water and soil management practices and investments as part of their national CAP Strategic plans; Deplores that over 60% of all European soils are in an unhealthy state; welcomes the launch of the EU soil observatory and the EU mission entitled “Caring for soil is caring for life” with the ambitious goal of ensuring that 75% of soils are healthy by2030 and are able to provide essential ecosystem services.

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Amendment 240 Isabel Carvalhais, Clara Aguilera, Paolo De Castro, Pina Picierno, Juozas Olekas, Ivo Hristov, Attila Ara-Kovács, Carmen Avram, Marc Tarabella, Eric Andrieu

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new)

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8a. Highlights the importance of enhancing biodiversity in agro-systems at all levels, from fields to landscapes; considers fundamental to reinforce scientific research on the relations between agriculture practices, ecological processes and ecosystems services, promoting the development of innovative practical solutions and the site-specific knowledge necessary to promote ecosystem services in a wide range of ecological contexts;

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Amendment 241 Ulrike Müller, Elsi Katainen, Martin Hlaváček, Hilde Vautmans, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Irène Tolleret, Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new)

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8a. Highlights the importance of healthy soil for biodiversity, forest conversion and agricultural ecosystem services and takes note of existing knowledge and data gaps in the area; calls on Commission and Member State 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 242 Carmen Avram

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new)

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8a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to incentivise farmers, forest owners, national and local authorities to increase the forest cover, especially in areas not suitable for food production and those in proximity to urban areas, in order to mitigate adverse heat effects and pollution, while curbing deforestation;

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AM\1222864EN.docx 143/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN Amendment 243 Hilde Vautmans, Irène Tolleret, Ulrike Müller, Jérémy Decerle, Elsi Katainen

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new)

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8a. 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, with strict protection being a voluntary option for land and forest owners;

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Amendment 244 Michal Wiezik, Maria Noichl

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new)

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8a. Agrees with the Forest Europe1a that the Pan-European indicators for sustainable forest management cannot evaluate quantified rate of forest biodiversity loss and proposed 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_Ev aluatG2020T_2015.pdf

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Amendment 245 Petri Sarvamaa, Herbert Dorfmann, Simone Schmiedtbauer, Elsi Katainen, Mazaly Aguilar, Christine Schneider, Ulrike Müller

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8a. 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 246 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group Martin Häusling

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new)

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8b. Highlights that EU targets are needed to achieve the restoration of degraded forests so as to recover their full ecological functionalities; notes that close-to-nature management practices are the most able to achieve these goals; recalls that different types of cutting have different impacts on forests’ soil quality and conservation status; considers that clear-cutting of large areas is by far the most damaging method, since it removes much of the organic matter and roots from the soil, causes the release of soil carbon and significantly damages the complex structure of the forest and its dependent ecosystems, as well as creating massive nutrient surges leading to fish kills due to intense soil erosion over large parcels and often steep gradients;

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AM\1222864EN.docx 145/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN Amendment 247 Petri Sarvamaa, Herbert Dorfmann, Simone Schmiedtbauer, Elsi Katainen, Mazaly Aguilar, Christine Schneider, Ulrike Müller

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new)

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8b. 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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Amendment 248 Michal Wiezik, Maria Noichl, Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new)

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8b. Recalls that European indigenous peoples consider that modern forestry operating in old-growth forests threaten their way of life1a; calls for this being given due consideration in the EU Forest Strategy building on the Biodiversity Strategy; ______1a Response of Sámi people to consultation on the Roadmap for EU Forest Strategy ‚‘Among the greatest challenges for Sámi culture is land grabbing by ie. renewable energy projects, modern forestry. Due to, among other

PE663.370v01-00 146/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN things, the modern forestry, food resources such as valuable lichen in the old-growth forest is a scares resource. As a result, the Sámi people forced to feed our animals with fodder, which is expensive and not economically viable in the long term.’’

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Amendment 249 Carmen Avram

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new)

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8b. Calls on the Member States to improve national legislation to put in place, or strengthen where necessary, protection against illegal logging and loss of biodiversity;

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Amendment 250 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group Martin Häusling

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 c (new)

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8c. Underlines that in 2017, only 26% of forest species and 15% of the forest habitats were found to be in favourable conservation status in the EU, without any trend towards improvement; calls on the Commission to propose an overarching legislation on the ecological status of the EU ecosystems, including all forests, and to set up a target of 30% of

AM\1222864EN.docx 147/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN EU protected forest with a favourable ecological status by 2030; recognises the role of biodiversity in ensuring that forest ecosystems remain healthy and resilient; highlights the importance of the Natura 2000 sites; notes, however, that sufficient financial resources are needed to manage such areas and to achieve enforcement; calls therefore for an appropriate increase in the LIFE budget;

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Amendment 251 Michal Wiezik, Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 c (new)

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8c. Stresses that utilisation of forest resources in number of areas reaches unsustainable levels and hampers both climate and biodiversity goals as well the provision services of forests managed for wood production; underlines that increased levels of harvest lead to increase in harvested area1a, threatening ecosystems which have had primarily other function, e.g. drinking water sources protection, flood or avalanche prevention, nature protection, research, reindeer-herding or recreation; ______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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Amendment 252

PE663.370v01-00 148/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN Carmen Avram

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 c (new)

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8c. Acknowledges the lack of knowledge about agroforestry among many farmers; calls, therefore, on the European Commission to promote EU- wide specialised training programmes, in order to make farmers aware of the benefits and the practice of integrating woody vegetation with agriculture at local, regional and global scales;

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Amendment 253 Petri Sarvamaa, Herbert Dorfmann, Simone Schmiedtbauer, Elsi Katainen, Mazaly Aguilar, Christine Schneider, Ulrike Müller

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 c (new)

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8c. 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, water, healthy soil and wood and non- wood raw materials;

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Amendment 254 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group Martin Häusling

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8d. Recalls the difference between natural, biodiverse, old-growth forest and uniform, species-impoverished forestry plantations, often monocultures of genetically similar and/or exotic species that support far less biodiversity than natives; notes further the need to incorporate high biodiversity, especially genetic diversity, in planting considerations, as this spreads risk of pest and disease attack; notes that large trees and intact, older forests provide essential habitat that is missing from younger, managed forests; stresses therefore the need to protect old growth forests in the EU; notes that there is no EU definition of old growth forests and calls on the Commission to introduce such a definition in the future EU Forest Strategy;

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Amendment 255 Michal Wiezik, Maria Noichl

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 d (new)

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8d. Highlights that in number of valuable agroforestry systems in the EU, also due to conditionality on number of trees or canopy cover, the regeneration has been hampered; proposes that 3 billion trees target comprise also a conscious choice of allowing self- rejuvenation and regeneration of agroforestry systems like dehesas, montados or Fennoscandian wooded pastures, adjusting the livestock density and creating dedicated regeneration plots

PE663.370v01-00 150/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN free of livestock which the CAP will not penalize and on the contrary will incentivize saving and regenerating these systems, and not only planting of trees in parcels with absence of trees;

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Amendment 256 Petri Sarvamaa, Herbert Dorfmann, Simone Schmiedtbauer, Elsi Katainen, Mazaly Aguilar, Christine Schneider, Ulrike Müller

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 d (new)

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8d. Points out that achieving the EU´s goals for environment, climate and biodiversity will never be possible without forests that are multifunctional, healthy and sustainably managed applying a long- term perspective, together with viable forest-based industries;

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Amendment 257 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 e (new)

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8e. Points out that the 3 billion trees target should 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

AM\1222864EN.docx 151/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN particularly be suited for this, as well as agricultural land especially under agro- forestry and mixed use that delivers environmental protection synergies, creating corridors using biodiverse field boundaries and connecting nature rich areas; similarly points out that afforestation of high nature value sites and carbon sinks should be avoided; recalls that the forestry strategy should fall under the Green Deal's biodiversity strategy and that these need to be fully aligned and coherent;

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Amendment 258 Michal Wiezik, Maria Noichl

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 e (new)

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8e. Stresses that choice of sustaining and further boosting the bioenergy industry could lead to a management choice of shortening of rotation period or choice of fast-growing species which will lower the quality of wood and value of products and threaten the wood-working industries; notes that win-win solution of limiting the use of whole trees for energy purposes proposed in the Biodiversity Strategy is important also for wood- working industries;

