2023-06-16 02:23:36
The Environment Committee of the European Parliament has endorsed this Thursday to maintain the text of the Nature Restoration law, so the text has overcome its first obstacle to reach the next plenary session, although the vote for its approval has been Postponed to June 27.
So the Nature Restoration Law goes ahead in the European Parliament with the support of the PSOE and the opposition of the PP and the extreme right
Among the proposals there is the extension of protection beyond the Nature Network and will force countries to restore 20% of ecosystems in 2030.
MEPs and MEPs have thus prevented the proposal to reject the text from going aheadwith a close vote of 44 votes in favor to 44 againstwhich according to the regulation means “rejection”. That is to say, rejection to be rejectedso that MEPs have been able to continue voting on the more than 300 partial amendments presented to the text that is expected to come out of the European Parliament, they have had to interrupt the vote “due to lack of time”, the pending votes will be resumed in two weeks.
In principle, the text will be voted on in the plenary session of the European Parliament next July, after in May the Agriculture and Fisheries committees of the European Parliament showed their rejection of the nature restoration law
The text is expected to be voted on in the plenary session of the European Parliament next July, after in May the Agriculture and Fisheries committees of the European Parliament showed their rejection of the nature restoration law, which was proposed by the European Commission in June 2022, although symbolically, since they could not stop it because the only competent parliamentary commission is the Environment.
Specifically, the proposal was rejected by 30 votes in favor and 16 against in the Agriculture committee, and by 15 votes in favor to 13 against in the Fisheries committee, both without abstentions.
Specific legally binding objectives and obligations
The proposal aims to help recover the European habitats, 80% of which are in poor condition and sets, to achieve this, specific legally binding objectives and obligations for nature restoration in each of the listed ecosystems, from forest and farmland to marine, freshwater and urban ecosystems. more than 70% of the soils are in “unsanitary conditions”, what produces a “loss of agricultural productivity for a value of 1,250 million a year”.
Las proposed measures cover at least 20% of EU land and sea areas by 2030and all ecosystems that need restoration by 2050, in addition to a 50% reduction in the use of chemical pesticides across the EU by 2030.
What is the Nature Restoration Law?
“The Nature Restoration Law was first presented by the European Commission in June 2022, following the objectives of the European Green Deal and the biodiversity strategy.
The legislation, referred to as the “first comprehensive land law of its kind,” aims to restore habitats and species that have been degraded by human activity and climate change.
According to the Commission, the 81% of European habitats are in poor condition, with peat bogs, grasslands and dunes being the most affected. The law sets legally binding targets on seven specific topics, from pollinating insects to marine ecosystems, which together must cover at least 20% of the EU’s land and sea surfaces by 2030.
The target was later raised to 30% to align the bloc with the historic agreement reached in December at the end of the COP15 in Montreal.
Under the plan, Member States will be asked to draw up a national restoration plan outlining the projects and initiatives they wish to carry out to meet the overall objective.
Possible actions include tree planting, beekeeping, re-wetting of drained peat bogs and expansion of green spaces in urban areas.
Upon its introduction, the Nature Restoration Act was well received by environmental organisations, who welcomed the legally binding targets and its broad scope, but provoked a significant reaction from farmers, fishermen and foresters, who saw the law as a direct threat to their livelihoods and their traditional way of working.
The EPP relied on this reaction to launch its opposition, which according to critics is heavily influenced by the upcoming European elections and the rapid rise of the BBBthe agrarian populist party that has disrupted Dutch politics.” euronews
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