Progress: Procedure completed
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | ENVI | MCGUINNESS Mairead ( EPP), UJHELYI István ( S&D), RIES Frédérique ( Renew), REGIMENTI Luisa ( ID), HÄUSLING Martin ( Verts/ALE), FIOCCHI Pietro ( ECR), KONEČNÁ Kateřina ( GUE/NGL) |
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 132-p2, RoP 136-p5
Legal Basis:
RoP 132-p2, RoP 136-p5Subjects
Events
The European Parliament adopted a resolution tabled by the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety on the EU Pollinators Initiative.
In the EU alone, 78 % of wild flower species depend, at least in part, on animal pollination. Healthy pollinators are essential for agricultural activity in the Union, given that 84 % of crop species and 76 % of European food production depend on insect pollination. Up to EUR 15 billion of the EU’s annual agricultural output can be directly attributed to pollinators.
In April 2018, the EU agreed to fully ban the outdoor use of imidacloprid, clothianidin and thiamethoxam, known as neonicotinoids. However, several Member States notified emergency exemptions regarding their use on their territory.
Members recognised the added value of the EU Pollinators Initiative in setting strategic objectives and a series of urgent actions to be taken by the EU and its Member States to protect pollinators. They considered, however, that the initiative fails to sufficiently address the many causes of pollinator decline, which include land-use changes, loss of habitats and their connectedness, intensive agricultural management practices, plant protection products, environmental pollution, the effects of pathogens and parasites such as the Varroa destructor mite, climate change and invasive alien species.
They urged the Commission to integrate the EU Pollinators Initiative and its results into the development of the post-2020 EU Biodiversity Strategy, and to transform the aims of the initiative into a full-scale action programme for pollinators, earmarking sufficient resources to this end.
Reducing pesticide dependency
The resolution noted that a pesticide reduction plan, with clear targets, milestones and timelines, should be set out in each Member State’s National Action Plan, and that pesticide reduction should be set as a ‘common indicator’ with which to monitor success. The Commission and the Member States are called on to ensure the provision of high-quality advice to farmers, through national and regional farm advisory systems, on how to promote and protect biodiversity and pollinators. Members called for an extension on the ban imposed on imidacloprid, clothianidin and thiamethoxam to all neonicotinoid-based pesticides.
Professional users of plant protection products should, for at least three years, keep detailed records of the use, area, timing and dose of application of the products. The relevant information recorded should be available to the competent authority on request, in order to monitor adherence to the cross-compliance rules and to track the performance of the CAP in terms of reductions in pesticide use across the EU.
Beekeeping sector
The Commission and Member States are called on to support the beekeeping sector by reinforcing import inspections in order to avoid imports of adulterated honey and by adopting compulsory honey origin labelling (with each country’s name) for honey mixtures. Parliament insisted, in particular, with regard to honeybees (Apis mellifera), on the role of research into the causes of the reduction in the life expectancy of queen bees, which is a worrying phenomenon. Increased funding is called for basic and applied research on pollinators and the development of treatments against new diseases, parasites and viruses affecting them, and to invest in strengthening and expanding the pool of taxonomic expertise, including through the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2020)105
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T9-0104/2019
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0233/2019
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE642.916
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE642.916
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0233/2019
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2020)105
Activities
- Othmar KARAS
Plenary Speeches (2)
- Mairead McGUINNESS
- Frédérique RIES