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Amendment 259 Petri Sarvamaa, Herbert Dorfmann, Simone Schmiedtbauer, Elsi Katainen, Mazaly Aguilar, Christine Schneider, Ulrike Müller

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 e (new)

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8e. 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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Amendment 260 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 f (new)

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8f. Notes that biodiversity is acquired over the years, therefore recalls the benefits to biodiversity in allowing trees to mature longer, also the importance of leaving older stands and especially allowing old native trees to survive in the forestry matrix; notes the importance of multi-species stands and promoting proforestation in managed forests; recalls that older trees and decomposition processes in older forests themselves support a whole range of species, therefore these should be included in the biodiversity strategy;

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Amendment 261 Michal Wiezik, Maria Noichl, Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 f (new)

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AM\1222864EN.docx 153/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN 8f. Considers that support to afforestation initiatives should be focusing on holistic approaches taking into account also local economic and social conditions and local communities and favouring resilient mixed and healthy forests;

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Amendment 262 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group Martin Häusling

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 g (new)

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8g. Notes the absence of any definition on sustainable management, and welcomes the Commission's efforts to define management criteria; notes that the FOREST EUROPE process has failed to deliver objective and demonstrable EU sustainable forest management criteria that would be implemented in managed forests in the EU and that current undefined SFM approaches have not been able to prevent problematic and intensive forest management in the EU; stresses that conservation status of forest habitats and species covered by EU nature legislation show no significant signs of improvement1a; ______1a https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/st ate-of-nature-in-the-eu-2020.

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Amendment 263

PE663.370v01-00 154/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group Martin Häusling

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 h (new)

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8h. Underlines that due to climate change, natural disturbances such as droughts, floods, storms, pest infestations, erosion and fires will occur more frequently, causing damage to forests in the EU; emphasises, in this context, the need to better prevent such events by making forests more resilient, for example through dynamic climate adaptation, a more nature-based management and by offering better support mechanisms for affected areas and properties so they can be restored; notes that monocultural single species plantations are far less resilient to pests and diseases as well as to drought and fires and should thus not be supported by EU funds; stresses the crucial importance of the CAP and forestry measures in implementing the EU Forest Strategy but regrets the low number of member states making use of these measures. Encourages the continuity of forestry measures under the 2021-2027 CAP, with a particular focus on supporting the transition to more sustainable practices fostering biodiversity like continuous cover and close-to-nature management practices; highlights the need for other easily accessible, well- coordinated and relevant EU funding mechanisms;

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Amendment 264 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

AM\1222864EN.docx 155/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN Draft opinion Paragraph 9

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9. Stresses the importance of plant 9. Stresses the importance of the protection products and tools for the impact of plant protection products and stability of agricultural production and the tools for the stability of agricultural sustainability of farmers’ incomes; production and the sustainability of considers that, although progress has been farmers’ incomes; considers that made, a substantial reduction in the use and shamefully little progress has been made, risks of chemical pesticides is needed; either on behalf of DGs AGRI, SANTE or stresses the key role of integrated pest the Sustainable Use of Pesticides management in reducing pesticide directive's MS National Action Plans, dependency, and urges the Member States which were already a decade late, to ensure it is applied and its constituting a shared policy fail by those implementation is assessed systematically; actors; notes that pesticide use has stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox actually increased in that wasted time; of crop protection solutions and methods, stresses with urgency that a substantial as well as bolstered training and advisory reduction in the use and risks of chemical systems; pesticides is both needed for biodiversity to survive, and also has been demanded for decades by EU citizens who consume the resulting food (Eurostat); stresses the key role of integrated pest management and other agroecological approaches and techniques in reducing pesticide use and dependency, and urges the Member States to ensure it is applied and its implementation is assessed systematically; stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox of crop protection solutions and methods, as well as bolstered training and advisory systems; cautions the Commission and MS that waiting another decade for affirmative action is not a viable policy option as this mandate is the last chance window for action to avert the most destructive climate change and most damaging biodiversity collapses;

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Amendment 265 Benoît Lutgen

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9. Stresses the importance of plant 9. Stresses the importance of plant protection products and tools for the protection products and tools for food stability of agricultural production and the security, for the stability of agricultural sustainability of farmers’ incomes; production and the sustainability of considers that, although progress has been farmers’ incomes; considers that, although made, a substantial reduction in the use and progress has been made, a substantial risks of chemical pesticides is needed; reduction in the use and risks of chemical stresses the key role of integrated pest pesticides is needed while developing safe, management in reducing pesticide effective and affordable alternatives ; dependency, and urges the Member States stresses the key role of integrated pest to ensure it is applied and its management in reducing pesticide implementation is assessed systematically; dependency, and urges the Member States stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox to ensure it is applied and its of crop protection solutions and methods, implementation is assessed systematically; as well as bolstered training and advisory stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox systems; of crop protection solutions and methods which allows pesticide resistance management, as well as bolstered training and advisory systems; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take into account the harmful consequences of the use pesticides on the health of farmers by developing, at European or national level, a compensation fund for farmers suffering from diseases linked to the use of these products, such a fund will be financed from contributions from producers of these products;

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Amendment 266 Mazaly Aguilar

Draft opinion Paragraph 9

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9. Stresses the importance of plant 9. Stresses the importance of plant protection products and tools for the protection products and tools for the stability of agricultural production and the stability of agricultural production, food

AM\1222864EN.docx 157/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN sustainability of farmers’ incomes; security and the sustainability of farmers’ considers that, although progress has been incomes; considers that, although progress made, a substantial reduction in the use and has been made, a substantial reduction in risks of chemical pesticides is needed; the use and risks of the most harmful stresses the key role of integrated pest chemical pesticides is needed; stresses the management in reducing pesticide key role of integrated pest management dependency, and urges the Member States and green biotechnology in reducing to ensure it is applied and its pesticide dependency, and urges the implementation is assessed systematically; Member States to ensure it is applied and stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox its implementation is assessed of crop protection solutions and methods, systematically; stresses that farmers need a as well as bolstered training and advisory bigger toolbox of effective crop protection systems; solutions and methods, as well as bolstered systems of training and advice in the use of chemical and natural pesticides; deplores the fact that the gradual reduction in plant protection products has not been accompanied by alternatives allowing farmers to effectively combat new pests and diseases;

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Amendment 267 Ulrike Müller, Elsi Katainen, Martin Hlaváček, Hilde Vautmans, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen

Draft opinion Paragraph 9

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9. Stresses the importance of plant 9. Stresses the importance of plant protection products and tools for the protection products and tools for the stability of agricultural production and the stability of agricultural production and the sustainability of farmers’ incomes; sustainability of farmers’ incomes; considers that, although progress has been considers that, although progress has been made, a substantial reduction in the use made, further efforts to reduce and and risks of chemical pesticides is needed; mitigate the environmental impacts of stresses the key role of integrated pest pesticide use is needed; stresses the key management in reducing pesticide role of integrated pest management in dependency, and urges the Member States reducing pesticide dependency, and urges to ensure it is applied and its the Member States to ensure it is applied implementation is assessed systematically; and its implementation is assessed stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox systematically; stresses that farmers need a of crop protection solutions and methods, bigger toolbox of crop protection solutions as well as bolstered training and advisory and methods, as well as bolstered training

PE663.370v01-00 158/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN systems; and advisory systems; 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 toolbox and more efficient use must be facilitated by tools such as digital and precision farming, but also there is a need for more resistant varieties that require less input to secure stable yields; stresses the importance of new breeding techniques for making such varieties available without undue delay;

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Amendment 268 Martin Häusling

Draft opinion Paragraph 9

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9. Stresses the importance of plant 9. Stresses that pesticides have protection products and tools for the significant impacts on biodiversity; stability of agricultural production and considers that a drastic reduction in the use the sustainability of farmers’ incomes; of synthetic fertilisers and plant protection considers that, although progress has been products is urgently needed; emphasises made, a substantial reduction in the use that it is essential to withdraw and risks of chemical pesticides is needed; neonicotinoids from circulation, ensure stresses the key role of integrated pest that the authorisation for glyphosate is management in reducing pesticide not renewed and halt the issuing of dependency, and urges the Member States emergency authorisations; stresses the to ensure it is applied and its potential key role of integrated pest implementation is assessed systematically; management in reducing pesticide stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox dependency, and urges the Member States of crop protection solutions and methods, to ensure it is applied and its as well as bolstered training and advisory implementation is assessed systematically; systems; stresses that farmers need to be provided with training and advisory systems that support them in switching from synthetic fertilisers and pesticides to agro- ecological farming methods;

