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European Parliament2019-2024

Committee on Development

2020/2274(INI)

9.3.2021

AMENDMENTS1 - 248Draft reportMichèle Rivasi(PE689.496v01-00)

on the role of development policy in the response to biodiversity loss in developing countries, in the context of the achievement of the 2030 Agenda(2020/2274(INI))

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Amendment 1Antoni Comín i OliveresMotion for a resolutionCitation 2

Motion for a resolution Amendment

— having regard to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) of 1992,

— having regard to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) of 1992, and the upcoming 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties thereto (COP15),

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Amendment 2Antoni Comín i OliveresMotion for a resolutionCitation 7 a (new)


— having regard to Global Biodiversity Outlook 5 of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity of 15 September 2020,

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Amendment 3Antoni Comín i OliveresMotion for a resolutionCitation 7 b (new)


— having regard to the UN Summit on Biodiversity of 30 September 2020,

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Amendment 4Antoni Comín i OliveresMotion for a resolutionCitation 7 c (new)

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— having regard to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),

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Amendment 5Catherine ChabaudMotion for a resolutionCitation 8 a (new)


— having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea,

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Amendment 6Norbert NeuserMotion for a resolutionCitation 8 a (new)


— having regard to the Cancun Statement on Promoting Sustainable Pastoralism and Livestock Production for the Conservation of Biodiversity in Grasslands and Rangelands of the CBD COP13 of 14 December 2016,

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Amendment 7Norbert NeuserMotion for a resolutionCitation 8 b (new)


— having regard to the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) High level Panel of Experts report on food security

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and nutrition: Agroecological and other innovative approaches for sustainable agriculture and food systems that enhance food security and nutrition of July 2019,

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Amendment 8María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine Chabaud, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionCitation 10 a (new)


— having regard to the report on the State of knowledge of soil biodiversity - Status, challenges and potentialities of FAO launched in 2020,

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Amendment 9María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine Chabaud, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionCitation 10 b (new)


— having regard to the Commission communication of 9 March 2020 “Towards a comprehensive Strategy with Africa”,

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Amendment 10María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine Chabaud, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionCitation 10 c (new)


— having regard to the Commission communication of 24 February 2021“Forging a climate-resilient Europe

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- the new EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change",

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Amendment 11María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine Chabaud, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionCitation 10 d (new)


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

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Amendment 12Catherine ChabaudMotion for a resolutionCitation 11 a (new)


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

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— having regard to the Commission communication of 20 May 2020 “A Farm to Fork Strategy - for a fair, healthy and

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environmentally-friendly food system”,

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Amendment 14Antoni Comín i OliveresMotion for a resolutionCitation 11 a (new)


— having regard to the Streamlining European Biodiversity Indicators (SEBI) 2020, issued by the Environmental European Agency,

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Amendment 15Miguel Urbán Crespoon behalf of the The Left GroupMotion for a resolutionCitation 11 a (new)


— having regard to the Parliament in depth analysis on Trade and Biodiversity of June 2020,

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— having regard to the mid-term review of the EUs Biodiversity Strategy,

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Amendment 17Antoni Comín i Oliveres

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 18 a (new)


— having regard to the in-depth analysis entitled “The link between biodiversity loss and the increasing spread of zoonotic diseases”, published by its Directorate-General for External Policies in December 2020,

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

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Amendment 19Antoni Comín i OliveresMotion for a resolutionCitation 18 c (new)


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

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Amendment 20Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital A


A. whereas around 70 % of the A. whereas around 70 % of the

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world’s poor directly depend on biological diversity for their livelihoods;

world’s poor directly depend on biological diversity for their livelihoods, whereas developing and least-developed countries in particular are highly dependent on fish resources for their coastal communities;

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Amendment 21Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital A a (new)


A a. whereas the benefits that humans derive from ecosystems include i.e. purification of water and air, pest and disease control, crop pollination, soil fertility, genetic diversity, freshwater provisioning, flood protection and carbon sequestration and resilience to climate change;

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Amendment 22Miguel Urbán Crespoon behalf of the The Left GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital A a (new)


A a. whereas the majority of biodiversity loss takes place in developing countries;

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Amendment 23Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital A b (new)

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A b. whereas biodiversity continues to remain a critical source for medicinal development;

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Amendment 24Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital A c (new)


A c. whereas the most comprehensive global estimate suggests that ecosystem services provide benefits of USD 125-140 trillion (US dollars) per year i.e. more than one and a half times the size of global GDP[1];

Sources: Biodiversity: Finance and the Economic and Business Case for Action. Executive Summary and Synthesis, OECD 2019 (p. 7).

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Amendment 25Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital A d (new)


A d. whereas biodiversity is both affected by climate change and an important contribution to climate change mitigation and adaptation, through the ecosystems services it support;

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Amendment 26Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Roose

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on behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital A e (new)


A e. whereas biodiversity and ecosystem services are projected to decline over coming decades, while the supply and demand material of natural resources with current market value (food, feed, timber and bioenergy) are projected to increase;

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Amendment 27Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital A f (new)


A f. whereas key pressures on terrestrial, marine and other aquatic biodiversity include habitat loss and fragmentation (particularly from agricultural expansion and intensification), over-exploitation of natural resources (e.g. fish), pollution, invasive alien species and climate change;

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Amendment 28Antoni Comín i OliveresMotion for a resolutionRecital B


B. whereas according to the IPBES 2019 global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services, most of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets for 2020 will be missed;

B. whereas according to the IPBES 2019 global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services, most of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets for 2020 have been missed;

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Amendment 29Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital B a (new)


B a. whereas World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2020 identified environmental risks as the greatest systemic risks to our global economy;

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Amendment 30Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital B b (new)


B b. whereas the OECD estimates at USD 500 billion per year the financial flows potentially harmful to biodiversity (based on fossil-fuel and agricultural subsidies), an order of magnitude ten times higher than global finance flows for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use; and whereas the costs of inaction on biodiversity loss are high and are anticipated to increase[1];

Sources: Biodiversity: Finance and the Economic and Business Case for Action. Executive Summary and Synthesis, OECD 2019.

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Amendment 31Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital C

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C. whereas the IPBES reports that land use change, agricultural expansion and urbanisation are responsible for more than 30 % of emerging disease events;

C. whereas the IPBES reports that land use change, agricultural expansion, logging and urbanisation are responsible for more than 30 % of emerging disease events by encroaching on animal habitat;

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Amendment 32Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital C a (new)


C a. whereas recent studies show that between 1.65 and 1.87 billion Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and Afro-descendants live in the world’s important biodiversity conservation areas; whereas another finding shows that 56 percent of the people living in important biodiversity conservation areas are in low- and middle-income countries; whereas only 9 percent live in high-income countries. This underscores the disproportionate impact of conservation on the Global South (RRI);

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Amendment 33Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital C a (new)


C a. whereas international and illegal trades of animal species known as potential carriers of specific pathogens also contributes to global heath crises and pandemics, such as the COVID-19;

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Amendment 34Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital C b (new)


C b. whereas according to the abovementioned IPBES report, more than 70% of emerging diseases can be traced back to animal pathogens, and that increasing contacts between humans, livestock and wildlife, notably due to global deforestation, heighten the likelihood of transmission of such pathogens to humans;

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Amendment 35Antoni Comín i OliveresMotion for a resolutionRecital C b (new)


C b. whereas there is scientific evidence for a complex link between biodiversity loss and the increasing risk of zoonotic diseases such as COVID-19;

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Amendment 36Marlene MortlerMotion for a resolutionRecital D


D. whereas indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLC) are heavily reliant on land, natural resources and ecosystems for their basic needs and livelihoods;

D. whereas indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLC) are heavily reliant on land, natural resources and ecosystems for their basic needs and livelihoods, taking into account that their low standard of living and exclusion from political and economic life may imply

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crucial conflicts concerning the use of natural resources and land rights;

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Amendment 37Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital D


D. whereas indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLC) are heavily reliant on land, natural resources and ecosystems for their basic needs and livelihoods;

D. whereas indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLC) are heavily reliant on land, forests, natural resources and ecosystems for their basic needs and livelihoods;

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Amendment 38Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital D a (new)


D a. whereas according to the FAO, around 60 million people are employed worldwide in fishing and fish farming, notably among coastal communities in developing countries, and more than three billion people worldwide rely on oceans for their livelihoods, according to the OECD;

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Amendment 39Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital D a (new)


D a. whereas traditional indigenous territories encompass around 22 per cent of the world ’s land surface and they

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coincide with areas that hold 80 per cent of the planet’s biodiversity;

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Amendment 40María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine Chabaud, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionRecital D a (new)


D a. whereas forests harbour more than 75% of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity and more than 25% of the world’s population rely on forest resources for their livelihoods;

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Amendment 41Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital E


E. whereas protected areas have the potential to safeguard biodiversity for the benefit of all humanity, but have also been associated, in some cases, with large-scale human rights violations against IPLC;

E. whereas protected areas have the potential to safeguard biodiversity for the benefit of all humanity, but have also been associated, in some cases, with large-scale human rights violations against IPLC, such as arbitrary arrests or tortures, whereas it is crucial to correct conservation programmes so that they don't provide wrong incentives that lead to such abuses;

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Amendment 42Catherine ChabaudMotion for a resolutionRecital E a (new)