- István UJHELYI
- Clara AGUILERA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2019/12/17 EU Pollinators Initiative (debate)
- Fabio Massimo CASTALDO
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2019/12/17 EU Pollinators Initiative (debate)
- Paolo DE CASTRO
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2019/12/17 EU Pollinators Initiative (debate)
- Eleonora EVI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2019/12/17 EU Pollinators Initiative (debate)
- Jytte GUTELAND
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2019/12/17 EU Pollinators Initiative (debate)
- Jan HUITEMA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2019/12/17 EU Pollinators Initiative (debate)
- Gilles LEBRETON
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2019/12/17 EU Pollinators Initiative (debate)
- Ljudmila NOVAK
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2019/12/17 EU Pollinators Initiative (debate)
- Stanislav POLČÁK
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2019/12/17 EU Pollinators Initiative (debate)
- Michèle RIVASI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2019/12/17 EU Pollinators Initiative (debate)
- María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2019/12/17 EU Pollinators Initiative (debate)
- Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2019/12/17 EU Pollinators Initiative (debate)
- Maria SPYRAKI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2019/12/17 EU Pollinators Initiative (debate)
- Robert HAJŠEL
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2019/12/17 EU Pollinators Initiative (debate)
- Nicolaus FEST
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Jérôme RIVIÈRE
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Nikolaj VILLUMSEN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2019/12/17 EU Pollinators Initiative (debate)
- Mick WALLACE
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2019/12/17 EU Pollinators Initiative (debate)
- Sarah WIENER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2019/12/17 EU Pollinators Initiative (debate)
- Nathalie COLIN-OESTERLÉ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2019/12/17 EU Pollinators Initiative (debate)
- Silvia MODIG
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2019/12/17 EU Pollinators Initiative (debate)
- Edina TÓTH
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2019/12/17 EU Pollinators Initiative (debate)
- Tudor CIUHODARU
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2019/12/17 EU Pollinators Initiative (debate)
- Luisa REGIMENTI
Institutional Motions (1)
- Ivo HRISTOV
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2019/12/17 EU Pollinators Initiative (debate)
- Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2019/12/17 EU Pollinators Initiative (debate)
- Liudas MAŽYLIS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2019/12/17 EU Pollinators Initiative (debate)
- Nicola BEER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2019/12/17 EU Pollinators Initiative (debate)
- Andrey SLABAKOV
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2019/12/17 EU Pollinators Initiative (debate)
- Isabel CARVALHAIS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2019/12/17 EU Pollinators Initiative (debate)
- Annika BRUNA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2019/12/17 EU Pollinators Initiative (debate)
Votes
B9-0233/2019 - Am 10 #
B9-0233/2019 - Am 3 #
B9-0233/2019 - Am 4 #
B9-0233/2019 - Am 6 #
B9-0233/2019 - § 27 #
Amendments | Dossier |
171 |
2019/2803(RSP)
2019/10/24
ENVI
171 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Citation -1 (new) -1 having regard to the Commission’s communication “EU Pollinators Initiative1a” _________________ 1a COM(2018) 395 final
Amendment 10 #
Recital A b (new) A b. whereas in the EU alone, 84% of crop species and 78% of wild flower species depend, at least in part, on animal pollination1a; whereas up to EUR 15 billion of the EU’s annual agricultural output can directly be attributed to pollinators1b; _________________ 1aPotts, S., et al., (2015), Status and Trends of European Pollinators. Key Findings of the STEP Project, Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, 72 pp. 1bGallai, N., et al., (2009), Economic Valuation of the Vulnerability of World Agriculture Confronted with Pollinator Decline, Ecological Economics 68.3: 810- 821.