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AM\1222864EN.docx 159/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN Amendment 269 Krzysztof Jurgiel

Draft opinion Paragraph 9

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9. Stresses the importance of plant 9. Stresses the importance of plant protection products and tools for the protection products and tools for the food stability of agricultural production and the security and stability of agricultural sustainability of farmers’ incomes; production, climate change adaption and considers that, although progress has been the sustainability of farmers’ incomes; made, a substantial reduction in the use considers that, although progress has been and risks of chemical pesticides is needed; made, a further reduction in the use and stresses the key role of integrated pest risks of chemical pesticides accompanied management in reducing pesticide by development of alternative sustainable dependency, and urges the Member States protection technologies is needed; stresses to ensure it is applied and its the key role of integrated pest management implementation is assessed systematically; in reducing pesticide dependency, and stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox urges the Member States to ensure it is of crop protection solutions and methods, applied and its implementation is assessed as well as bolstered training and advisory systematically and products deriving from systems; this integrated production system are paid sufficiently; stresses that farmers need a proper toolbox of safe, effective and affordable crop protection solutions and methods (chemical, biological, physical etc.), as well as bolstered research, innovation and training and advisory systems;

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Amendment 270 Veronika Vrecionová, Ruža Tomašić, Mazaly Aguilar

Draft opinion Paragraph 9

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9. Stresses the importance of plant 9. Stresses the importance of plant protection products and tools for the protection products and tools for the stability of agricultural production and the stability of agricultural production and the

PE663.370v01-00 160/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN sustainability of farmers’ incomes; sustainability of farmers’ incomes; considers that, although progress has been considers that, given the considerable made, a substantial reduction in the use differences across MS1a in use of and risks of chemical pesticides is needed; pesticides and fertilisers, an arbitrary stresses the key role of integrated pest reduction of pesticides and fertilisers by management in reducing pesticide 50% is a wrong policy tool; considers that dependency, and urges the Member States certain levels of pesticides and fertilisers to ensure it is applied and its are justified from the point of view of implementation is assessed systematically; sustainability and economics; stresses the stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox key role of integrated pest management in of crop protection solutions and methods, reducing pesticide dependency, and urges as well as bolstered training and advisory the Member States to ensure it is applied systems; and its implementation is assessed systematically; stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox of crop protection solutions and methods1b; questions the economic impact and financial burden on farmers, tax-payers and Member States; ______1a Calculations based on data from available statistical databases demonstrates a considerable differences among MS in the average of pesticides, of a magnitude of 20times greater between the average amounts of pesticides used in MS with the highest consumption and the MS with the lowest average consumption. 1b Farmers usually have superior knowledge of farming and dislike bureaucracy setting and obligations.

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Amendment 271 Carmen Avram

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9. Stresses the importance of plant 9. Stresses the importance of plant protection products and tools for the protection products and tools for the stability of agricultural production and the stability of agricultural production and the sustainability of farmers’ incomes; sustainability of farmers’ incomes; considers that, although progress has been considers that, although progress has been

AM\1222864EN.docx 161/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN made, a substantial reduction in the use and made, a substantial reduction in the use and risks of chemical pesticides is needed; risks of chemical pesticides is collectively stresses the key role of integrated pest needed, accompanied by development of management in reducing pesticide alternative sustainable protection dependency, and urges the Member States technologies; stresses the key role of to ensure it is applied and its integrated pest management in reducing implementation is assessed systematically; pesticide dependency, and urges the stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox Member States to ensure it is applied and of crop protection solutions and methods, its implementation is assessed as well as bolstered training and advisory systematically; stresses that farmers need systems; a proper toolbox of safe, effective and affordable crop protection solutions and methods, specific support for investments in sustainable agricultural production methods, as well as bolstered research, innovation and training and advisory systems;

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Amendment 272 Elsi Katainen, Ulrike Müller, Hilde Vautmans, Asger Christensen, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Jérémy Decerle, Adrián Vázquez Lázara

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9. Stresses the importance of plant 9. Stresses the importance of plant protection products and tools for the protection products and tools for food stability of agricultural production and the security, the stability of agricultural sustainability of farmers’ incomes; production and climate change adaption considers that, although progress has been and the sustainability of farmers’ incomes; made, a substantial reduction in the use considers that, although progress has been and risks of chemical pesticides is needed; made, a further reduction in the use and stresses the key role of integrated pest risks of chemical pesticides accompanied management in reducing pesticide with development of alternative dependency, and urges the Member States sustainable protection technologies is to ensure it is applied and its needed; stresses the key role of integrated implementation is assessed systematically; pest management in reducing pesticide stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox dependency, and urges the Member States of crop protection solutions and methods, to ensure it is applied and its as well as bolstered training and advisory implementation is assessed systematically; systems; stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox of crop protection solutions and methods, as well as bolstered research, innovation,

PE663.370v01-00 162/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN training and advisory systems; as well as better access to new and better low risk active substances;

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Amendment 273 Balázs Hidvéghi

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9. Stresses the importance of plant 9. Stresses the importance of plant protection products and tools for the protection products and tools for the stability of agricultural production and the stability of agricultural production and sustainability of farmers’ incomes; forestry as well as the sustainability of considers that, although progress has been farmers’ and forest holders' incomes; made, a substantial reduction in the use considers that, although progress has been and risks of chemical pesticides is needed; made, a substantial reduction in the risks of stresses the key role of integrated pest chemical pesticides is needed; stresses that management in reducing pesticide in case of pesticides the reduction targets dependency, and urges the Member States shall take into account the already to ensure it is applied and its achieved results and the current factual implementation is assessed systematically; usage of these substances by Member stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox States; stresses the key role of integrated of crop protection solutions and methods, pest management in reducing pesticide as well as bolstered training and advisory dependency, and urges the Member States systems; to ensure it is applied and its implementation is assessed systematically; stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox of crop protection solutions and methods, as well as bolstered training and advisory systems;

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Amendment 274 Lena Düpont, Norbert Lins, Christine Schneider, Peter Jahr, Herbert Dorfmann, Marlene Mortler

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9. Stresses the importance of plant 9. Stresses the importance of plant protection products and tools for the protection products and tools for the stability of agricultural production and the stability of agricultural production, the sustainability of farmers’ incomes; sustainability of farmers’ incomes and considers that, although progress has been food safety; considers that, although made, a substantial reduction in the use and progress has been made, a substantial risks of chemical pesticides is needed; reduction in the use and risks of chemical stresses the key role of integrated pest pesticides is needed; stresses the key role management in reducing pesticide of integrated pest management in reducing dependency, and urges the Member States pesticide dependency, and urges the to ensure it is applied and its Member States to ensure it is applied and implementation is assessed systematically; its implementation is assessed stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox systematically; stresses that integrated pest of crop protection solutions and methods, management requires a bigger toolbox of as well as bolstered training and advisory safe, effective and affordable crop systems; protection solutions and methods, as well as bolstered training and advisory systems; stresses that any reduction target should be market-driven and suggests target corridors rather than fixed targets;

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Amendment 275 Simone Schmiedtbauer, Petri Sarvamaa, Daniel Buda, Michaela Šojdrová, Marlene Mortler, Annie Schreijer-Pierik, Christine Schneider

Draft opinion Paragraph 9

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9. Stresses the importance of plant 9. Stresses the importance of plant protection products and tools for the protection products and tools for the stability of agricultural production and the stability of agricultural production and the sustainability of farmers’ incomes; sustainability of farmers’ incomes; considers that, although progress has been considers that, although progress has been made, a substantial reduction in the use made, a further reduction in the use and and risks of chemical pesticides is needed; risks of chemical pesticides accompanied stresses the key role of integrated pest by development of alternative sustainable management in reducing pesticide protection technologies is needed; stresses dependency, and urges the Member States the key role of integrated pest management to ensure it is applied and its in reducing pesticide dependency, and implementation is assessed systematically; urges the Member States to ensure it is stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox applied, its implementation is assessed