E a. whereas marine plastic pollution is a continuous threat for biodiversity,

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affecting at least 267 species; that at the surface, the cumulative mass of floating waste represents only 1% of the plastics discharged into the ocean; whereas the latest scientific research estimates that the level of plastic pollution in the ocean has been greatly underestimated and that there are still major gaps in oceanographic knowledge today, in particular on its impact on third countries; and that a research effort on the dispersion of marine litter in the ocean is crucial to better understand the extent of marine pollution and its impact on marine biodiversity;

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Amendment 43Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital E a (new)


E a. whereas indigenous people remain amongst the poorest of the poor; and whereas one of the major difficulty that indigenous peoples face globally is to gain legal recognition of collective ownership over their ancestral lands, especially when these were declared protected territories;

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Amendment 44Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital E b (new)


E b. whereas it is estimated that 50 per cent of protected areas worldwide has been established on lands traditionally occupied and used by indigenous peoples

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and that this proportion is highest in the Americas, where it may exceed 90 per cent in Central America;

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Amendment 45Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital E c (new)


E c. whereas the lack of recognition of indigenous people’s and communities’ customary land rights generates risks of landgrabbing, thereby jeopardising their livelihoods and their ability to respond to climate change or biodiversity loss;

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Amendment 46Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital E d (new)


E d. whereas the UN Special Rapporteur on indigenous peoples has identified the extractive industries as a main source of conflict and violence on indigenous peoples’ territories;

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Amendment 47Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital E e (new)


E e. whereas according to Front Line Defenders’ Global Analysis 2020, at least

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331 human rights defenders were murdered in 2020, two-thirds of whom worked to protect environmental, land and indigenous peoples’ rights;

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Amendment 48María Soraya Rodríguez RamosMotion for a resolutionRecital E e (new)


E e. whereas in 2020, according to the Global Analysis 2020 of Frontline Defenders, at least 331 human rights defenders have been assassinated, from which 69% of them were environmental defenders and 26% of them worked specifically on indigenous populations' rights;

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Amendment 49Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital E f (new)


E f. whereas the EU aims to push for a target of at least 30% biodiversity protection under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD);

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Amendment 50María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine Chabaud, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionRecital F


F. whereas a growing body of research F. whereas a growing body of research

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is showing that IPLC possess crucial knowledge and play a vital role in the sustainable management of natural resources and the conservation of biodiversity;

is showing that IPLC possess crucial knowledge and play a vital role in the sustainable management of natural resources and the conservation of biodiversity; whereas global biodiversity targets cannot be achieved without the recognition of the rights of IPLC;

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Amendment 51Marlene MortlerMotion for a resolutionRecital F


F. whereas a growing body of research is showing that IPLC possess crucial knowledge and play a vital role in the sustainable management of natural resources and the conservation of biodiversity;

F. whereas a growing body of research is showing that IPLC possess crucial knowledge and play a vital role in the sustainable management of natural resources and the conservation of biodiversity as well as in improving rural livelihoods and enhancing the resilience of population and communities;

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Amendment 52Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital F a (new)


F a. whereas the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land (2019) demonstrates that indigenous peoples have a long record of adapting to climate variability, drawing on their traditional knowledge, which enhances their resilience;

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Amendment 53Catherine Chabaud

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Motion for a resolutionRecital F a (new)


F a. whereas the strategy of the EU and its Member States in support of developing countries should be designed to anticipate the effects of climate change and biodiversity loss;

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Amendment 54Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital F b (new)


F b. whereas the IPCC Special report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate gives equally evidence of the benefits of combining scientific with local and indigenous knowledge to enforce resilience;

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Amendment 55Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital F c (new)


F c. whereas Article 8 (j) of the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) commits States parties to respect and maintain the knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities which are relevant for conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity; but whereas the Convention, however, fails to contain explicit recognition of the human rights

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of indigenous peoples;

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Amendment 56Miguel Urbán Crespoon behalf of the The Left GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital G


G. whereas the UN Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that about 75 % of genetic diversity in plants has been lost worldwide, which poses a serious risk to global food security;

G. whereas the UN Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that about 75 % of genetic diversity in plants has been lost worldwide, while 75% of the world’s food is now generated from only 12 plants and five animal species, which poses a serious risk to global food security;

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Amendment 57María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine Chabaud, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionRecital G a (new)


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

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Amendment 58Dominique Bilde

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Motion for a resolutionRecital G a (new)


G a. whereas according to the World Bank "fish stocks have deteriorated due to overfishing : the share offish stocks outside biologically sustainable levels rose from 10 percent in 1974 to 33 percent in 2015, while in the same year approximately 60 percent of fish stocks were fully exploited", whereas the depletion of fish resources jeopardizes the food security of coastal communities and least-developed countries generally speaking;

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Amendment 59Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital G a (new)


G a. whereas the loss of genetic diversity, especially replacement of local, well-adapted breeds increases the vulnerability to pests, diseases and environmental changes, including climate change; whereas the market globalisation of agriculture has been a reinforcing driver of such agricultural biodiversity erosion, which means less capacity to innovate and adapt to climate change;

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Amendment 60Antoni Comín i OliveresMotion for a resolutionRecital G a (new)

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G a. whereas the total ecological footprint of the EU-27 Member States plus the United Kingdom is high and is now more than twice the biocapacity available in the region, and this results in a large ecological deficit, which has negative consequences for the environment within and outside Europe;

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Amendment 61Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital G b (new)


G b. whereas farmers’ rights were established under the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in 2004, but whereas intellectual property rules have often worked in contradiction to them, putting local, traditional and indigenous seed systems at risk;

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Amendment 62Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital G c (new)


G c. whereas trade liberalisation triggers off the destruction of habitats, through infrastructure (such as mines, pipelines, roads, ports), which arise from exports of mineral and fossil products;

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Amendment 63Marlene MortlerMotion for a resolutionRecital H


H. whereas it is estimated that globally, 30 % of threats to species are due to international trade;

H. whereas it is estimated that globally, 30 % of threats to species are due to international trade, while cooperation between relevant national authorities for agriculture, phytosanitary services, veterinary services, trade and environment is necessary to effectively implement legal frameworks for prevention and control in monitoring and managing species, without unnecessarily restricting trade and creating additional trade barriers;

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Amendment 64Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital H


H. whereas it is estimated that globally, 30 % of threats to species are due to international trade;

H. whereas it is estimated that globally, 30 % of threats to species are due to international trade, unsustainable trade and at times illegal trade;

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Amendment 65Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital H a (new)


H a. whereas the EU plays a significant role in biodiversity loss in third countries because of its imports of minerals, biomass and some agricultural products such as soybean and palm oil, whose

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crops constitute an important driver of tropical deforestation;

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Amendment 66Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital H b (new)


H b. whereas current WTO rules limits the possibility of EU Member States of raising tariffs on products that have a negative impact on biodiversity;

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Amendment 67Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital H c (new)


H c. whereas dispute settlement systems covering biodiversity and trade provisions in Multilateral Environment Agreements are not binding, unlike the WTO enforcement system, which de facto embodies the supremacy of commercial law over biodiversity;

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Amendment 68Antoni Comín i OliveresMotion for a resolutionRecital I


I. whereas in addition to international trade, illegal trade in timber and raw materials can accelerate the degradation and destruction of biodiversity in countries

I. whereas in addition to international trade, illegal wildlife trade and illegal trade in timber and raw materials can accelerate the degradation and destruction

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with weak institutions; of biodiversity in countries with weak institutions and environmental regulations;

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Amendment 69María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine Chabaud, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionRecital I a (new)


I a. whereas the EU Biodiversity Strategy aims at achieving that all of the world’s ecosystems are restored, resilient, and adequately protected by 2050, in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and is committed to no human-induced extinction of species by 2050, to the to the principle of equality, including respect for the rights and the full and effective participation of indigenous populations and local communities;

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Amendment 70María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine Chabaud, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionRecital I b (new)


I b. whereas the EU Biodiversity Strategy is committed to a fair and equitable sharing of the benefits from the use of genetic resources linked to biodiversity and to foster enabling framework, making use of research, innovation and technology tools;

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Amendment 71Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital I b (new)


I b. whereas environmental crimes, whose value has been estimated by the UN Environment and INTERPOL up to twice the global aid budget, accelerates and biodiversity loss and climate change, notably through forestry crimes;

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Amendment 72Antoni Comín i OliveresMotion for a resolutionRecital I b (new)


I b. whereas there are overlaps between biodiversity hotspots and areas suffering from poverty, as most conservation hotspots are located in countries with a high prevalence of poverty and food insecurity;

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Amendment 73Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionRecital I b (new)


I b. whereas illegal timber trade is spurred by the high demand in countries such as China, which is also a leading producer of wooden items such as furniture;

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Amendment 74Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital I b (new)


I b. whereas the Republic of Maldives called, in its statement of 3 December 2019, to amend the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court to recognise criminal acts that would amount to Ecocide;

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Amendment 75Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital I c (new)


I c. whereas the IPBES reports that the international legal wildlife trade has increased 500% in value since 2005, and 2,000% since the 1980s[1];

Sources: IPBES workshop on biodiversity and pandemics. Workshop report (2020), p. 23

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Amendment 76Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital I d (new)


I d. whereas the EU is one of the largest importers of wildlife and wildlife-related products globally;

