Amen­de­menten Hazekamp in de land­bouw­com­missie op de Natuur­her­stelwet

Proposal for a regulation on the nature restoration of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

Amendment 1
Anja Hazekamp

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)

Amendment

(4 a) Recognizing the irreplaceable and intrinsic value of nature and ecosystem services, the Union and its Member States commit to stop the destruction of nature as the most efficient way of protecting and restoring it.

Amendment 2
Anja Hazekamp

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)

Amendment

(19 a) whereas there is a need to reconsider the EU land use for food security as around 65% of agricultural land is used for animal production and 55% of cereals in the EU are used for feed and about 4% for the production of biofuels^1a;

^1a European Commission, Drivers of food security, SWD(2023)4final

Amendment 3
Anja Hazekamp

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 b (new)

Amendment

(19 b) Underlines that sustainable farming that preserves natural resources, such as soil, water and forests, is a prerequisite to long-term food security in the EU and globally;

Amendment 4
Anja Hazekamp

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48 a (new)

Amendment

(48 a) Whereas the Commission's recent analysis has identified that the current high input intensive agricultural model, based on chemical pesticides, is likely to pose a food security threat in the medium term due to a loss of biodiversity, the likely increase in pests, decline in soil health and loss of pollinators which are essential to agricultural production^1a;

^1a European Commission, Drivers of food security, SWD(2023)4 final

Amendment 5
Anja Hazekamp

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49

Text proposed by the Commission

(49) Sustainable, resilient and biodiverse agricultural ecosystems are needed to provide safe, sustainable, nutritious and affordable food. Biodiversity-rich agricultural ecosystems also increase agriculture’s resilience to climate change and environmental risks, while ensuring food safety and security and creating new jobs in rural areas, in particular jobs linked to organic farming as well as rural tourism and recreation. Therefore, the Union needs to improve the biodiversity in its agricultural lands, through a variety of existing practices beneficial to or compatible with the biodiversity enhancement, including extensive agriculture. Extensive agriculture is vital for the maintenance of many species and habitats in biodiversity rich areas. There are many extensive agricultural practices which have multiple and significant benefits on the protection of biodiversity, ecosystem services and landscape features such as precision agriculture, organic farming, agro-ecology, agroforestry and low intensity permanent grassland.

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(49) Sustainable, resilient and biodiverse agricultural ecosystems are needed to provide safe, sustainable, nutritious and affordable food. Biodiversity-rich agricultural ecosystems also increase agriculture’s resilience to climate change and environmental risks, while ensuring food safety and security and creating new jobs in rural areas, in particular jobs linked to organic farming and conservation agriculture as well as rural tourism and recreation. Therefore, the Union needs to improve the biodiversity in its agricultural lands, through a variety of existing practices beneficial to or compatible with the biodiversity enhancement, including extensive agriculture. Extensive agriculture is vital for the maintenance of many species and habitats in biodiversity rich areas. There are many extensive agricultural practices which have multiple and significant benefits on the protection of biodiversity, ecosystem services and landscape features such as precision agriculture, organic farming, agro-ecology, agroforestry and low intensity permanent grassland.

Justification

Conservation Agriculture is a farming system that promotes minimum soil disturbance (i.e. no tillage), maintenance of a permanent soil cover, and diversification of plant species. It enhances biodiversity and natural biological processes above and below the ground surface, which contribute to increased water and nutrient use efficiency and to improved and sustained crop production

Amendment 6
Anja Hazekamp

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 - paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission

2. This Regulation establishes a framework within which Member States shall put in place, without delay, effective and area-based restoration measures which together shall cover, by 2030, at least 20 % of the Union’s land and sea areas and, by 2050, all ecosystems in need of restoration.

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2. This Regulation establishes a framework within which Member States shall put in place, without delay, effective and area-based restoration measures which together shall cover, by 2030, at least 30 % of the Union’s land and sea areas and, by 2050, all ecosystems in need of restoration.

Amendment 7
Anja Hazekamp

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 - paragraph 2 a (new)

Amendment

2 a. Member States shall contribute to the Union's nature restoration targets set out in Article 1(2), in a manner proportional to their total land and sea area, in line with their obligations set forth by this Regulation.

Amendment 8
Anja Hazekamp

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 - paragraph 1 - point 15 a (new)

Amendment

(15 a) "whole site approach” means a method for applying an ecosystem-based approach to the management of human activities which accounts for the ecosystem as a whole, to be implemented by conserving and restoring a range of species and habitats across a larger area than the evidenced extent of the individual feature of interest, including associated species or habitats that are important to the ‘feature’ of interest, to enhance ecological recovery processes to its full extent. This approach is particularly relevant for the restoration of open and dynamic systems, like marine ecosystems, which are influenced by currents, seasons, water temperature and other oceanographic processes.