PE663.370v01-00 164/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN of crop protection solutions and methods, systematically and products deriving from as well as bolstered training and advisory this integrated production system are paid systems; sufficiently; stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox of crop protection solutions and methods, as well as bolstered training and advisory systems;

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Amendment 276 Michaela Šojdrová, Franc Bogovič, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Asim Ademov, Annie Schreijer-Pierik, Anne Sander

Draft opinion Paragraph 9

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9. Stresses the importance of plant 9. Stresses the importance of plant protection products and tools for the protection products and tools for the stability of agricultural production and the stability of agricultural production and the sustainability of farmers’ incomes; sustainability of farmers’ incomes; considers that, although progress has been considers that, although progress has been made, a substantial reduction in the use and made, a substantial reduction in the use and risks of chemical pesticides is needed; risks of hazardous pesticides is needed, stresses the key role of integrated pest but emphasizes the need to assess the management in reducing pesticide impact of this measure; stresses the key dependency, and urges the Member States role of integrated pest management in to ensure it is applied and its reducing pesticide dependency, and urges implementation is assessed systematically; the Member States to ensure it is applied stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox including the availability of new bio- of crop protection solutions and methods, pesticides and its implementation is as well as bolstered training and advisory assessed systematically; stresses that systems; farmers need a bigger toolbox of crop protection solutions and methods, as well as bolstered training and advisory systems;

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Amendment 277 Daniel Buda

Draft opinion Paragraph 9

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9. Stresses the importance of plant 9. Stresses the importance of plant protection products and tools for the protection products and tools for the stability of agricultural production and the stability of agricultural production and the sustainability of farmers’ incomes; sustainability of farmers’ incomes; considers that, although progress has been considers that, although progress has been made, a substantial reduction in the use and made, a substantial reduction in the use and risks of chemical pesticides is needed; risks of chemical pesticides is needed; stresses the key role of integrated pest stresses the key role of integrated pest management in reducing pesticide management in reducing pesticide dependency, and urges the Member States dependency, and urges the Member States to ensure it is applied and its to ensure it is applied and its implementation is assessed systematically; implementation is assessed systematically; stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox of crop protection solutions and methods, of crop protection solutions and methods, as well as bolstered training and advisory specific support for investments in systems; sustainable agricultural practices, as well as bolstered training and advisory systems;

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Amendment 278 Álvaro Amaro

Draft opinion Paragraph 9

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9. Stresses the importance of plant 9. Stresses the importance of plant protection products and tools for the protection products and tools for the stability of agricultural production and the stability of agricultural production and the sustainability of farmers’ incomes; sustainability of farmers’ incomes; considers that, although progress has been considers that, although progress has been made, a substantial reduction in the use made, a greater reduction in the use and and risks of chemical pesticides is needed; risks of chemical pesticides is needed, stresses the key role of integrated pest together with the development of management in reducing pesticide alternative sustainable protection dependency, and urges the Member States technologies; stresses the key role of to ensure it is applied and its integrated pest management in reducing implementation is assessed systematically; pesticide dependency, and urges the stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox Member States to ensure it is applied and of crop protection solutions and methods, its implementation is assessed as well as bolstered training and advisory systematically; stresses that farmers need a systems; bigger toolbox of crop protection solutions and methods, as well as bolstered training

PE663.370v01-00 166/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN and advisory systems;

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Amendment 279 Bert-Jan Ruissen

Draft opinion Paragraph 9

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9. Stresses the importance of plant 9. Stresses the importance of plant protection products and tools for the protection products and tools for the stability of agricultural production and the stability of agricultural production and the sustainability of farmers’ incomes; sustainability of farmers’ incomes; considers that, although progress has been considers that, although progress has been made, a substantial reduction in the use and made, a substantial reduction in the use and risks of chemical pesticides is needed; risks of chemical pesticides is needed, stresses the key role of integrated pest while taking into account the reductions management in reducing pesticide realised over the last decennia; stresses dependency, and urges the Member States the key role of integrated pest management to ensure it is applied and its in reducing pesticide dependency, and implementation is assessed systematically; urges the Member States to ensure it is stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox applied and its implementation is assessed of crop protection solutions and methods, systematically; stresses that farmers need a as well as bolstered training and advisory bigger toolbox of crop protection solutions systems; and methods, as well as bolstered training and advisory systems;

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Amendment 280 Mara Bizzotto, Angelo Ciocca, Elena Lizzi, Gilles Lebreton, Maxette Pirbakas

Draft opinion Paragraph 9

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9. Stresses the importance of plant 9. Stresses the importance of plant protection products and tools for the protection products and tools for the stability of agricultural production and the stability and security of agricultural sustainability of farmers’ incomes; production and the sustainability of considers that, although progress has been farmers’ incomes; considers that, although

AM\1222864EN.docx 167/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN made, a substantial reduction in the use considerable progress has been made, and risks of chemical pesticides is needed; continued efforts are needed to reduce stresses the key role of integrated pest their use and the risks involved; stresses management in reducing pesticide the key role of integrated pest management dependency, and urges the Member States in reducing pesticide dependency, and to ensure it is applied and its urges the Member States to ensure it is implementation is assessed systematically; applied and its implementation is assessed stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox systematically; stresses that farmers need a of crop protection solutions and methods, bigger toolbox of crop protection solutions as well as bolstered training and advisory and methods, as well as bolstered training systems; and advisory systems;

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Amendment 281 Petros Kokkalis

Draft opinion Paragraph 9

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9. Stresses the importance of plant 9. Stresses the importance of plant protection products and tools for the protection products and tools for the stability of agricultural production and the stability of agricultural production and the sustainability of farmers’ incomes; sustainability of farmers’ incomes; considers that, although progress has been considers that, although progress has been made, a substantial reduction in the use made, and at least 50% reduction in the and risks of chemical pesticides is needed; use and risks of chemical pesticides is stresses the key role of integrated pest needed by 2030; stresses the key role of management in reducing pesticide integrated pest management in reducing dependency, and urges the Member States pesticide dependency, and urges the to ensure it is applied and its Member States to ensure it is applied and implementation is assessed systematically; its implementation is assessed stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox systematically; stresses that farmers need a of crop protection solutions and methods, bigger toolbox of crop protection solutions as well as bolstered training and advisory and methods, as well as bolstered training systems; and advisory systems;

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Amendment 282 Michal Wiezik, Maria Noichl

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PE663.370v01-00 168/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN Paragraph 9

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9. Stresses the importance of plant 9. Stresses the importance of protection products and tools for the integrated pest management and tools for stability of agricultural production and the the stability of agricultural production and sustainability of farmers’ incomes; the sustainability of farmers’ incomes; considers that, although progress has been considers that, although progress has been made, a substantial reduction in the use and made, a substantial reduction in the use and risks of chemical pesticides is needed; risks of chemical pesticides is needed; stresses the key role of integrated pest stresses the key role of integrated pest management in reducing pesticide management in reducing pesticide dependency, and urges the Member States dependency, and urges the Member States to ensure it is applied and its to ensure it is applied and its implementation is assessed systematically; implementation is assessed systematically; stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox of crop protection solutions and methods, of crop protection solutions and methods, as well as bolstered training and advisory as well as bolstered training and advisory systems; systems;

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Amendment 283 Mara Bizzotto, Angelo Ciocca, Elena Lizzi, Gilles Lebreton, Maxette Pirbakas

Draft opinion Paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1 (new)

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Stresses the need to promote research at EU level to seek out plant protection products that increasingly deliver higher performance with a lower impact on biodiversity;

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Amendment 284 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

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9a. Highlights that record keeping of how much of each substance is used on each crop over time is already required in most private supply contracts, and yet conditionality under CAP has only required minimal issues (legality of active substance in EU, safe storage and equipment), since 2003 and remains unchanged; notes that with modern, accessible and ubiquitous technology (e.g. smartphones), such record keeping is easily done and will facilitate pesticide use reduction as well as enabling monitoring of success;

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Amendment 285 Michal Wiezik, Maria Noichl, Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg

Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new)