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Amendment 77Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital I e (new)


I e. whereas global wildlife trafficking is one of the most profitable forms of organised cross-border criminal activity;

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Amendment 78Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital I f (new)


I f. whereas oceans are huge reservoirs of biodiversity and the primary regulator of the global climate; and whereas their conservation is critical to sustainable development and contributes to poverty eradication, providing sustainable livelihoods and food security for billions of people;

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Amendment 79Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital I g (new)


I g. whereas in a business-as-usual scenario, climate change is expected to reduce fish biomass by 30 to 40% in some tropical regions by 2100 and has a strong impact on marine biodiversity; whereas countries in these zones are highly dependent on fisheries, but lack social and financial resources to adapt and

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prepare for the future;

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Amendment 80Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital I h (new)


I h. whereas the IUCN advocates for the transformation of at least 30% of all marine habitats by 2020 into a network of highly protected marines protected areas (MPAs);

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Amendment 81Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionRecital I i (new)


I i. whereas Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing threatens the sustainability of global marine resources by contributing to their overexploitation;

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Amendment 82María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine Chabaud, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionParagraph 1


1. Is alarmed at the fact that the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services will undermine progress in approximately 80 % of the assessed targets for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);

1. Is alarmed at the fact that the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services is undermining progress in approximately 80 % of the assessed targets for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);

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Amendment 83Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 1


1. Is alarmed at the fact that the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services will undermine progress in approximately 80 % of the assessed targets for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);

1. Is alarmed at the fact that the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services will undermine progress in approximately 80 % of the assessed targets for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); calls for the EU to reduce its biodiversity footprint worldwide and to bring it within the ecological limits of ecosystems;

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Amendment 84Janina OchojskaMotion for a resolutionParagraph 1 a (new)


1 a. Points out that nearly half of the human population is directly dependent on natural resources for its livelihood, and many of the most vulnerable and poorest people depend directly on biodiversity to fulfil their daily subsistence needs;

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Amendment 85Beata Kempa, Ryszard Czarneckion behalf of the ECR GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2


2. Calls for the EU to address the root causes of biodiversity loss and to mainstream obligations on conservation

2. Calls for the EU to address the root causes of biodiversity loss and to include obligations on conservation and the

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and the sustainable use of resources into broader development policies;

sustainable use of resources in broader development policies;

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2. Calls for the EU to address the root causes of biodiversity loss and to mainstream obligations on conservation and the sustainable use of resources into broader development policies;

2. Calls for the EU to address the root causes of biodiversity loss and to mainstream obligations on conservation and the sustainable use of resources and restoration of ecosystems into broader development and partnership policies, and to integrate policy coherence on biodiversity conservation, restoration, sustainable use of resources in all EU policies, to reduce the pressure on biodiversity worldwide;

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2. Calls for the EU to address the root causes of biodiversity loss and to mainstream obligations on conservation, restoration and the sustainable use of resources into broader development policies;

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Amendment 88Antoni Comín i OliveresMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2

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2. Calls for the EU to address the root causes of global biodiversity loss and to mainstream obligations on conservation and the sustainable use of resources into broader development policies;

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Amendment 89Catherine ChabaudMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 a (new)


2 a. Stresses that the populations of developing countries are directly dependent on biological diversity for their food, health and economic security; regrets that the degradation of biodiversity due to climate change and the resulting loss of resources increase their vulnerability and undermine their fundamental rights and dignity;

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Amendment 90Catherine ChabaudMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2 b (new)


2 b. Recalls that biodiversity is threatened by climate change through natural disasters and extreme weather disturbances, including cyclones, storms, droughts, erosion, heat waves and fires, as well as rising sea level, rising sea surface temperature, flooding of coastal areas, and increasing ocean acidity, and that coastal regions, islands are particularly impacted and third countries must be supported to develop and implement effective climate mitigation

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and adaptation policies;

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Amendment 91Marlene MortlerMotion for a resolutionParagraph 3


3. Recalls that the conservation, sustainable use and restoration of biodiversity is vital to achieve many other policy objectives, including human health, climate change mitigation and adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and water and food security;

3. Recalls that the conservation, sustainable use and restoration of biodiversity is vital to achieve many other policy objectives, including human health, climate change mitigation and adaptation, disaster risk reduction, water, food and nutrition security, sustainable and resilient food systems, development of rural areas and job creation as well as sustainable use of forest and agriculture ecosystems in the balance between economic, social and environmental aspects;

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3. Recalls that the conservation, sustainable use and restoration of biodiversity is vital to achieve many other policy objectives, including human health, climate change mitigation and adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and water and food security; stresses however that EU’s biodiversity objectives and targets need to be realistic and feasible, therefore they should build upon a sound scientific knowledge and thorough assessment of the current biodiversity status and trends;

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3. Recalls that the conservation, sustainable use and restoration of biodiversity is vital to achieve many other policy objectives, including human health, climate change mitigation and adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and water and food security; and recalls that the harmful effects of ecosystem degradation are being borne disproportionately by the poor, notably women, as well as indigenous people and other natural resource-dependent communities;

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Amendment 94Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionParagraph 3



3. Recalls that the conservation, sustainable use and restoration of biodiversity is vital to achieve many other policy objectives, including human health, poverty alleviation and food security, climate change mitigation and adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and water and food security, and can also help address the root causes of migration from least-developed and developing countries;

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Amendment 95Janina OchojskaMotion for a resolutionParagraph 3

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3. Recalls that the conservation, sustainable use and restoration of biodiversity is vital to achieve many other policy objectives, including human health, climate change mitigation and adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and water as well as nutritional and food security;

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Amendment 96María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine Chabaud, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionParagraph 3 a (new)


3 a. Calls on the EU to step up support to partner countries across the world to achieve the new global targets, fight environmental crime, and tackle the drivers of biodiversity loss;

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4. Emphasises the duty of states to protect natural and biodiversity-rich ecosystems and the human and land rights of IPLC and Afro-descendants who depend on these ecosystems for their survival;

4. Emphasises the duty of states to protect and sustainably manage natural and biodiversity-rich ecosystems and safeguard the human and land rights of IPLC and Afro-descendants who depend on these ecosystems for their survival;

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Amendment 98Beata Kempa, Ryszard Czarneckion behalf of the ECR Group

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 5


5. Calls for the EU and its Member States to support the global recognition of the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment at the UN General Assembly and to examine the case for giving legal personality to nature;

5. Calls for the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts to ensure a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment globally;

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Amendment 99María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine ChabaudMotion for a resolutionParagraph 5



5. Calls for the EU and its Member States to support the global recognition of the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment at the UN General Assembly and calls on the EU to introduce the right to a safe and healthy environment in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU as well as to move towards the recognition of this right in the European Convention on Human Rights;

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5. Calls for the EU and its Member States to support the global recognition of the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment at the UN General Assembly and to examine the case for giving legal personality to nature, calls for

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a global effort towards the fulfilment of the SDGs and the protection of global biodiversity;

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5 a. Insists that the objectives set by the European Union in terms of protection of the biodiversity should be reflected in its external action with third countries and be fully integrated in partnership strategies and agreements, such as fisheries agreement where the European Union can help third countries develop their capacity building to halt biodiversity loss, which can be particularly at stake in those areas;

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Amendment 102Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 5 a (new)


5 a. Is deeply concerned by the major gap in data, indicators and the finance needed to halt biodiversity loss and inconsistencies in biodiversity finance reporting and tracking; recalls that establishing specific, measurable and quantitative targets and indicators for the post-2020 framework is essential to improving the ability to monitor progress;

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Amendment 103Miguel Urbán Crespoon behalf of the The Left GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 5 a (new)


5 a. Calls the EU and rich countries, responsible for much of the policies that led to biodiversity loss at global level, to financially support global efforts and developing countries to defend biodiversity.

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5 b. Calls on the Commission to champion an ambitious governance model in international UN negotiations on marine biodiversity and marine genetic resources beyond national jurisdictions; calls to recognise the ocean as a global common, with a view to a new approach in the preamble that prioritises individual and collective responsibilities over the traditional principles of freedom and sovereign rights, as laid down in the Law of the Sea, and thus ensures that the ocean is protected;

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Amendment 105Catherine ChabaudMotion for a resolutionParagraph 5 c (new)


5 c. Welcomes the African initiative on the "Great Green Wall" and calls on the

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Commission to support this project;

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6 a. Highlights that some of Earth's most biologically diverse yet threatened terrestrial and marine areas act as biodiversity hotspots; insists that preservation and restoration efforts, notably at regional level, should be intensified;

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Amendment 107Norbert NeuserMotion for a resolutionParagraph 6 a (new)


6 a. Calls for the EU and its Member States to promote research and innovation on nature-based solutions or development approaches for delivering key development benefits and thus help implementing the Sustainable Development Goals;

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Amendment 108Antoni Comín i OliveresMotion for a resolutionParagraph 6 a (new)


6 a. Highlights the direct and indirect impacts of EU Economy on global biodiversity and that EU has special responsibility for global biodiversity

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conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity

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Amendment 109Norbert NeuserMotion for a resolutionParagraph 6 b (new)


6 b. Calls for the EU and its Member States to accelerate and intensify policy actions to eliminate, phase out or reform incentives, including funding, that are harmful for biodiversity, and develop and apply positive incentives for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, consistent and in line with Agenda 2030 and relevant international Conventions and obligations;

