# Mid-term review of the EU's biodiversity strategy

European Parliament procedure 2015/2137(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 8th term, committee DEVE / ENVI). Stage: Procedure completed. 417 committee amendments tabled by 71 Members between 2015-11-11 and 2015-11-19.

## What the amendments focus on

This dossier is the mid-term review of the EU's biodiversity strategy. The amendments address the EU's role in biodiversity loss within and beyond its borders, resource efficiency, removal of environmentally harmful subsidies, deforestation and forest degradation, biomass and biofuels under the Renewable Energy Directive, land grabbing, monoculture and industrial livestock farming, climate change, the Sustainable Development Goals and Aichi targets, farmers' rights to seeds, and impacts on developing countries.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine BEARDER | United Kingdom | ALDE | 41 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96955.md |
| Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY | Netherlands | RE | 40 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96940.md |
| Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK | Netherlands | PPE | 35 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125030.md |
| Tom VANDENKENDELAERE | Belgium | PPE | 23 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/129164.md |
| Lynn BOYLAN | Ireland | GUE/NGL | 23 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124984.md |
| João FERREIRA | Portugal | GUE/NGL | 23 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96706.md |
| Michel DANTIN | France | PPE | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97296.md |
| Angélique DELAHAYE | France | PPE | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124732.md |
| Françoise GROSSETÊTE | France | PPE | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/2025.md |
| Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET | Spain | PPE | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125006.md |
| Marco AFFRONTE | Italy | Verts/ALE | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124797.md |
| Piernicola PEDICINI | Italy | NI | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124844.md |
| Eleonora EVI | Italy | Verts/ALE | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124779.md |
| Margrete AUKEN | Denmark | Verts/ALE | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28161.md |
| Karin KADENBACH | Austria | S&D | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97014.md |

## Official source documents

- PE571.519: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/DEVE-AM-571519_EN.pdf
- PE571.781: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ENVI-AM-571781_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2015-2137-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2015-2137-INI.json

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