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9a. Expresses concerns over substantial use of emergency application of knowingly harmful substances, including neonicotinoids; stresses that it is important that restrictions and bans be accompanied by support, expert advice and knowledge transfer on use of alternatives and above all on improved practice mitigating the propagation of pest material and making use of natural predators where possible, including creation of habitats for useful fauna;

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Amendment 286 Isabel Carvalhais, Clara Aguilera, Paolo De Castro, Pina Picierno, Juozas Olekas, Ivo

PE663.370v01-00 170/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN Hristov, Attila Ara-Kovács, Carmen Avram, Marc Tarabella, Eric Andrieu

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9a. Considers that the Strategy’s objectives on the reduction of use and risk of pesticides will foster environmentally- friendly innovative solutions for crop protection, such as the development of new biological active substances, promotion of natural pest control methods, more precise and effective application techniques and of epidemiological models to better control pests and diseases, reducing the need for pesticides;

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Amendment 287 Ulrike Müller, Elsi Katainen, Martin Hlaváček, Hilde Vautmans, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Irène Tolleret, Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen

Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new)

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9a. 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 impacts of different fertilisers;

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AM\1222864EN.docx 171/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN Amendment 288 Clara Aguilera, Paolo De Castro, Juozas Olekas, Pina Picierno, Carmen Avram

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9a. Recalls that in order to achieve an effective reduction of plant protection products we need to apply all the tools at our disposal without excluding those offered by biotechnology, which includes new genomic techniques for which a legislative framework should be established for their implementation in the EU;

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Amendment 289 Bert-Jan Ruissen

Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new)

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9a. Calls on the Commission to ensure the availability of sufficient effective plant protection products by avoiding delays in authorisation, in order to fight against new pests and diseases, and to ensure a science based and harmonised approach for access to plant protection products throughout the EU;

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Amendment 290 Carmen Avram

Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new)

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9a. Strongly encourages Member States to envisage financial compensations for the designated protected and strictly protected areas, protection and conservation measures eligible under their eco-schemes in order to reach the impacted farmers and forest owners due to the increased production costs;

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Amendment 291 Ivo Hristov

Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new)

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9a. Welcomes the joint actions of Europol and the Member States to combat the illegal imports of plant protection products from third countries, but is extremely concerned that it is continuing, which also affects the environment and biodiversity in the EU;

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Amendment 292 Irène Tolleret, Martin Hlaváček, Elsi Katainen, Ulrike Müller, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Hilde Vautmans

Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new)

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9a. Stresses the role of precision agriculture in the protection of biodiversity as it contributes to reducing the use of pesticides, fertilizers and water,

AM\1222864EN.docx 173/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN and therefore requires strong support for this new production model through the Common Agricultural Policy;

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Amendment 293 Teuvo Hakkarainen

Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new)

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9a. Urges the European Union to set the same requirements for EU imports, in terms of the reduction in the use of chemical pesticides and plant protection products and tools, as for products from within the EU, so that European farmers are not at a disadvantage;

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Amendment 294 Mazaly Aguilar

Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new)

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9a. Calls on the Commission to ease and speed up authorisation procedures for plant protection products, such as biopesticides, that could form a real alternative to chemical pesticides;

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Amendment 295 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

PE663.370v01-00 174/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new)

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9b. Notes that the traditional and outdated chemical pesticide approach is flawed because it is a biological inevitability that pest species, by definition rapidly reproducing, quickly evolve resistance to the active substance, leading to a chemical arms race in which the farmers and biodiversity are the big losers; notes further that resistance has been rising and making pesticide use even less effective over the decades due to systematic and repeated application of too much product, over too large areas. Notes that to 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 the Directive 2009/128/EC on Sustainable use of pesticides, whereby chemical pesticides are only used as a last resort after a series of practices that are alternatives to chemical pesticides, and whole field or whole landscape applications that wipe out entire ecological communities of agricultural biodiversity are avoided : (a) structural or cultural control: avoiding large-scale monocultures that only attract pests; using smaller, diverse parcels, using longer crop rotations to break up pests' reproductive cycles; biologically diverse planting e.g. multi-cropping (poly- cultural plantings), under sowing with cover crops, stale bed techniques, etc.; (b) physical and mechanical control: shallow ploughing, inter alia not to disturb the weed seed bank, adapted spring-loaded machinery to weed between and within rows as is used in organic farming, flame or steam weeding, etc; (c) biological control: encouraging or

AM\1222864EN.docx 175/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN introducing natural predators, including birds, insects, including parasitoids, also nematodes, fungi, etc. In a species rich system these will automatically regulate pest populations as no one species becomes dominant. Beneficial species can be attracted to the system using ecological infrastructure such as wild flower strips (GAEC 9/EFA, Eco-schemes or agri- environmental measures in rural development); (d) low risk pesticides or natural products, used sparingly and targeted to places and times where the pest is present (e.g. those listed in annex to the organic regulation); (e) as a last resort chemical pesticides, used sparingly and targeted to occurrence of pests, never using blanket application. If the preceding steps are respected, the need to use these will be greatly reduced. This is in line with the "many small hammers" principle used in agroecological approaches that rely on building up functional biodiversity and beneficial species to regulate pest populations, rather than resorting regularly to a chemical "bomb" that actually makes the system more susceptible to subsequent pest attack;

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Amendment 296 Isabel Carvalhais, Clara Aguilera, Paolo De Castro, Pina Picierno, Juozas Olekas, Ivo Hristov, Attila Ara-Kovács, Carmen Avram, Marc Tarabella, Eric Andrieu

Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new)

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9b. Highlights that the excessive use of fertilisers is a source of air, soil and water pollution and climate impacts, with negative effects on biodiversity; recalls that nutrients are essential for

PE663.370v01-00 176/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN agricultural production and for keeping healthy soils; urges Member States to put forward in their Strategic Plans measures promoting the efficient management and circularity of nutrients, as well strongly support education of farm advisors and farmers; stresses that improved management of nutrients presents both economic and environmental benefits;

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Amendment 297 Clara Aguilera, Paolo De Castro, Juozas Olekas, Pina Picierno, Carmen Avram, Isabel Carvalhais

Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new)

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9b. Calls on the Commission to establish the appropriate regulatory framework to speed up the adoption of new plant health solutions, including plant protection products with a lower impact, such as low-risk substances or biosolutions;

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Amendment 298 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Draft opinion Paragraph 9 c (new)

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9c. Welcomes moves to establish a Toxic-Free Future and so calls for a 70% reduction in the use of pesticides by 2030; welcomes interim targets of reducing pesticide use by 30-50% by 2025,

AM\1222864EN.docx 177/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN with a view to phasing out chemical pesticides by 2035, as called for in the European citizens' initiative1a; ______1a ECI Save bees and farmers: Towards a bee-friendly agriculture for a healthy environment, https://europa.eu/citizens- initiative/initiatives/details/2019/000016_e n

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Amendment 299 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Draft opinion Paragraph 9 d (new)

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9d. Highlights the role that beneficial species play in the agro-ecosystem, notably for pest control but also pollination, plant and soil protection, etc., and that mainstream agro-ecosystems are typically impoverished of natural predator control species, as a consequence of pesticide use, thus locking farmers into a cycle of increased pesticide use; notes the economic and environmental benefits of breaking free of this input dependency cycle by using agroecological techniques, and the need for knowledge sharing, especially peer-to-peer exchanges, and training;

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Amendment 300 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

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9e. Notes that the widespread and systemic use of wide spectrum pesticides, especially whole field or landscape level applications, knocks out populations of beneficial species as well as the intended target pest species. This leaves the agro- ecosystem susceptible to the next pest attack, either from the same pest species or another one, which the beneficial predators would have otherwise been able to deal with. Notes also that in addition to insecticides having this population effect on beneficial species, the wide-scale use of broad spectrum herbicides such as glyphosate also damages these insect predators because they also rely on pollen from wildflowers within the fields and in field margins for their nutrition;

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Amendment 301 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Draft opinion Paragraph 9 f (new)

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9f. Notes that the right choice of wildflower mixes can attract and sustain insect predators and parasatoids, for the direct benefit of the farmer (and neighbours), in addition to increased pollination services provided by insects; studies show yield increases of up to one third1a, and farmers in these field trials found it so successful they are still training their peers to replicate it, beyond the life of the scientific study project;

AM\1222864EN.docx 179/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN Notes the effect on pollinators of systematic herbicide applications at field or landscape level - not only from potential direct toxicity, but also from removing from the landscape the nectar and pollen food sources provided by wildflowers within fields and in field margins; ______1a Waeckers et al (2017) shows an increase in yield of for wheat, peas and carrots at 12%, 24% and 34% respectively.

