22 Amendments of Richard ASHWORTH related to 2011/2108(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. Whereas the health and sustainability of the 69 species of bumblebees should also be taken into account, bumblebee colonies are uniquely at risk, because only the queen survives the winter and is often at risk of being eaten by predators.
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas increased bee mortality has been reported in both the EU and other parts of the world; whereas science and veterinary practice cannot currently provide effective prevention or disease control against certain pests and diseases owing to insufficient research and development of new bee-health medicines in the past decades, which is the result of the limited size of the market and the consequent low interest of big pharmaceutical companies,;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the health of individual bees and colonies is affected by numerous lethal and sub-lethal factors, many of them interconnected;: whereas the limited number of marketed medicines to fight the Varroa destructor mite are in many cases no longer efficient; whereas the toxic agents stresses that Colony collapse disorder has existed globally for many years, predating the use of modern pesticides, however, a number of factors may be worsening the situation by weakening certain pesticides,olonies immune systems and allowing opportunities for opportunistic pathologies, including changing climatic and environmental conditions, the excessive use of pesticides, loss of plant biodiversity, land use change, mismanaged beekeeping practices and the presence of invasive species weaken colonies' immune systems and favour opportunistic pathologies,;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to increase the level of support for honeybee-health- related research under the next financial framework (FP8) and to focus the research on technological developments, disease prevention and control, particularly the impact of environmental factors on bee colony immune systems, defining sustainable agricultural practices and increasing non-chemical alternativfurther encouraging Integrated Pest Management techniques, and the development of veterinary medical products for current EU honeybee-disease- causing agents, especially Varroa destructor mites, Nosema ceranae endoparasites and other opportunistic diseases and to encourage member states to raise their level of funding for research; calls on the Commission to rule out overlaps in the use of funds and to create new financial opportunities where needed;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Considers that it is important to take urgent measures to protect bee health, taking into account the specificities of beekeeping, the diversity of actors involved and the principles of proportionality and subsidiarity;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Reiterates concerns that increased mortality among honeybees and wild pollinators in Europe would, if left unchecked, have a profound negative impact on agriculture, food production and security, biodiversity, environmental sustainability and ecosystems;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to promote the setting up of appropriate national surveillance systems and to develop harmonised standards at EU level to allow comparison; stresses the need for uniform identification and registration of bee hives at national level;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to continue supporting scientific research on honeybee health, building on the good examples of the COST Action COLOSS and the BeeDoc and STEP initiatives and to encourage member states to support scientific research in this area; stresses nevertheless that relations with beekeepers and beekeeper organisations should be enhanced;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls for coordination and collaboration between beekeepers, growers, industries, public authorities and researchers in order to determine the causes of the problem and bring effective solutions to it.
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide financial support for the research, development and field- testing of new bee- health medicinal products, especially for SMEs, in light of the beekeeping sector's contribution to biodiversity and the public good in the form of pollination;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Notes that public awareness and education of bees is vitally important as bees are often mistaken for wasps and many people remain scared of bees as a result, in addition, poor knowledge of the work that bees do in gardens often means that hobby gardeners do not plant the right types of plants and flowers; stresses that more public awareness in this area may help provide more varied food sources for bees and help their survival as a result.
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Stresses that in urban environments, including heavily densely populated cities, roof gardens can encourage diversity in the environment and food sources available for bees and that greater public awareness can help people managing roof gardens to find the right mix of flowers and plants to aid the survival of bees in these environments.
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Stresses that Colony collapse disorder is not a modern phenomena and has been recorded before the advent of modern farming practices; considers that the health of honeybees should be seen as an important bio-indicator for the state of our environment and the sustainability of agricultural practices;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Invites the Commission to improve risk assessment methodology for pesticides, which should focus on both the individual insect and the entire colony, to protect colony health and development and to ensure freadequate access to the results of ecotoxicological studies included in the authorisation dossiers;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. CStresses the importance of sustainable farming and calls on the Member States to transpose and fully implement, as soon as possible, Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides and, in particular, to promote low-pesticide-input pest managementand bee friendly practices, particularly through training and education and integrated pest management;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to consider chronic, larval and sub-lethal toxicity, and substance-pathogen and substance- substance synergies in the risk assessment of pesticides; calls on the Commission to pay special attention to specific pesticides, such as those of the family of the neonicotinoide family (Clothianidin, Thiacloprid, Imidacloprid, Thiamethoxam), phenyl-pyrazoles (Fipronil) and pyrethroHighlights the importance of ensuring that European farmers have adequate solutions while respecting EU levels of health safety and environmental protection, including bee safety; notes that the recently approved new rules for the authorisation of Pesticides, or active substances such as Chlorpyrifos or Dimethoat, as these active substances in pesticides have a proven adverse effect on bee and colony health; application methods such as seed coating should also be considerRegulation 1107/2009 includes testing for chronic, larval and sub-lethal effects of pesticides, to ensure that colony development is not adversely affected;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Calls on the Commission to pay special attention to the use of specific pesticides, which could have an adverse effect on bee and colony health,
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for comprehensive scientific research, based on appropriate risk assessment, on the possible replacement of active substances in pesticides, that are harmful to the pollinator or to aquatic animalproved, through their use, to pose a risk to pollinator stocks;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. With special regard to the 2009 EFSA project commissioned by EFSA entitled ‘Bee mortality and Bee Surveillance in Europe’, calls on the Commission to conduct objective researchtake into account the findings onf the possible negative effects of GMO crops and monocultures on honeybee healthreport especially regarding GMOs, which are considered not to be one of the factors involved in bee colony losses;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to provide significantly more financial resources for the beekeeping sectorfacilitate greater coordination and sharing of research into bee mortality between member states and to encourage the development of joint projects, and on the Member States to provide technical assistance for the beekeeping sector; calls on the Commission to provide a safety net or a common insurance system for apiculture in order to mitigate the impact of crisis situations on beekeepers;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Calls on the Commission to encourage agri-environment schemes which incentivise farmers to grow legumes as fodder for bees and to ensure that food is available for bees all year round;