Activities of Michal WIEZIK related to 2019/2803(RSP)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU Pollinators Initiative (debate)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 2 #
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions -EU Pollinators Initiative1a _________________ 1a (COM(2018)395 final)
Amendment 6 #
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas pollination by honey bees only supplements, rather than substitutes, pollination provided by a broad array of insect species2a, including solitary bees, butteflies, hoverflies and beetles _________________ 2aLucas A. Garibaldi at al, 2013: Wild Pollinators Enhance Fruit Set of Crops Regardless of Honey Bee Abundance
Amendment 66 #
Paragraph 3
3. However, considers that the Initiative fails to sufficiently address the main root causes of pollinators’ decline, which include land-use changes and loss of habitats and their connectivity, intensive agricultural management practices, cessation of traditional management, plant protection products, diseases, climate change and invasive alien species; considers that the implementation of "Priority II: Tackling the causes of pollinator decline" is of the utmost urgency;
Amendment 75 #
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that pollinators are an essential component of biodiversity and are indispensable for reproduction ina manyjority of plant species;
Amendment 81 #
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of promoting measures to encourage biodiversity, given that pollinator health and survival is fostered by access to a mixture of different pollen and plants, and nesting, breeding and overwintering habitats;
Amendment 98 #
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Reiterates that pollination is crucial for agricultural production and therefore support under the first pillar of the Common Agricultural Policy should not lead to weakened or lost pollination services; calls on the Commission to only approve Strategic Plans where this factor is addressed properly by the relevant conditionality elements and eco-schemes under the first pillar
Amendment 101 #
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Considers that the synergy between extensive pastoral systems and pollinators is not addressed at all by the Pollinators Initiative
Amendment 102 #
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8 c. Considers that the positive contribution the Initiative associates with the Common Agricultural Policy instruments is not underpinned by data as no indicator has existed so far on the matter; asks the Commission and the Member States to accept the European Parliament´s call for a Pollinators´ Indicator in the CAP
Amendment 103 #
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Amendment 140 #
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Calls on the Commission and Member State to promote the use of pasture and pastoral habitats, including wooded pastures and other agroforestry systems, as a critical precondition for creating nesting, breeding and overwintering substrates for pollinators, and in synergy with the mainenance of high nature value grassland communities confined to grazing and traditional forms of extensive farming;
Amendment 146 #
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the concept offlowering buffer strips and grassy/ flowering waterways with a view to provide both better erosion control as well as perennial flowering areas as foraging opportunity and habitat for pollinatorsfield margins that provide multiple ecosystem services and serve as habitat for pollinators, for biocontrol agents as well as erosion control;
Amendment 158 #
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Underlines that the research heading of the Initiative lacks any consideration of the result-based schemes which have monitoring embedded within and could prove useful, partly covering the monitoring needs and provide relevant incentives to farmers; highlights that such schemes can be piloted and scaled up under various EU financial instruments and policies, including the Common Agricultural Policy;