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Amendment 302 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Draft opinion Paragraph 9 g (new)

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9g. Notes the efforts by vested commercial interests in the input sector desperate to maintain farmer dependency on their products, resorting to industry funded pseudo-science and non-scientific, non-peer reviewed "studies"; urges that actors keep to fact-based evidence and peer reviewed science, which shows inter alia: (a) profitability of agroecological systems can be greater than conventional systems (meta-study of many examples3a; (b) although yield does not determine farm income alone and can fluctuate up to 10-20% even in relatively stable years, with the right agroecological techniques and alternatives to conventional chemical pesticides, massive reductions in pesticide use are already feasible with no loss of yield3b;

PE663.370v01-00 180/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN (c) multiple studies showing pesticides can be cut by between 30-95% with zero effect on yield show that they are currently hugely over-used3c, indicating most PPP application have no use and farmers are wasting their money, while collateral damage impacts heavily on biodiversity; (d) by using arable land to create biodiversity-rich ecological infrastructures, ecosystem functions such as pollination and pest control are boosted by beneficial species, boosting the yield and productivity of the whole system3d; (e) that by combining pesticide reduction measures e.g. IPM with mutual funds, farmers are insured against the risk of pest attack and uptake of pest reduction measures improve3e; ______3a 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 3b (1). Tamburini et. al, 2020. “Agricultural diversification promotes multiple ecosystem services without compromising yield.” Science Advances; (2). Jacquet et al, 2011; (3). Lechenet et al, 2017. 3c Up to -95% chemical PPP red. in: (1). Furlan et al, 2016. "Risk assessment of maize damage by wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) as the first step in implementing IPM and in reducing the environmental impact of soil insecticides." Environ Sci Pollut Res, 24:236–251; and (2). Furlan et al, 2017. "Risk assessment of soil-pest damage to grain maize in Europe within the framework of IPM." Crop Protection, 97: 52-59. (3). -30% chem. PPP red. in: Lechenet et al, 2017. "Reducing pesticide use while preserving crop productivity and profitability on arable farms." Nature

AM\1222864EN.docx 181/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN Plants 3, 17008; (4). -42% PPP red. in: Jacquet et al, 2011. "An economic analysis of the possibility of reducing pesticides in French field crops." Ecological economics, 70(9), 1638-1648. (5). Dutch meta-study/ review, with up to - 90% chem. PPP red.: Bianchi et al, 2013, "Opportunities and limitations for functional agrobiodiversity in the European context." Environmental Science & Policy, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/ S1462901112002523; NB 4 of 6 yrs where no chemical insecticides needed on potatoes & wheat, Van Rijn et al., 2011, - 80% red. in insecticides for up to 15 years on potatoes and wheat. (6). Skevas, T., & Lansink, A. O. (2014). Reducing pesticide use and pesticide impact by productivity growth: the case of Dutch arable farming. Journal of agricultural economics, 65(1), 191-211. (7). INRA review on alternatives to glyphosate http://institut.inra.fr/Missions/Eclairer- les-decisions/Etudes/Toutes-les- actualites/Usages-et-alternatives-au- glyphosate 3d AGRI-EIP (DG AGRI, 2017) Wäckers et al 2017, citing: Wäckers, F.L., van Rijn, P.C.J. (2012). "Pick and Mix: selecting flowering plants to meet requirements of target biological control insects." In: Biodiversity and Insect Pests, G. Gurr (ed) Wiley Blackwell, pp. 139- 165; Campbell et al (2012) "Realizing multiple ecosystem services based on the response of three beneficial insect groups to floral traits and trait diversity." Basic and Applied Ecology 13:363- 370; Olson, D., Wäckers, F.L. (2007) "Management of field margins to maximize multiple ecological services." Journal of Applied Ecology 44:13-21; 3e Furlan et al, 2014. Difesa integrata del mais: come applicarla in campo. L'Informatore Agrario, 9, Supplemento Difesa delle Colture, 11-14. Furlan et al, 2011. Difesa integrata del mais: come

PE663.370v01-00 182/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN effettuarla nelle prime fasi. L'Informatore Agrario, 7, Supplemento Difesa delle Colture: 15 – 19. Ferro G., Furlan L. (2012) Mais: strategie a confronto per contenere gli elateridi, 42, L’Informatore Agrario, 42, Supplemento Difesa delle Colture: 63 – 67.

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Amendment 303 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Draft opinion Paragraph 9 h (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

9h. Notes the failure of the regulatory framework to consider inevitable non- target impacts of pesticides including airborne and waterborne drift, resilience in soils and wider ecosystem effects, notably on pollinators and other insects beneficial to farming like predators of pests; notes the 27-year dataset illustrating the "insect Armageddon"1a, whereby 75% winged insects have become regionally extinct across Germany, even in nature reserves where no pesticides were directly applied for agricultural purposes; ______1a More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas, Hallmann et al, 2017. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id =10.1371/journal.pone.0185809

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Amendment 304 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg

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Draft opinion Paragraph 10

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10. Regrets the fact that agricultural 10. Sounds the alarm for long term production is being increasingly global and continental food security that concentrated in a limited range of agricultural production is being agricultural crops, varieties and genotypes; increasingly concentrated in a few underlines that preserving genetic agricultural crops, and within those, variability in all its components is crucial varieties and genotypes with little genetic to promoting the diversity and richness of variation; underlines that preserving agricultural ecosystems and to the genetic variability in all its components is preservation of local genetic resources, in crucial to promoting the diversity and particular as a repository of solutions to richness of agricultural ecosystems and to help in facing the environmental challenges the preservation of local genetic resources, that lie ahead. in particular as a repository of solutions to help in facing the environmental challenges that lie ahead. Notes the importance of preserving cultivars and old varieties especially as they can thrive in less than optimal conditions; notes further that although seed vaults and repositories have their place, the most cost-effective way of preserving these genes and traits is in the field; such participative breeding e.g. seed saving and seed sharing, allow to rapidly and cheaply breed/ evolve domesticated species around challenges like climate change, water scarcity or excess, where farming communities remain in control of the selection process, and ensure traits tailored to changing local conditions.

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Amendment 305 Michal Wiezik, Maria Noichl, Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg

Draft opinion Paragraph 10

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PE663.370v01-00 184/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN 10. Regrets the fact that agricultural 10. Regrets the fact that agricultural production is being increasingly production is being increasingly concentrated in a limited range of concentrated in a limited range of agricultural crops, varieties and genotypes; agricultural crops, varieties and genotypes; underlines that preserving genetic underlines that preserving genetic variability in all its components is crucial variability in all its components is crucial to promoting the diversity and richness of to promoting the diversity and richness of agricultural ecosystems and to the agricultural ecosystems and to the preservation of local genetic resources, in preservation of local genetic resources, in particular as a repository of solutions to particular as a repository of solutions to help in facing the environmental challenges help in facing the environmental challenges that lie ahead. that lie ahead; welcomes that the Commission is considering1a the revision of marketing rules for traditional crop varieties in order to contribute to their conservation and sustainable use, and its intention to take measures to facilitate the registration of seed varieties, including for organic farming, and to ensure easier market access for traditional and locally adapted varieties. ______1a Biodiversity Strategy for 2030

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Amendment 306 Elsi Katainen, Ulrike Müller, Hilde Vautmans, Asger Christensen, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Jérémy Decerle, Adrián Vázquez Lázara

Draft opinion Paragraph 10

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10. Regrets the fact that agricultural 10. Regrets the fact that agricultural production is being increasingly production is being increasingly concentrated in a limited range of concentrated in a limited range of agricultural crops, varieties and genotypes; agricultural crops, varieties and genotypes; underlines that preserving genetic underlines that preserving genetic variability in all its components is crucial variability in all its components is crucial to promoting the diversity and richness of to promoting the diversity and richness of agricultural ecosystems and to the agricultural ecosystems and to the preservation of local genetic resources, in preservation of local genetic resources, in particular as a repository of solutions to particular as a repository of solutions to help in facing the environmental challenges help in facing the environmental and food

AM\1222864EN.docx 185/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN that lie ahead. security challenges that lie ahead; reminds that achieving effective results requires investments in both new plant breeding techniques and the utilization of old varieties.