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7. Underlines the fact that planning, scrutinising and monitoring the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) are key to the pursuit of the EU’s global biodiversity goals;

7. Welcomes that NDICI will contribute to the overall MFF biodiversity target; underlines the fact that planning, scrutinising and monitoring the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) are key to the pursuit of the EU’s global biodiversity goals; calls for a minimum 10 % annual spending target on biodiversity under the NDICI and the effective application of the ‘do no significant harm’ principle to biodiversity across EU spending and programmes, including the NDICI;

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7. Underlines the fact that planning, scrutinising and monitoring the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) are key to the pursuit of the EU’s global biodiversity goals;

7. Underlines the fact that planning, scrutinising and monitoring the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) are key to the pursuit of the EU’s global biodiversity goals; calls for harnessing the reporting and monitoring framework of EU external biodiversity policy, through i.e. detailed provisions on biodiversity objectives and indicators;

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8. Regrets the fact that the EU budget for supporting external biodiversity policy remains considerably low in comparison with that earmarked for climate change policies;

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8. Regrets the fact that the EU budget for supporting external biodiversity policy remains considerably low in comparison

8. Regrets the fact that the EU external budget for supporting biodiversity policy remains considerably low in

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with that earmarked for climate change policies;

comparison with that earmarked for climate change policies; calls for the effective application of the ‘do no significant harm’ principle to biodiversity across EU spending and programmes; Calls for a significant share of EU official development assistance dedicated to climate action to be directed towards supporting nature-based solutions for climate mitigation and adaptation;

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8. Regrets the fact that the EU budget for supporting external biodiversity policy remains considerably low in comparison with that earmarked for climate change policies; highlights the need for new investments tools to support resource mobilisation for protecting the biodiversity (such as biodiversity-relevant taxes, fees and charges); in addition, stresses the need to track, report and reform harmful subsidies to channel them towards biodiversity-friendly activities;

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Amendment 115Miguel Urbán Crespoon behalf of the The Left GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 8



8. Regrets the fact that the EU budget for supporting external biodiversity policy remains considerably low in comparison with that earmarked for climate change policies; calls for an effective increase in

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budget allocation of resources aimed at defending biodiversity

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8. Regrets the fact that the EU budget for supporting external biodiversity policy remains considerably low in comparison with that earmarked for climate change policies and that environmentally harmful subsidies have not been phased out;

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9. Calls for the EU to pass a mandatory due diligence law to make companies and their financiers directly responsible for ensuring that their imports are not tainted by land grabs and deforestation;

9. 9. Reiterates the request that the Commission submit in 2021a proposal for an EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation and forest degradation, which imposes on companies a requirement to conduct due diligence to ensure that the products placed on the EU market are not associated with deforestation, conversion of natural ecosystems and violations of indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ rights;

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Amendment 118Marlene Mortler

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9. Calls for the EU to carry out value chain due diligence to make companies and their financiers responsible for ensuring that their imports are not tainted by land grabs and deforestation;

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8. Notes the fact that the EU budget for supporting external biodiversity policy remains considerably low in comparison with that earmarked for climate change policies;

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9. Calls for the EU to pass a mandatory due diligence law to make companies and their financiers directly responsible for ensuring that their imports are not tainted by human rights abuses, such as land grabs and environmental degradation (including deforestation, biodiversity loss); more broadly, calls on the EU to require business and financial institutions to scale up their commitment to biodiversity i.e. through robust and

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mandatory provisions on impact assessment, risk management; disclosure and external reporting requirements; invites the OECD to develop a set of practical actions on due diligence and biodiversity to support efforts by business;

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9 a. calls on the Member States to implement effective regulatory measures to provide identify, assess, prevent, cease, mitigate, monitor, communicate, account for, address and remediate the potential and/or actual adverse human rights abuses and hold businesses accountable when it comes to ensuring that they fulfil their due diligence obligations regarding the impact of biodiversity loss and climate change on human rights in line with UN guiding principles on Business and HumanRights;

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Amendment 122María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine Chabaud, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9 b (new)


9 b. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to develop a legislative proposal on mandatory human rights and environmental corporate due diligence for companies throughout their supply chains; recommends that this legislative proposal should support and facilitate the development of common impact

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measuring methodologies for environmental and climate change impacts; stresses the importance of effective, meaningful and informed consultation and communication with different all affected or potentially affected stakeholders, such as human rights including environmental defenders, civil society, trade unions, indigenous people and local communities;

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10. Recalls that the effectiveness of EU external biodiversity policy depends on policy coherence between biodiversity and other key EU external policies;

10. Recalls that the effectiveness of EU external biodiversity policy depends on policy coherence between biodiversity and other key EU external policies, and in particular its trade policies and free-trade agreements;

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10. Recalls that the effectiveness of EU external biodiversity policy depends on policy coherence between biodiversity and other key EU external policies;

10. Recalls that the effectiveness of EU external biodiversity policy depends on policy coherence between biodiversity and other key EU external policies, such as trade and investment agreements;

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Amendment 125Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 10 a (new)


10 a. Notes that the IPBES’ 2019 GA report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services shows the limits of the approach of the protection of biodiversity through the spatial extent of terrestrial and marine protected area, which account among the few Aichi Biodiversity Targets partially achieved;

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10 a. Underlines the need to implement an accessible, transparent, and publicly available screening system to identify and mitigate potential biodiversity risk of development projects funded by EU.

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11. Urges the EU to mainstream biodiversity into all policy areas, notably agriculture, fisheries, energy, mining, trade and climate change;

11. Urges the EU to include biodiversity in relevant policy areas, notably agriculture, fisheries, energy, mining, trade and climate change;

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Amendment 128Janina Ochojska

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11. Highlights the fact that biodiversity is at the centre of many economic activities, particularly those related to crop and livestock agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and many forms of tourism directly based on nature and healthy ecosystems; urges the EU to mainstream biodiversity into all policy areas, notably agriculture, fisheries, forestry, energy, mining, trade, tourism and climate change;

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11. Urges the EU to mainstream biodiversity into all related policy areas, notably agriculture, fisheries, energy, mining, trade and climate change as well as to promote innovative and implementable solutions to tackle biodiversity loss, while ensuring healthy, safe, accessible and affordable food to all;

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11. Urges the EU to mainstream biodiversity into all policy areas, notably agriculture, fisheries, energy, mining, trade and climate change, and in particular, to abstain from concluding trade

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agreements that are likely to impact biodiversity in a significant manner;

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11. Urges the EU to mainstream biodiversity and ecosystem services into all policy areas, notably agriculture, fisheries, energy, mining, trade and climate change;

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Amendment 132Beata Kempa, Ryszard Czarneckion behalf of the ECR GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 11 a (new)


11 a. Stresses that sustainably managed and multifunctional forests are important part of green infrastructure which provides a home for thousands of species and that about 50% of Natura 2000 sites are forests; thus emphasizes that management practices applied in European forests clearly show that the ecological functions of forest ecosystems and biodiversity can be maintained in managed forests along with all other functions;

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11 a. Calls for the EU and its Member States to ensure that biodiversity and ecosystem services are mainstreamed in development and poverty reduction policies and actions;

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12. Notes with deep concern that EU consumption accounts for around 10 % of the global share of deforestation; reiterates its call for the Commission to submit a proposal in 2021 for an EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation, by ensuring that EU market and consumption patterns do not detrimentally affect forests and biodiversity;

12. Notes with deep concern that EU consumption accounts for around 10 % of the global share of deforestation; reiterates its call for the Commission to submit a proposal in 2021 for an EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation, by ensuring that EU market and consumption patterns do not detrimentally affect forests and biodiversity and by abstaining from clinching trade deals with countries with unsatisfactory track records regarding the fight against deforestation;

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12. Notes with deep concern that EU consumption accounts for around 10 % of the global share of deforestation; reiterates its call for the Commission to submit a proposal in 2021 for an EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation, by ensuring that EU

12. Notes with deep concern that EU consumption accounts for around 10 % of the global share of deforestation, through its high import dependency of agricultural commodities such as palm oil, meat, soy, cocoa, maize, timber, rubber; reiterates its call for the

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market and consumption patterns do not detrimentally affect forests and biodiversity;

Commission to submit a proposal in 2021 for an EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation, by ensuring that EU market and consumption patterns do not detrimentally affect forests and biodiversity;

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13. Recalls that the EU’s growing demand for wood for use in materials, energy and the bioeconomy is exceeding the limits of its supply, which increases the risk of import-embodied deforestation, land grabbing, forced displacement and violations of indigenous peoples’ rights;

13. Recalls that the EU’s growing demand for wood for use in materials, energy and the bioeconomy is exceeding the limits of its supply, which increases the risk of import-embodied deforestation, land grabbing, forced displacement and violations of IPLC’ rights; reiterates that EU bioenergy policy should respond to strict environmental and social criteria;

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13 a. Underlines that EU investment in agriculture, forestry or fishery or in undertakings that impact soil, grassland, forest, water or sea, needs to be in line with the CFS’s Voluntary guidelines on the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests in the context of national food security (VGGTs) and CFS Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems in order to protect ecosystems and prevent biodiversity loss;