Amendment 9
Anja Hazekamp

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 - paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

1. Member States shall put in place the restoration measures that are necessary to improve to good condition areas of habitat types listed in Annex I which are not in good condition. Such measures shall be in place on at least 30 % of the area of each group of habitat types listed in Annex I that is not in good condition, as quantified in the national restoration plan referred to in Article 12, by 2030, on at least 60 % by 2040, and on at least 90 % by 2050.

Amendment

1. Member States shall put in place the restoration measures that are necessary to significantly and permanently improve to good condition areas of habitat types listed in Annex I which are not in good condition. Such measures shall be in place on at least 70 % of the area of each group of habitat types listed in Annex I that is not in good condition, as quantified in the national restoration plan referred to in Article 12, by 2030, on at least 100 % by 2040, in order to ensure that benefits from the restoration measures materialise by 2050.

Amendment 10
Anja Hazekamp

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 - paragraph 6

Text proposed by the Commission

6. Member States shall ensure that the areas that are subject to restoration measures in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 show a continuous improvement in the condition of the habitat types listed in Annex I until good condition is reached, and a continuous improvement of the quality of the habitats of the species referred to in paragraph 3, until the sufficient quality of those habitats is reached. Member States shall ensure that areas in which good condition has been reached, and in which the sufficient quality of the habitats of the species has been reached, do not deteriorate.

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6. Member States shall ensure that the areas that are subject to restoration measures in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 show a continuous improvement in the condition of the habitat types listed in Annex I until a sustained good condition is reached, and a continuous improvement of the quality of the habitats of the species referred to in paragraph 3, until the sufficient quality of those habitats is reached and sustained. Member States shall ensure that areas in which good condition has been reached, and in which the sufficient quality of the habitats of the species has been reached, do not deteriorate.

Amendment 11
Anja Hazekamp

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 - paragraph 7 a (new)

Amendment

7 a. Member States shall ensure the continuous, long-term and sustained effects of restoration measures adopted under this Article.

Amendment 12
Anja Hazekamp

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 - paragraph 8 - introductory part

Text proposed by the Commission

8. Outside Natura 2000 sites, the non-fulfilment of the obligations set out in paragraphs 6 and 7 is
justified if it is caused by:

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8. If compatible with the gradual achievement of the restoration targets set out in this Regulation,
outside Natura 2000 sites, the non-fulfilment of the obligations set out in paragraphs 6 and 7 can be justified if Member States provide compelling evidence that it is it is caused by:

Amendment 13
Anja Hazekamp

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 - paragraph 9

Text proposed by the Commission

9. For Natura 2000 sites, the non-fulfilment of the obligations set out in paragraphs 6 and 7, is justified if it is caused by:

(a) force majeure;

(b) unavoidable habitat transformations which are directly caused by climate change: or

(c) a plan or project authorised in accordance with Article 6(4) of the Directive 92/43/EEC.

Amendment

deleted

Amendment 14
Anja Hazekamp

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 - paragraph 4 - subparagraph 1 - introductory part

Text proposed by the Commission

For organic soils in agricultural use
constituting drained peatlands, Member States shall put in place restoration measures. Those measures shall be in place on at least:

Amendment

For non-urban organic soils constituting drained peatlands, Member States shall put in place rewetting and if necessary additional
restoration measures, and shall ensure appropriate monitoring of the effectiveness of the measures in accordance with Article 17. Those measures shall be in place on at least:

Amendment 15
Anja Hazekamp

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 - paragraph 4 - subparagraph 1 - point a

Text proposed by the Commission

(a) 30 % of such areas by 2030, of which at least a quarter shall be rewetted;

Amendment

(a) 30 % of such areas by 2030, which shall be rewetted by 2030;

Amendment 16
Anja Hazekamp

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 - paragraph 4 - subparagraph 1 - point b

Text proposed by the Commission

(b) 50 % of such areas by 2040, of which at least half shall be rewetted;

Amendment

(b) 50 % of such areas, which shall be rewetted by 2040;

Amendment 17
Anja Hazekamp

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 - paragraph 4 - subparagraph 1 - point c

Text proposed by the Commission

(c) 70 % of such areas by 2050, of which at least half shall be rewetted.

Amendment

(c) 70 % of such areas, which shall be rewetted by 2045.

Amendment 18
Anja Hazekamp

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 - paragraph 4 - subparagraph 1 - point c a (new)

Amendment

(c a) 100 % of such areas, which shall be rewetted by 2050.