28 Amendments of Irena JOVEVA related to 2019/2803(RSP)
Amendment 3 #
Citation 2 a (new)
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Amendment 5 #
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas on 11 October 2019 the IUCN issued an urgent call to massively scale up species conservation action in response to the escalating biodiversity crisis, appealing to the world's governments to halt species decline and prevent human-driven extinctions by 2030, and to improve the conservation status of threatened species with a view to bringing about widespread recovery by 2050;
Amendment 11 #
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas the Commission launched the EU Pollinators Initiative in response to the calls of the European Parliament and the Council to address the decline of pollinators on 1 June 2018;
Amendment 14 #
Recital A c (new)
A c. whereas the poor conservation status of butterflies and their semi natural grassland habitats is clear and a good proxy for the situation of wild bees, hoverflies, moths and other pollinators;
Amendment 20 #
Recital B
B. whereas, in order to adequately protect pollinators, the presencuse of pesticide residues in the habitat of pollinatorss that harm pollinators and their food will need to be strongly reduced;
Amendment 24 #
Recital C
C. whereas neonicotinoid usethe use of some pesticides has been linked to adverse ecological effects, including high risks to both domestic and wild bees, responsible for pollinating most crops worldwide;
Amendment 26 #
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas according to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 professional users of pesticides must keep records of pesticide use for at least 3 years, containing the name of the plant protection product, the time and the dose of application, the area and the crop where the product was used;
Amendment 29 #
Recital E
E. whereas however, several Member States notified emergency derogations regarding the use of these neonicotinoids on their territory; whereas these notifications of Member States regarding those emergency authorisations are often of very poor quality and are not made publicare often of very poor quality and are not made public, while EFSA concluded that for about one third of the products for which emergency authorisations were granted, alternatives would have been available;
Amendment 37 #
Recital G
Amendment 39 #
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas even the full application of the 2013 EFSA Bee Guidance would still leave butterflies, moths and hoverflies unprotected by the pesticide approval regime;
Amendment 40 #
Recital G b (new)
G b. whereas many pollinator habitats have become highly fragmented and specialist species are under increasing threat from habitat mismanagement and climate change;
Amendment 43 #
Recital H
H. whereas connected pollinator habitats, such as buffer strips and grassy waterways, can contribute to soil erosion control;
Amendment 44 #
Recital I
I. whereas using indigenous flowers is of particular importance foroccurrence, conservation and restoration of areas of indigenous flowers, also in urban areas, is essential for healthy populations of wild pollinators;
Amendment 53 #
Recital K a (new)
K a. whereas agri-environmental measures have not been implemented at a sufficient scale across the EU to compensate for the losses of pollinator habitats and declines in habitat quality; and greening has failed to provide significant improvement;
Amendment 55 #
Recital K b (new)
K b. whereas the introduction of a pollinator indicator can contribute to optimal decision-making processes, more effective public spending, increased accountability and understanding of the impact of policies and legislation;
Amendment 56 #
Recital K c (new)
K c. whereas the introduction of a pollinator impact indicator was requested in the positions of the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development in the context of the CAP Strategic Plans regulation proposal (COM(2018)-392);
Amendment 61 #
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that there are various positive elements in thee added value of the EU Pollinators Initiative in terms of setting strategic objectives and a set of actions to be taken by the EU and its Member States;
Amendment 79 #
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need to protect the diversity of pollinator species in Europe and worldwide;
Amendment 82 #
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of promoting measures to encourage biodiversity, given that pollinator health is fostered by access to a mixture of different pollen and plantdepends on species-rich habitats providing diverse and continuous food and nesting resources;
Amendment 84 #
Subheading 2
Amendment 87 #
Subheading 2 a (new)
Urges the Commission to embed the EU Pollinators Initiative and its results in the development of the post-2020 EU Biodiversity Strategy, and to transform the intentions of the Initiative into a full- scale action programme for pollinators with sufficient resources;
Amendment 104 #
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that thpesticide reduction of pesticide use should therefore be set as a target in Member States’ strategic pplan, with clear targets, milestones and timeline, should be set in each Member States’ National Action Plans, and pesticide reduction should be set as a ‘common indicator’ with which to monitor success; believes that EU-wide mandatory reduction targets should be included in the upcoming revision of EU Directive on Sustainable Use of Pesticides (2009/128/EC).
Amendment 110 #
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that according to the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive (128/2009/EC), non-chemical methods of pest control shouldmust be used as a priorityfirst, to replace pesticides, with a view to protecting pollinators;
Amendment 128 #
Paragraph 14
Amendment 160 #
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for more funds for research and for the monitoring of wild pollinatoron the Commission and Member States to establish a systematic and standardised monitoring of wild pollinators and the main pressures they face, in order to build a good understanding of the magnitude of their decline and its causes and to enable full evaluation of the effectiveness of relevant EU and national policies;
Amendment 164 #
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure integration of funding needs for the monitoring of wild pollinators into the CAP Strategic Plans, in order to secure robust data for building a CAP indicator on pollinators as per the commitment made in the EU Pollinators Initiative;
Amendment 165 #
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to increase funding for basic and applied research on pollinators, and invest in strengthening and expanding the poll of taxonomic expertise, including through EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation;
Amendment 171 #
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for support foron the Commission and Member States to support citizens science focusing on recording and monitoring of pollinators and the training of beekeepers to promote a non-intrusive Union surveillance of bees through the development of indicators of colony vitality;