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13 a. Calls on the EU to step up the implementation of its FLEGT Action Plan in particular the Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) so as to reduce the demand for illegal timber and the associated trade and to strengthen the rights of communities and Indigenous Peoples living affected by logging;

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Amendment 139Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionParagraph 13 a (new)


13 a. Regrets, in this regard, the impact of China's demand for timber on European and French forests, seeing as, in particular, there was a sevenfold increase in the exports of timber from France to China between 2007 and 2019, with dire consequences for the French timber industry;

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Amendment 140Marlene MortlerMotion for a resolutionParagraph 13 a (new)


13 a. Stresses that the use of damaged wood for bioenergy can increase the sustainability of the world’s forests in the

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light of the rising demand for energy from renewable sources;

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14. Calls for the protection and restoration of forests to be prioritised in the upcoming NDICI;

14. Calls for the protection and restoration of forests to be enhanced in the upcoming NDICI in coherence with the policies of the beneficiary countries in that area;

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14. Calls for the protection and restoration of forests to be addressed in the upcoming NDICI;

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14. Calls for the protection and restoration of forests to be prioritised in the upcoming NDICI; emphasizes that forests can only develop their full functions for the climate and the environment if they are managed sustainably;

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14. Calls for the protection and restoration of forests and the defence of biodiversity to be prioritised in the upcoming NDICI;

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14 a. Underlines that protecting biodiversity and mitigating climate change are not automatically mutually supportive; calls for the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive to make it consistent with EU’s international commitments on Agenda 2030, the Paris Agreement and the Convention of Biological Diversity, which entails i.e.: to introduce social sustainability criteria taking into account the risks of land-grabbing; to this end, RED II should comply with international tenure rights standards, i.e. ILO Convention No 169 and FAO Voluntary Guidelines on Land Tenures and Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems;

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Amendment 146Catherine Chabaud

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Motion for a resolutionSubheading 2


Agriculture Agriculture and fisheries

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15. Recalls that agricultural production both depends and has an impact on biodiversity;

15. Recalls that agriculture and food production both depend and have significant impacts on biodiversity;

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15. Recalls that agricultural production both depends and has an impact on biodiversity; highlights that effective mainstreaming of biodiversity in agriculture requires i.e. to identify and phase out environmentally harmful subsidies; to enshrine the “polluter pays” principle within the regulatory framework (e.g. taxes on synthetic fertiliser and pesticide use) and to make ex-ante and ex-post Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) mandatory;

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15. Recalls that agricultural production both depends and has an impact on biodiversity; stresses that policy actions and financial incentives should enable farmers to implement training, technology and innovation in the uptake and delivery of biodiversity and environmental benefits, while keeping in balance regulatory actions, voluntary measures and good agricultural practices;

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15. Recalls that agricultural production both depends and has an impact on biodiversity; calls on the EU to support developing countries in implementing the sustainability of food systems, trough the creation of short supply chains, the development of agroecology, support for small farmers, and put an end to the practice of land grabbing by large multinationals

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15. Recalls that agricultural production both depends and has an impact on biodiversity; highlights the fact that agricultural expansion accounts for 70% of the projected loss of global biodiversity

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and the demand for fertile land is projected to increase substantially by 2050 due to increasing population and urbanization;

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15 a. Highlights that fisheries activities in third countries must promote sustainability and good governance by strengthening institutional capacities, promote restoration and protection of marine and coastal ecosystems and ensure regional coherence in order to take into account the cumulative impacts of the various fisheries agreements in certain regions of third countries;

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15 b. Highlights that approximately 3 billion people around the world rely on fisheries product as a primary source of protein;

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16. Insists that EU external funding for agriculture should be in line with the transformative nature of the 2030 Agenda, the Paris Climate Agreement and the UN CBD; considers that investment in agro-ecology, agroforestry and crop diversification should be prioritised accordingly;

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16. Insists that EU external funding for agriculture should be in line with the transformative nature of the 2030 Agenda, the Paris Climate Agreement and the UN CBD; considers that investment in agro-ecology, agroforestry and crop diversification should be prioritised accordingly;

16. Recalls that agroecology’s unique capacity to reconcile the economic, environmental and social dimensions of sustainability has been recognised by landmark reports from IPCC and IPBES and the World Bank and FAO-led global agricultural assessment (IAASTD); insists that EU external funding for agriculture should be in line with the transformative nature of the 2030 Agenda, the Paris Climate Agreement and the UN CBD; considers that investment in agro-ecology, agroforestry and crop diversification should be prioritised accordingly;

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16. Insists that EU external funding for agriculture should be in line with the

16. Insists that EU external funding for agriculture should be in line with the

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transformative nature of the 2030 Agenda, the Paris Climate Agreement and the UN CBD; considers that investment in agro-ecology, agroforestry and crop diversification should be prioritised accordingly;

transformative nature of the 2030 Agenda, the Paris Climate Agreement and the UN CBD; considers that investment in nature-based solutions, agro-ecology, agroforestry and crop diversification should be prioritised accordingly;

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16 a. Urges a shift away from trade-oriented and over-specialised agricultural policies and towards support for food sovereignty and local and regional markets; Calls for the prioritisation of local production and consumption that ensure local job creation, guarantee fair prices for producers and consumers, reduce countries' dependence on imports and their vulnerability to international price fluctuations; Urges to support small-scale producers and farmers, and in particular women and youth; stresses the need to enable small-scale farmers to be less dependent on external inputs and to strengthen their resilience to crises, with countries facilitating the production, exchange and use of peasant seeds;

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16 a. Stresses that it is also up to the beneficiary countries to provide for the economic and social conditions that would foster agroecology, notably when it

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comes to access to credit and to local distribution channels;

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Amendment 159Jan-Christoph OetjenMotion for a resolutionParagraph 17


17. Calls on the Commission to no longer authorise GMO crops for import or cultivation in the EU owing to the damage they cause to biodiversity and the health risks they pose;

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17. Calls on the Commission to no longer authorise GMO crops for import or cultivation in the EU owing to the damage they cause to biodiversity and the health risks they pose;

17. Recalls that the precautionary principle in regard to GMOs has to be applied in accordance with the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of25 July 2018 in Case C-528/16, which includes the need for companies to provide methods to identify the relevant organisms as well as mandatory approval process, including risk assessment and labelling;

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17 a. Underlines that an appropriate legal framework on New Breeding Techniques (NBTs), based on scientific knowledge, could contribute significantly to achieving ambitious environmental and climate goals, while using less pesticides and fertilizers and having scarce water resources available;

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17 a. Recalls that agricultural development projects should comply with the international and EU environmental and social standards, especially those related to deforestation-free and land-neutral trade chains;

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18. Recalls that seed diversity is vital in building the resilience of farming to climate change;

18. Recalls that seed diversity is vital in building the resilience of agriculture, adapting to changing conditions such as climate change, new diseases, pests and sustainable lifestyles, taking into account productivity as well as food demand and food security of the world population;

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18. Recalls that enhancing seed and crops diversity by switching to drought or flood resistant varieties is vital in building the resilience of farming to climate change;

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18. Recalls that seed diversity is vital in building the resilience of farming to climate change; against this backdrop, notes with concern that EU FTAs require Parties to ensure the protection of plant varieties in accordance with the revised 1991 International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV), which is incompatible with the provisions of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA);

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18. Recalls that seed diversity is vital in building the resilience of farming to climate change and that in particular, crop diversification should be enhanced among smallholder farmers as a way of adapting to climate change, with a focus on crops that provide increased resilience

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to drought;

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19. Calls for the EU to support intellectual property rights regimes that enhance the development of locally adapted seed varieties and farmer-saved seeds;

19. Recalls that TRIPS provision which request some form of protection for plant varieties don't force developing countries to adopt UPOV regime; calls for the EU to support intellectual property rights regimes that enhance the development of locally adapted seed varieties and farmer-saved seeds and to ensure that the EU commitments made to farmers’ rights under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture are reflected in all technical assistance and financial support for seed policy development;

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19. Calls for the EU to support intellectual property rights regimes that enhance the development of locally adapted seed varieties and farmer-saved seeds;

19. Calls for the EU to support intellectual property rights regimes that enhance the development of locally adapted seed varieties and farmer-saved seeds and call for the developing and least-developed countries to foster the development of local seed industries;

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20. Calls for the EU to put an end to the double standards towards pesticides whereby hazardous substances banned in the EU can be exported from the Union;

20. Calls for the EU to put an end to the double standards towards pesticides whereby hazardous substances banned in the EU can be exported from the Union; believes however that adopting overly ambitious quantitative reduction targets in a relatively short period may result in different pace of adjustment in different Member States and lead to a segmentation of the single food market, both of which would undermine the achievements of the EU's cohesion policy so far;

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20. Calls on the EU to support collaboration among developing countries to strengthen pesticide risk regulation, strengthen research and education in alternatives to pesticides and stop all exports of crop protection products banned in the EU and support the re-evaluation of pesticide registrations in developing countries to be in line with FAO/WHO Code of Conduct;

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20. Points out that unsustainable practices in agriculture and forestry, such as excessive water withdrawal and pollution by hazardous chemicals cause substantial environmental degradation and biodiversity loss; calls for the EU to put an end to the double standards towards pesticides whereby hazardous substances banned in the EU can be exported from the Union;