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Amendment 307 Martin Häusling

Draft opinion Paragraph 10

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10. Regrets the fact that agricultural 10. Regrets the fact that agricultural production is being increasingly production is being increasingly concentrated in a limited range of concentrated in a limited range of agricultural crops, varieties and genotypes; agricultural crops, varieties and genotypes, underlines that preserving genetic which are also owned by a small number variability in all its components is crucial of seed corporations, and that patents are to promoting the diversity and richness of making free use of seed increasingly agricultural ecosystems and to the difficult; underlines that preserving genetic preservation of local genetic resources, in variability in all its components is crucial particular as a repository of solutions to to promoting the diversity and richness of help in facing the environmental challenges agricultural ecosystems and to the that lie ahead. preservation of local genetic resources, in particular as a repository of solutions to help in facing the environmental challenges that lie ahead.

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Amendment 308 Krzysztof Jurgiel

Draft opinion Paragraph 10

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10. Regrets the fact that agricultural 10. Underlines that the concentration production is being increasingly of agricultural production in a limited concentrated in a limited range of range of agricultural crops, varieties and

PE663.370v01-00 186/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN agricultural crops, varieties and genotypes; genotypes is led by market demand; underlines that preserving genetic underlines that preserving genetic variability in all its components is crucial variability in all its components is crucial to promoting the diversity and richness of to promoting the diversity and richness of agricultural ecosystems and to the agricultural ecosystems and to the preservation of local genetic resources, in preservation of local genetic resources, in particular as a repository of solutions to particular as a repository of solutions to help in facing the environmental challenges help in facing the environmental challenges that lie ahead. that lie ahead.

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Amendment 309 Veronika Vrecionová, Ruža Tomašić, Mazaly Aguilar

Draft opinion Paragraph 10

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10. Regrets the fact that agricultural 10. Regrets the fact that agricultural production is being increasingly production is being increasingly concentrated in a limited range of concentrated in a limited range of agricultural crops, varieties and genotypes; agricultural crops, varieties and genotypes; underlines that preserving genetic acknowledges that consumers preferences variability in all its components is crucial contributed to a decrease of biodiversity1a; to promoting the diversity and richness of underlines that preserving genetic agricultural ecosystems and to the variability in all its components is crucial preservation of local genetic resources, in to promoting the diversity and richness of particular as a repository of solutions to agricultural ecosystems and to the help in facing the environmental challenges preservation of local genetic resources, in that lie ahead. particular as a repository of solutions to help in facing the environmental challenges that lie ahead. ______1a E.g.: most consumers will not buy white carrots, when red carrots are more healthy, thus de facto contributing to less biodiversity.

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Amendment 310 Balázs Hidvéghi

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10. Regrets the fact that agricultural 10. Notes that agricultural production is production is being increasingly being increasingly concentrated in a concentrated in a limited range of limited range of agricultural crops, agricultural crops, varieties and genotypes; varieties and genotypes; underlines that underlines that preserving genetic preserving genetic variability in all its variability in all its components is crucial components is crucial to promoting the to promoting the diversity and richness of diversity and richness of agricultural agricultural ecosystems and to the ecosystems and to the preservation of local preservation of local genetic resources, in genetic resources, in particular as a particular as a repository of solutions to repository of solutions to help in facing the help in facing the environmental challenges environmental challenges that lie ahead; that lie ahead. protecting biodiversity should not mean the increased use of GMO.

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Amendment 311 Simone Schmiedtbauer, Daniel Buda, Michaela Šojdrová, Marlene Mortler, Annie Schreijer-Pierik, Christine Schneider

Draft opinion Paragraph 10

Draft opinion Amendment

10. Regrets the fact that agricultural 10. Regrets the fact that due to market production is being increasingly demands agricultural production is being concentrated in a limited range of increasingly concentrated in a limited agricultural crops, varieties and genotypes; range of agricultural crops, varieties and underlines that preserving genetic genotypes; underlines that preserving variability in all its components is crucial genetic variability in all its components is to promoting the diversity and richness of crucial to promoting the diversity and agricultural ecosystems and to the richness of agricultural ecosystems and to preservation of local genetic resources, in the preservation of local genetic resources, particular as a repository of solutions to in particular as a repository of solutions to help in facing the environmental challenges help in facing the environmental challenges that lie ahead. that lie ahead.

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PE663.370v01-00 188/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN Amendment 312 Mara Bizzotto, Angelo Ciocca, Elena Lizzi, Gilles Lebreton, Maxette Pirbakas

Draft opinion Paragraph 10

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10. Regrets the fact that agricultural 10. Stresses the fact that agricultural production is being increasingly production over the last few decades has concentrated in a limited range of been concentrated in a limited range of agricultural crops, varieties and genotypes; agricultural crops, varieties and genotypes; underlines that preserving genetic underlines that preserving genetic variability in all its components is crucial variability in all its components is crucial to promoting the diversity and richness of to promoting the diversity and richness of agricultural ecosystems and to the agricultural ecosystems and to the preservation of local genetic resources, in preservation of native genetic resources, in particular as a repository of solutions to particular as a repository of possible help in facing the environmental challenges solutions to help in facing the that lie ahead. environmental challenges that lie ahead.

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Amendment 313 Isabel Carvalhais, Clara Aguilera, Paolo De Castro, Pina Picierno, Juozas Olekas, Ivo Hristov, Attila Ara-Kovács, Carmen Avram, Marc Tarabella, Eric Andrieu

Draft opinion Paragraph 10

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10. Regrets the fact that agricultural 10. Regrets the fact that agricultural production is being increasingly production is being increasingly concentrated in a limited range of concentrated in a limited range of agricultural crops, varieties and genotypes; agricultural crops, varieties and genotypes; underlines that preserving genetic underlines that preserving genetic variability in all its components is crucial variability in all its components is crucial to promoting the diversity and richness of to promoting the diversity and richness of agricultural ecosystems and to the agricultural ecosystems and to the preservation of local genetic resources, in preservation of local genetic resources, in particular as a repository of solutions to particular as a repository of solutions to help in facing the environmental challenges help in facing the environmental and that lie ahead. climatic challenges that lie ahead.

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AM\1222864EN.docx 189/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN Amendment 314 Jérémy Decerle, Ulrike Müller, Irène Tolleret, Elsi Katainen

Draft opinion Paragraph 10

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10. Regrets the fact that agricultural 10. Acknowledges the fact that production is being increasingly European agricultural keeps offering a concentrated in a limited range of certain range of agricultural crops, agricultural crops, varieties and genotypes; varieties and genotypes; underlines that underlines that preserving genetic further enhancing and preserving genetic variability in all its components is crucial variability in all its components is crucial to promoting the diversity and richness of to promoting the diversity and richness of agricultural ecosystems and to the agricultural ecosystems and to the preservation of local genetic resources, in preservation of local genetic resources, in particular as a repository of solutions to particular as a repository of solutions to help in facing the environmental challenges help in facing the environmental challenges that lie ahead. that lie ahead.

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Amendment 315 Petros Kokkalis

Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

10a. Acknowledges the Commission’s initial assessment that to meet the needs of Biodiversity Strategy, including investment priorities for Natura 2000 and green infrastructure, at least EUR 20 billion per year should be unlocked for spending on nature; stresses the importance of mobilising public and private finance and of scaling up policy instruments and economic incentives at European and national level, in order to build an economy that sustains biodiversity and protects the ecosystems; underlines that a significant proportion of

PE663.370v01-00 190/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN the EU budget and Next Generation EU expenditures should be invested in biodiversity and nature-based solutions fostering biodiversity; recalls that 7.5% of the annual spending under the MFF in the year 2024 and 10% of the annual spending in the year 2026 and 2027 shall be earmarked for biodiversity objectives.