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20. Calls for the EU to put an end to the double standards towards pesticides whereby hazardous substances banned in the EU can be exported from the Union; Calls the Commission to introduce a legislation to end the export of banned pesticides, while supporting developing countries in increasing their agroecological and organic practices and productions;

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20. Calls for the EU to put an end to the double standards towards pesticides whereby hazardous substances banned in the EU can be exported from the Union, in

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line with EU’s commitments towards PCD, the Green Deal, the “do-not-harm principle” and the Rotterdam Convention of 1998;

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20 a. Calls for the EU to promote more sustainable agricultural practices to restore limited water resources;

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Amendment 175María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph OetjenMotion for a resolutionParagraph 21


21. Calls for the EU to advocate at COP 15 of the UN CBD a global moratorium on gene drive research linked to the development of applications and on releases of gene drive organisms into nature, including field trials;

21. Calls for the EU to make use of the EFSA's Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) scientific opinion on the "adequacy and sufficiency evaluation of existing EFSA guidelines for the molecular characterisation of genetically modified insects containing engineered gene drives" and take into account that the conclusion is that such guidelines are adequate, but insufficient for the environmental risk assessment and post-market environmental monitoring;

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21. Calls for the EU to advocate at COP 15 of the UN CBD a global moratorium on gene drive research linked to the development of applications and on releases of gene drive organisms into nature, including field trials;

21. Calls for the EU to advocate at COP 15 of the UN CBD a global moratorium on gene drive research linked to the development of applications and on releases of gene drive organisms into nature, including field trials, and to uphold the precautionary principle, ass enshrined in the TFUE as well as the CBD;

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21 a. Recalls that conservation, restoration and sustainable management of marine ecosystems is crucial for climate mitigation strategies while ensuring that the rights and livelihoods of small-scale fishers and coastal communities are respected; emphasises that the IPCC Special report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate gives evidence of the benefits of combining scientific with local and indigenous knowledge to enforce resilience; urges the EU to develop a Human Rights -based approach towards ocean governance;

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21 a. Highlights the fact that small-scale fishers directly dependent on coastal

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and marine biodiversity for their livelihoods; however, the world’s oceans and coasts are highly threatened by unsustainable fishing practices, rapid climate change, land-based pollution and eutrophication; Is of the opinion that significant reductions in fishing pressure and changes in fishing techniques in most marine fisheries would lead to rebuilding of fisheries over the next decades;

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21 a. Calls on the EU to promote sustainable agricultural and fisheries practices to protect and restore the world’s forests in all of its international cooperation, with a particular attention to to sustainable water resource management, the restoration of degraded land, and the protection and restoration of biodiverse areas with high ecosystem services and climate mitigation potential;

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21 a. Stresses the importance of continuing and stepping up the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and penalties for associated criminal practices, given that intrinsically polluting and illegal activities contribute to the deterioration of

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the marine environment and its biodiversity;

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Amendment 181Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 21 b (new)


21 b. Underlines that the excessive fishing capacity within the framework of international fish trade is threatening food security of coastal communities and marine ecosystems in developing countries; recalls EU’s commitment towards the Principle of Policy Coherence for Development; takes the view that progress still needs to be made for Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements to become truly sustainable, highlights that these agreements must be in line with best available scientific advice and must neither undermine local food security nor threaten the small-scale fisheries sector in third countries by putting it in direct competition with EU vessels; more broadly, calls on the EU and its Member States to push for ambitious measures and financial resources to tackle the global issue of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and the trade of illegal seafood products;

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Amendment 182María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine Chabaud, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionParagraph 21 b (new)

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21 b. Calls on the Commission to support the establishment of a global capacity building programme for the use and management of soil biodiversity and the Global Soil Biodiversity Observatory; Calls on the Commission to support on-going efforts in FAO’s Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture for a Global Plan of Action to address the decline of biodiversity for food and agriculture and promote its sustainable management;

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Amendment 183Michèle Rivasi, Caroline Rooseon behalf of the Greens/EFA GroupMotion for a resolutionParagraph 21 c (new)


21 c. Emphasises that creating a sustainable maritime environment requires to tackle i.a. land-based pollution reaching the seas and oceans, marine pollution and eutrophication; urges the EU and its Member States to take all necessary measures to address holistically the root causes of marine pollution and fish depletion, and to reform accordingly its sectoral policy, notably its agricultural policy, to respond effectively to its international commitments on biodiversity and climate change;

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21 d. Stresses the need to implement an integrated approach to all sectors of the Blue Economy based on science and an Ecosystem-based approach, which implies an understanding of the relationships between human society and the ecosystems that support it; emphasises accordingly the duty of states to refrain from taking measures, including large-scale development projects, that may adversely affect the livelihoods of inland and marine smallscale fishers, their territories or access rights, unless their free, prior and informed consent is obtained, and ensure that courts protect such rights; and conduct ex-ante assessments of extractive industry projects, operated by private entities in order to evaluate the possible negative human rights impacts on local fishing communities;

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22. Highlights the EU’s responsibility to reduce the indirect drivers of biodiversity loss, by systematically including biodiversity in trade negotiations and dialogues with developing countries;

22. Highlights the EU’s responsibility to reduce the indirect drivers of biodiversity loss, by systematically including biodiversity in trade negotiations and dialogues with developing countries as well as legally enforceable clauses in free-trade agreements where it applies;

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22. Highlights the EU’s responsibility to reduce the indirect drivers of biodiversity loss, by systematically including biodiversity in trade negotiations and dialogues with developing countries;

22. Highlights the EU’s responsibility to reduce the indirect drivers of biodiversity loss, by systematically including biodiversity and safeguards against landgrabs in trade negotiations and dialogues with developing countries;

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22 a. Stresses the proven link between trade liberalization, agricultural over-specialisation, deforestation, biodiversity loss and climate change; call for agricultural trade policies that fully respect workers and indigenous rights, climate and the environment Calls the EU to align its trade policy with the SDG and Biodiversity Strategies’ objectives, and the carbon neutral objective of the EU Green Deal, and consequently to review its FTAs;

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22 a. Regrets in that regard the trade-deal clinched between the European Union and Mercosur in light of its impact on deforestation and biodiversity loss, note in this regard that according to a recent article published in Science, "roughly 20% of soy exports and at least

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17% of beef exports from both biomes [Cerrado and Amazon regions of Brazil] to the EU may be contaminated with illegal deforestation.";1a

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Amendment 189Patrizia ToiaMotion for a resolutionParagraph 22 a (new)


22 a. invites the Commission to carefully assess the impacts of trade agreements on deforestation and biodiversity loss in the Sustainability Impact Assessments (SIAs) and other relevant assessments, based on solid data and evaluation methodologies;

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22 a. Points out that approximately a third of harvested food is lost either in the food transport and transformation chain; urges the EU and its Member States to promote food waste reduction practices;

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Amendment 191Dominique BildeMotion for a resolutionParagraph 22 b (new)

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22 b. Stresses that the EU's biodiversity strategy should not overlook fishing agreements with developing countries, which should enhance sustainable practices and support coastal communities, is concerned in that regard about the overexploitation of fishing resources by foreign fleets, among others, Chinese fleets, notably in West Africa and the impact in terms of food security;

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23. Stresses that in order to be enforceable, the environmental objectives of the EU’s free trade agreements (FTAs) must be clear, quantifiable, verifiable and include sanctions for non-compliance;

23. Stresses that in order to be enforceable, the environmental objectives of the EU’s free trade agreements (FTAs) must be clear, quantifiable, verifiable; Calls on the EU Commission to consider further actions and resources to effectively implement Trade and Sustainable Development Chapters (TSDs) within the upcoming review of the 15-point action plan;

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23. Stresses that in order to be enforceable, the environmental objectives of the EU’s free trade agreements (FTAs) must be clear, quantifiable, verifiable and

23. Stresses that in order to be enforceable, the environmental objectives of the EU’s free trade agreements (FTAs)

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include sanctions for non-compliance; must be clear, quantifiable and verifiable;

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23. Deplores that Trade and Sustainable Development chapter of EU FTAs are poorly effective in the implementation of biodiversity-related provisions; stresses that in order to be enforceable, the environmental objectives of the EU’s free trade agreements (FTAs) must be clear, quantifiable, verifiable and include sanctions for non-compliance;

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23. Stresses that in order to be enforceable, the environmental objectives of the EU’s free trade agreements (FTAs) must be clear, quantifiable, verifiable and include sanctions for non-compliance and that these objectives should be included in all the free-trade agreements agreed on by the European Union;

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23 a. Stresses that the EU need to engage with partner countries to ensure a smooth and fair transition, mobilising inparticular Aid for Trade to ensure that partners reap the benefits of biodiversity-friendly trade;

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23 a. Points out that the EU already includes biodiversity-related non-trade provisions in trade agreements, while implementable, measurable and realistic guarantees can be considered;

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24. Highlights that the biodiversity of cultivated crops and farmed animals has fallen as a result of international trade; calls for a full assessment of the direct and indirect impact of EU FTAs on biodiversity;

24. Highlights that the biodiversity of cultivated crops and farmed animals has fallen as a result of international trade; calls for a comprehensive scientifically based assessment of the direct and indirect impact of EU FTAs on biodiversity loss;

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24. Highlights that the biodiversity of cultivated crops and farmed animals has fallen as a result of international trade; calls for a full assessment of the direct and indirect impact of EU FTAs on biodiversity;

24. Highlights that the biodiversity of cultivated crops and farmed animals has fallen as a result of international trade, in particular, recalls that specialisation in agriculture, resulting from trade liberalisation, has a downside negative effect for ecosystem, that are less diverse, and therefore less functional and less resilient; calls for a full assessment of the direct and indirect impact of EU FTAs on biodiversity;

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24 a. Calls on the Commission to carefully review its trade policy, especially EPA, to ensure that it is not in contradiction with the principles of policy coherence for development, the Paris agreement and the green deal. Asks the Commission and the Council not to conclude new free trade agreements that could contributing to increase world deforestation and biodiversity loss;

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25. Stresses that the deterioration of biodiversity and ecosystems have both direct and indirect impacts on public health;

25. Stresses that the deterioration of biodiversity and ecosystems have both direct and indirect impacts on public health, and the link between increasing

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spread of zoonotic diseases and biodiversity loss;

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25 a. Recalls that according to the above-mentioned IPBES report, there might be "up to 1.7 million " undiscovered’ viruses in mammal and water birds, among which 631,000 to 827,000 could potentially infect humans and that deforestation in particular, is a major trigger in the propagation of new pathogens due to the increased contact between wildlife, livestock and humans;

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25 a. Notes that diverse diets combined with global convergence to moderate levels of calorie and meat consumption would improve health and food security in many areas and also substantially reduce impacts on biodiversity;

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26. Recalls that ecological restoration is critical for the implementation of the ‘One Health’ approach;

26. Recalls that ecological restoration is critical for the implementation of the ‘One Health’ approach; Stresses that the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the importance of recognizing the intrinsic connection between human health, animal health and biodiversity;calls on the Commission to present, in collaboration with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, a European Strategy against zoonotic pandemics, building upon cooperation with EU partner countries to reduce the risk of future zoonotic pandemics;

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26. Recalls that the risk of pandemics is driven by anthropogenic changes, such as land-use change, agricultural expansion and intensification, the rise of global trade and consumption as well as demographic pressure, that brings wildlife, livestock and people into closer contact; in this context, recalls that ecological restoration is critical for the implementation of the ‘One Health’ approach;

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26. Recalls that ecological restoration is critical for the implementation of the ‘One Health’ approach, and the awareness on the links between biodiversity, which signals a healthy ecosystem, and human and animal health; underlines that air, water and soil quality, as well as processes such as pollination, depend on healthy ecosystems and biodiversity;

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26 a. Recalls the link between biodiversity loss and the rise of zoonotic pathogens;

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27. Recalls that the majority of drugs used for healthcare and the prevention of diseases are derived from biodiversity;

27. Recalls that the majority of drugs used for healthcare and the prevention of diseases are derived from biodiversity, while many important therapeutics are derived from indigenous knowledge and traditional medicine;

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27. Recalls that the majority of drugs used for healthcare and the prevention of diseases are derived from biodiversity;

27. Recalls that the majority of drugs used for healthcare and the prevention of diseases are derived from biodiversity; it is estimated that over 28,000 species of plants around the world are used medicinally;

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27 a. Emphasizes that the COVID-19 epidemic has increased the persisting problem of the access to medicines, which has serious consequences in developing countries; stresses the significance of placing the health of patients at the centre of closer cooperation between the EU and developing countries, while ensuring coherence in the policies of development, trade, health, research and innovation to stronger focus on healthcare and disease prevention in developing countries;

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29. Stresses the need to ensure that the benefits of nature’s genetic resources are shared fairly and equitably; insists that the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) should be compatible with the Nagoya Protocol to the UN CBD;

29. Stresses the need to ensure that the benefits of nature’s genetic resources are shared fairly and equitably; underlines that regulations taken to protect GR and their associated TK must comply with international commitments taken on the promotion and respect of the rights of

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indigenous peoples as enshrined in the 2007 UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and the 1989 ILO Convention on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples (No 169); in particular, insists that the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) should be compatible with the Nagoya Protocol to the UN CBD; accordingly, considers it crucial to establish mandatory requirements on disclosing the origin of genetic resources during patent proceedings;

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29. Stresses the need to ensure that the benefits of nature’s genetic resources are shared fairly and equitably; insists that the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) should be compatible with the Nagoya Protocol to the UN CBD;

29. Stresses the need to ensure that the benefits of nature’s genetic resources are shared fairly and equitably; insists that the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) should be compatible with the Nagoya Protocol to the UN CBD; considers that given the risk of new pandemics caused by ever greater deforestation and loss of biodiversity, it is necessary to implement a waiver on IPR for drugs and vaccines useful for fighting pandemics, starting with the ones related to COVID19;

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30. Underlines the fact that the IPBES global assessment demonstrated the importance of IPLC to global biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management;

30. Underlines the fact that the IPBES global assessment demonstrated the importance of IPLC to global biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management; regrets that, in spite of this great potential, indigenous knowledge has not been effectively used, while the explicit recognition of indigenous or tribal peoples, and of their rights, remains absent from the legal, policy and institutional frameworks of many countries, and its implementation remains a major issue;

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30 a. Underlines that pastoralists and other nature-based land users in rangelands and natural grasslands contribute to conservation and sustainable use of natural and domestic biodiversity;

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Amendment 215Norbert NeuserMotion for a resolutionParagraph 31


31. Highlights the numerous allegations of large-scale violations of the rights of indigenous peoples reported by the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples;

31. Highlights the numerous allegations of large-scale violations of the rights of indigenous peoples reported by the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples and recalls the obligation of states to protect human and environmental defenders from

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harassment, intimidation and violence, as enshrined in human rights law, encourages states where protection programmes exist to strengthen them and other states to adopt national policies and legislation in favour of human rights defenders and establish protection programmes;

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31. Highlights the numerous allegations of large-scale violations of the rights of indigenous peoples reported by the UN Special Rapporteur and of the rights of the environmental defenders, as reported by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, denouncing a growing number of attacks, death threats, murders against them;

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31. Highlights the numerous allegations of large-scale violations of the rights of indigenous peoples reported by the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, resulting i.e. from increased mineral extraction, the development of renewable energy projects, agribusiness expansion, mega-infrastructure development and

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conservation measures;

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31 a. Recalls the legal duties of the State to recognise and protect the rights of indigenous people to own, develop, control and use their communal lands and to participate in the management and conservation of the natural resources;

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Amendment 219María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph OetjenMotion for a resolutionParagraph 32


32. Calls for the EU to enhance the scrutiny of EU-funded projects in terms of human rights abuses and, where necessary, to terminate projects which violate human rights and evict IPLC from their homeland;

32. Calls on the EU and the Member States to request and ensure that the right to free, prior, and informed and binding consultation and consent with of indigenous populations is respected, without coercion, in any agreement or development projects that may affect the lands, territories or natural assets of indigenous populations; stresses that the Sustainable Development Mechanism (SDM) should aim to finance projects that benefit those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss and should undergo a human rights impact assessment with only projects with positive impacts being eligible for registration; insists that all activities of European Financial Institutions, notably the European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, in

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third countries, are consistent with the EU’s climate commitments and follow a HRBA in their external dealings; calls for the reinforcement and deepening of their respective complaint mechanisms for individual or groups whose rights would have been violated by such activities and could be eligible for remedies;

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32. Calls for the EU to enhance the scrutiny of EU-funded projects in terms of human rights abuses and, where necessary, to terminate projects which violate human rights and evict IPLC from their homeland and to foster better practices when it comes to the implications of nature conservation projects and IPLC;

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32. Calls for the EU to enhance the scrutiny of EU-funded projects in terms of human rights abuses, notably for the creation or expansion of existing protected areas and, where necessary, to terminate projects which violate human rights and evict IPLC from their homeland;

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Amendment 222María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph OetjenMotion for a resolutionParagraph 32 a (new)


32 a. Calls on the EU Member States that have not yet ratified ILO Convention N.169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of 1989, to do so; Underlines that ILO Convention N. 169 obliges all ratifying states to develop coordinated action to protect indigenous peoples’ rights;

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Amendment 223María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine ChabaudMotion for a resolutionParagraph 32 b (new)


32 b. Calls on the EU to further invest and strengthen specific protection mechanisms and programmes for indigenous populations and environmental human rights defenders; stresses the importance to ensure the continuation of ProtectDefenders.eu project at increased levels offunding as well as of other existing EU tools for supporting human rights defenders;

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Amendment 224María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine ChabaudMotion for a resolutionParagraph 32 c (new)


32 c. Recalls the obligation on states to protect environmental defenders and their families against harassment, intimidation

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and violence, as enshrined in human rights law, as well as to guarantee their fundamental freedoms, and their obligation to recognise the rights of indigenous populations and local communities, and to acknowledge their contributions, experiences and knowledge to the fight against biodiversity loss and environmental degradation;

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33. Urges the EU to ensure that a rights-based approach is applied to all projects funded through Official Development Assistance (ODA), with particular regard to the rights of pastoralists and IPLC, including full recognition of the right to self-determination and land rights as enshrined in human rights treaties;

33. Urges the EU to ensure that a rights-based approach is applied to all projects funded through Official Development Assistance (ODA), with particular regard to the rights of pastoralists and IPLC, including full recognition of the right to self-determination and land rights as enshrined in human rights treaties, notably the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP); compliance with the principle of Free, Prior and Informed consent as set out in the ILO Convention 169 in relation to decision-making of all aspects of protected areas; and the establishment of accountability, complaint and redress mechanisms for infringements on indigenous rights in the context of conservation activities;