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Amendment 316 Ivo Hristov

Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

10a. Recalls that a number of native and indigenous animal breeds are raised in the European Union, representing elements of regional habitats and/or of the traditional livelihood of local communities and integral aspects of the biodiversity of the region, the Member State and the EU; recalls that the Rural Development Programme for the period 2014-2020 provides for special measures aimed at the conservation and protection of these breeds; calls on the Member States to continue to uphold these measures in the new CAP; is concerned that diseases like African swine fever put some species, such as East Balkan swine, at risk of extinction; calls on the Member States to establish timely measures and resources to prevent the loss of this biodiversity;

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Amendment 317 Isabel Carvalhais, Juozas Olekas, Ivo Hristov, Attila Ara-Kovács, Carmen Avram, Marc Tarabella, Paolo De Castro, Eric Andrieu, Pina Picierno

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10 a. Draws attention to the fact that in perennial crops, such as the traditional European wine grape varieties of Vitis vinifera, the loss of diversity occurs also by loss of genetic diversity within the varieties themselves; regrets that the UE vegetative propagation systems are designed in a way that does not promote the conservation of intra-variety biodiversity; calls on the Commission to promote regulatory changes to the EU vegetative propagation regulations, encouraging “on farm” conservation of genetic variability of the traditional European varieties.

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Amendment 318 Clara Aguilera, Paolo De Castro, Juozas Olekas, Pina Picierno, Ivo Hristov, Carmen Avram, Isabel Carvalhais

Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

10a. Calls on the Commission to develop ambitious, appropriate and renewed regulations and plans to prevent the incursion of invasive species into the different European territories and seas with comprehensive protocols, to prevent the entry of both plant and animal species, which can generate major negative impacts on biodiversity, but also on agriculture and fisheries, resulting in large economic losses, including the design of lines of action for the management of invasive species and the effects that they may cause in different

PE663.370v01-00 192/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN ecosystems and sectors.

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Amendment 319 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

10a. Notes in this context that high- biodiversity & high genetic diversity farming approaches such as agroecology are an effective way of spreading risk of crop failure or pest attack, as clones and very similar phenotypes are equally susceptible to the same shocks and pressures, such as pests and diseases, especially in the uniform and monocultural landscapes often found in agriculture - e.g. Xylella fastidiosa attacking monocultures of genetic clones of olive trees.

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Amendment 320 Krzysztof Jurgiel

Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

10a. Stresses that to raise the acceptance for more Protected Areas among affected stakeholders, positive incentives and voluntary bottom-up participatory designation processes and other effective conservation measures (OECMs) should be prioritized. Appropriate compensation measures must

AM\1222864EN.docx 193/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN be proposed for designated areas, protection and conservation measures and reduced revenues due to the increased production costs. The funding has to reach impacted farmers and forest owners.

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Amendment 321 Annie Schreijer-Pierik

Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

10a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that any target for non-productive agricultural land, non-productive landscape features and protected areas is flexible enough to be implemented according to the exact circumstances and possibilities of each Member State, and respects the rights of farmers, fishermen, land and forest owners, while maintaining strict protection as a voluntary option for land and forest owners;

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Amendment 322 Dan-Ştefan Motreanu

Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

10a. Welcomes the Commission roadmap to establish a New Soil Strategy for the protection and sustainable use of soil.

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PE663.370v01-00 194/201 AM\1222864EN.docx EN Amendment 323 Annie Schreijer-Pierik

Draft opinion Paragraph 10 b (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

10b. Emphasises that, in order to increase the recognition of protected areas among relevant stakeholders, positive incentives and voluntary bottom- up participatory designation processes and ‘other effective area-based conservation measures’ (OECMs) should be prioritised at all levels of government; stresses the need to propose much more appropriate compensatory measures for designated areas, protection and conservation measures, and reduced income due to increased production costs; emphasises that compensatory funding must reach affected farmers and forest owners effectively;

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Amendment 324 Petros Kokkalis

Draft opinion Paragraph 10 b (new)

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10b. Underlines the need for nature and biodiversity protection and restoration to be priorities for the European Green Deal Investment Plan; stresses that applying the ‘do no harm’ principle is crucial in order to avoid negative biodiversity effects from economic support programmes and to ensure the economic investments, wherever possible, contribute to

AM\1222864EN.docx 195/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN biodiversity conservation and restoration; underlines that the EU sustainable finance taxonomy is expected to help guide investment towards a green recovery, including through the promotion of biodiversity friendly investments.

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Amendment 325 Isabel Carvalhais, Clara Aguilera, Paolo De Castro, Pina Picierno, Juozas Olekas, Ivo Hristov, Attila Ara-Kovács, Carmen Avram, Marc Tarabella, Eric Andrieu

Draft opinion Paragraph 10 b (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

10b. Underlines that the abandonment of agricultural fields affects between 10 and 50% of the agricultural land of the EU, which causes the loss of traditional landscapes, increases the risk of soil erosion and deteriorates habitats for numerous farmland species; recalls the fundamental role of the measures for Areas Facing Natural Constraints in avoiding land abandonment and maintaining human occupation in these areas, but also in forest fire prevention and in protecting specific ecosystems and natural resources, such as High Nature Value farmland areas.

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Amendment 326 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Draft opinion Paragraph 10 b (new)

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10b. 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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Amendment 327 Isabel Carvalhais, Clara Aguilera, Paolo De Castro, Pina Picierno, Juozas Olekas, Ivo Hristov, Attila Ara-Kovács, Carmen Avram, Marc Tarabella, Eric Andrieu

Draft opinion Paragraph 10 c (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

10c. Highlights the fundamental role of farm advisory systems in disseminating innovation and knowledge, stimulating the exchange of experiences, promoting practical demonstrations, in particular by working at local level to better adapt to the specific realities on the ground; calls on Member States to provide comprehensive advice to farmers on adopting production systems and management practices promoting biodiversity on farmland.

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Amendment 328 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Draft opinion Paragraph 10 c (new)

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10c. 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 diseases including zoonoses, as has occurred with COVID-19 in mink.

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Amendment 329 Annie Schreijer-Pierik

Draft opinion Paragraph 10 c (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

10c. Emphasises the need to develop business models by rewarding farmers, market gardeners, fishermen and other area owners and users for the ecosystem services they provide.

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Amendment 330 Petros Kokkalis

Draft opinion Paragraph 10 c (new)

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10c. Acknowledges the importance of tracking biodiversity relevant economic instruments and the finance they generate and to establish consistent and comparable finance tracking and reporting across Member States.

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Amendment 331 Isabel Carvalhais, Clara Aguilera, Paolo De Castro, Pina Picierno, Juozas Olekas, Ivo Hristov, Attila Ara-Kovács, Carmen Avram, Marc Tarabella, Eric Andrieu

Draft opinion Paragraph 10 d (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

10d. Underlines that research and innovation are key drivers in accelerating the transition to sustainable food systems notably by providing advanced knowledge enabling farmers to produce food with fewer inputs and to increase the delivery of the ecosystem services, while supporting a social and economic sustainable development; stresses that particular efforts are needed in the dissemination and exchange of knowledge to ensure broader and inclusive uptake by farmers.

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Amendment 332 Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Draft opinion Paragraph 10 d (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

10d. Recalls that the American mink has been identified as a highly invasive alien species that significantly contributes to native biodiversity loss in Europe, but has still not been listed on the EU list of IAS of Union Concern; urges the Commission and Member States to acknowledge the risks posed to public health and biodiversity by the continued

AM\1222864EN.docx 199/201 PE663.370v01-00 EN existence of fur farming, which is a non- essential industry.

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Amendment 333 Petros Kokkalis

Draft opinion Paragraph 10 d (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

10d. Welcomes the Commission’s commitments to ensure full implementation and enforcement of the biodiversity provisions in all trade agreements as well as to better assess the impact of trade agreements on biodiversity, with follow-up action to strengthen the biodiversity provisions of new agreements and existing agreements that are being modernised where relevant.

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Amendment 334 Isabel Carvalhais, Clara Aguilera, Paolo De Castro, Pina Picierno, Juozas Olekas, Ivo Hristov, Attila Ara-Kovács, Carmen Avram, Marc Tarabella

Draft opinion Paragraph 10 e (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

10e. Considers that digital technologies can help European farmers to provide safe and quality food while helping preserving biodiversity and minimising the environmental impact of agriculture; stresses that work is needed to ensure that everyone benefits from the digitalization opportunities, by improving network connectivity in rural areas and by facilitating the implementation of digital

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