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Amendment 226Patrizia ToiaMotion for a resolutionParagraph 33

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33. Urges the EU to ensure that a rights-based approach is applied to all projects funded through Official Development Assistance (ODA), with particular regard to the rights of pastoralists and IPLC, including full recognition of the right to self-determination and land rights as enshrined in human rights treaties; strongly reminds to this regards that Free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) of affected indigenous communities must be obtained in accordance with international standards and practices;

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33. Urges the EU to ensure that a rights-based approach is applied to all projects funded through Official Development Assistance (ODA), with particular regard to the rights of pastoralists and IPLC, including full recognition of the right to self-determination and land rights as enshrined in human rights treaties and in compliance with the legal systems of the beneficiary countries;

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Amendment 228María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Iskra Mihaylova, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Catherine ChabaudMotion for a resolutionParagraph 33

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33. Urges the EU to ensure that a rights-based approach is applied to all projects funded through Official Development Assistance (ODA), with particular regard to the rights of pastoralists and IPLC, including with regard to recognition of and access to land rights as enshrined in human rights treaties;

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34. Urges the EU to ensure that the NaturAfrica Initiative promotes a rights-based approach to conservation and is developed in consultation with the IPLC concerned, together with the civil society groups who support them;

34. Urges the EU to ensure that the NaturAfrica Initiative promotes a rights-based approach to conservation and is developed with the free, prior and informed consent of the IPLC concerned, together with the civil society groups who support them and asks the EU to provide technical and financial assistance to this effect;

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34. Urges the EU to ensure that the NaturAfrica Initiative promotes a rights-based approach to conservation and is developed in consultation with the IPLC concerned, together with the civil society groups who support them;

34. Urges the EU to ensure that the NaturAfrica Initiative to protect wildlife and key ecosystems while offering opportunities in green sectors for local populations, promotes a rights-based approach to conservation and is developed

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in consultation with the IPLC concerned, together with the civil society groups who support them;

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34 a. Encourages the EU and its Member States to support the African Governance Architecture (AGA), and in particular the African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights, in order to implement the African Union Policy Framework on Pastoralism in Africa and, more broadly, to recognise pastoralists’ and indigenous peoples’ rights;

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34 a. Stresses that the loss of biodiversity-dependent ecosystem services is likely to emphasise inequality and marginalization of the most vulnerable people, by decreasing their access to a healthy life and by reducing their freedom of choice and actions;

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34 b. Urges the parties to the UNFCCC to revise Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs),with the full and effective participation of indigenous peoples and develop monitoring mechanisms for NDCs with the participation of Indigenous Peoples and urges the EU and the Member States to include indigenous peoples in their country delegations at the international climate negotiations;

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35. Stresses that securing tenure rights is a prerequisite for effective biodiversity mainstreaming; notes, however, that the lack of collective land rights for indigenous peoples is a primary obstacle to ensuring that rights-based conservation becomes effective;

35. Stresses that securing tenure rights is a prerequisite for effective biodiversity mainstreaming; notes, however, that the lack of collective land rights for indigenous peoples is a primary obstacle to ensuring that rights-based conservation becomes effective; reminds that frameworks such as the FAO Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGT) can help to provide legal certainty; accordingly, urges the EU to make the effective implementation of these guidelines a pre-condition of investment in the remit of NDICI; more broadly, urges Parties to the Convention of Biological Diversity to recognise the rights of indigenous peoples as a matter of priority, in a context where protected areas are to be expanded; and calls on the EU to undertake all necessary measures for the effective implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights

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of Indigenous Peoples and ratification of the ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention No. 169;

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35 a. Recalls that the transition to a green and digital economy has huge implications for the mining sector and that there are growing concerns that mining will spread into sensitive forest landscapes, contributing to deforestation and forest degradation; reminds that 80% of forests worldwide constitute traditional lands and territories of indigenous people; calls on the EU and its Member States to step up its efforts to foster responsible and sustainable mining practices, while accelerating its transition towards a circular economy; in particular, calls on the EU to develop a region-wide framework for extractive industries which would sanction companies violating human rights and provide legal redress to indigenous peoples whose rights have been violated; and stresses the need to ban mineral exploration and exploitation in all protected areas including national parks and World Heritage Sites;

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35 b. Regrets the serious shortcomings of the UN “Protect, Respect, Remedy” framework and the Guiding Principles on business and human rights with regard to both indigenous peoples’ rights and land rights; calls once again on the EU to engage constructively in the work of the UN Human Rights Council on an international legally binding instrument to regulate, in international human rights law, the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises, which should include specific standards for the protection of indigenous people;

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36. Underlines the fact that environmental crime poses a global threat to sustainable development, stability and security;

36. Underlines that damages to the environment have an impact on development, stability and security;

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36. Underlines the fact that environmental crime poses a global threat to sustainable development, stability and security;

36. Underlines the fact that environmental crime poses a global threat to nature conservation, sustainable development, stability and security;

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37. Stresses that wildlife trafficking should be classified as a serious crime in accordance with the UN Convention on Transnational Organised Crime in an effort to facilitate international cooperation;

37. Stresses that wildlife trafficking should be classified as a serious crime in accordance with the UN Convention on Transnational Organised Crime in an effort to facilitate international cooperation, notably in a context where trade and consumption of wildlife represents an important risk for future pandemics;

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37 a. Urges supply, transit and demand countries to deepen their levels of cooperation to combat illegal wildlife trade along the entire chain; in particular, urges governments of the supply countries to: i) improve the rule of law and create effective deterrents by strengthening criminal investigation, prosecution and sentencing; ii) enact stronger laws treating illicit wildlife trafficking as a "serious crime" deserving the same level of attention and gravity as other forms of transnational organised crime; iii) allocate more resources to combating wildlife crime, particularly to strengthen wildlife law enforcement, trade controls, monitoring, and customs detection and seizure; iv) to commit to a zero-tolerance policy on corruption;

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37 a. Calls on the Commission to revise the EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking in 2021 to crack down on illegal wildlife trade; Welcomes the draft measures published by the Commission aimed to effectively ban EU trade in ivory and urges to revise the Environmental Crime Directive, by expanding its scope and introducing specific provisions for criminal sanctions;

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38. Urges the EU to make the fight against environmental crime an overriding strategic political priority in international judicial cooperation and at COP meetings;

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38. Urges the EU to make the fight against environmental crime an overriding

38. Urges the EU to make the fight against environmental crime an overriding

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strategic political priority in international judicial cooperation and at COP meetings;

strategic political priority in international judicial cooperation and at COP meetings, notably by promoting compliance with MEAs through the adoption of criminal sanctions, exchanges of best practices and by promoting the enlargement of the scope of the International Criminal Court to cover criminal acts that amount to ecocide; calls on the Commission and the Member States to allocate appropriate financial and human resources to preventing, investigating and prosecuting environmental crimes;

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38 a. Welcomes the EU's biodiversity strategy for 2030 and the priority given to the protection of flora and fauna in the negotiation of trade agreements with developing countries; recalls the European Commission's commitment to revise the EU action plan against wildlife trafficking, including illegal ivory trafficking; calls in this regard for the inclusion of the African elephant, threatened with extinction due to the illegal trade in ivory, in Annex 1 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES);

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38 a. Calls on the EU to step up the implementation of its FLEGT Action Plan in particular the Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) so as to reduce the demand for illegal timber and the associated trade and to strengthen the rights of communities and Indigenous Peoples living affected by logging;

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Amendment 246María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Iskra Mihaylova, Catherine Chabaud, Stéphane BijouxMotion for a resolutionParagraph 39


39. Stresses that there is no permanent international mechanism to monitor and address environmental damage and destruction that alters the global commons or ecosystem services; calls for the EU and the Member States, to this end, to support a paradigm shift to include ecocide and the right of future generations in international environmental law;

39. Stresses that there is no permanent international mechanism to monitor and address environmental damage and destruction that alters the global commons or ecosystem services; calls for the EU and the Member States, to this end, to support a paradigm shift to include ecocide and the right of future generations in international environmental law; in this regard, encourages the EU and the Member States to promote the recognition of ecocide as an international crime under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC);

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39. Stresses that there is no permanent international mechanism to monitor and address environmental damage and

39. Stresses that there is no permanent international mechanism to monitor and address environmental damage and

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destruction that alters the global commons or ecosystem services; calls for the EU and the Member States, to this end, to support a paradigm shift to include ecocide and the right of future generations in international environmental law;

destruction that alters the global commons or ecosystem services; calls for the EU and the Member States, to this end, to support a paradigm shift;

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39. Stresses that there is no permanent international mechanism to monitor and address environmental damage and destruction that alters the global commons or ecosystem services; calls for the EU and the Member States, to this end, to support a paradigm shift to include ecocide and the right of future generations in international environmental law;

39. Underlines that international law has evolved to embrace new concepts such as “the Common heritage of humanity”, “Sustainable Development”, “Future Generations”; but stresses that there is no permanent international mechanism to monitor and address environmental damage and destruction that alters the global commons or ecosystem services; calls for the EU and the Member States, to this end, to support a paradigm shift to include ecocide and the right of future generations in international environmental law;

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