Amendment 100 #
Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure provision of high-quality advice to farmers on biodiversity and pollinators through farm advisory systems;
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 104 #
Paragraph 9 9. Stresses that
Amendment 105 #
Paragraph 9 9. Stresses that biodiversity measures and the reduction of
Amendment 106 #
Paragraph 9 9. Stresses that the reduction of pesticide use should therefore be set as a target in Member States’ strategic plans, and pesticide reduction and substitution with less toxic products should be set as a ‘common indicator’ with which to monitor success;
Amendment 107 #
Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 108 #
Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Calls on the Commission to review the revised National Action Plans and to take all available actions to ensure Member States adequately commit to pesticide use reduction targets and the necessary monitoring;
Amendment 109 #
Paragraph 10 10. Stresses that according to the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive (128/2009/EC), non-chemical methods of pest control should be used
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 110 #
Paragraph 10 10. Stresses that according to the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive
Amendment 111 #
Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 112 #
Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 113 #
Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission to propose legislation prohibiting the production, sale and use of all neonicotinoid-based pesticides throughout the Union
Amendment 114 #
Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission to propose legislation prohibiting the production, sale and use of all neonicotinoid-based pesticides intended for outdoor use throughout the Union without derogation;
Amendment 115 #
Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 116 #
Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission to set detailed rules for and ensure a minimum standard of notifications on emergency authorisations of pesticides, including the need for Member States to provide complete and detailed explanations, and to make those notifications public; welcomes the role of EFSA in examining these derogations;
Amendment 117 #
Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 118 #
Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Stresses that professional users of plant protection products should, for at least three years, keep detailed records of the plant protection products' usage, area, timing and dose of application; notes that the relevant information recorded should be available to the competent authority on request, in order to monitor adherence to the cross-compliance rules and to track performance of the CAP in terms of pesticide use reductions across the EU;
Amendment 119 #
Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to raise awareness and promote funding opportunities in this area; points out that common instruments and models for the development of strategies and plans for pollinators based on existing best practices will encourage the adoption of additional measures at national, regional and local level;
Amendment 12 #
Recital A b (new) A b. whereas pollinators include insects such as bees, hoverflies, butterflies, moths, beetles, wasps, thrips and mammals such as bats and birds;
Amendment 120 #
Paragraph 12 b (new) 12 b. Stresses that the indicator measuring pollinator diversity and abundance being developed will allow evaluation of the CAP's performance in this area;
Amendment 121 #
Paragraph 13 Amendment 122 #
Paragraph 13 13.
Amendment 123 #
Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission and
Amendment 124 #
Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States in the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed to
Amendment 125 #
Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States in the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed to
Amendment 126 #
Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Calls on the Commission to request from EFSA a pesticide guidance document setting out pre-approval tests to provide protection for butterflies, moths and hoverflies;
Amendment 127 #
Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Stresses that many Member States have expressed reservations about the bee guidance, and that these must be taken into account;
Amendment 128 #
Paragraph 14 Amendment 129 #
Paragraph 14 Amendment 13 #
Recital A c (new) A c. whereas pollinators represent one of the most important indicators of the health of our environment; whereas statistics and trends from across Europe, while sometimes partial, all point to a worrisome decline in pollinator populations;
Amendment 130 #
Paragraph 14 14. Underlines that 'controlled pollination'
Amendment 131 #
Paragraph 14 14. Underlines that '
Amendment 132 #
Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Stresses that the presence of pollinator habitats increases the productivity of land.
Amendment 133 #
Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Considers that at least 10% of farmland could be reserved for natural habitats.
Amendment 134 #
Paragraph 15 Amendment 135 #
Paragraph 15 Amendment 136 #
Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Commission to include in the objectives of the CAP limits to the objective of increasing productivity
Amendment 137 #
Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Commission to include in the objectives of the CAP limits to the objective of increasing productivity and to regulate intensive farming practices, in order to gradually eliminate them by reducing their environmental impact and ultimately improve the habitat and forage space for bees and wild pollinators;
Amendment 138 #
Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Commission to include in the objectives of the CAP limits to the objective of increasing productivity
Amendment 139 #
Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Commission to
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 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 141 #
Paragraph 15 a (new) 15 a. In this regard, stresses that crop rotation, the use of strong varieties, and mechanical weeding/ biological pest control will help restore pollinator’s habitats, while large fields with monocultures contribute to pollinator decline;
Amendment 142 #
Paragraph 15 a (new) 15 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to support green infrastructure that recreates and restores mosaics of habitats and functional connectivity for pollinators in rural and urban landscapes;
Amendment 143 #
Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the concept of buffer strips
Amendment 144 #
Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the concept of 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 pollinators in rural, semi- urban, and urban areas;
Amendment 145 #
Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the concept of buffer strips and grassy/ flowering waterways and maintain well managed hedgerows with a view to provide both better erosion control as well as perennial flowering areas as foraging opportunity and habitat for pollinators;
Amendment 146 #
Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote
Amendment 147 #
Paragraph 16 a (new) 16 a. Calls on the Member States to support early listing on the Union List of species that present a risk to pollinators, to respond quickly to control and eliminate such species, to increase vigilance, and to take of restrictive actions when pathways are identified;
Amendment 148 #
Paragraph 16 a (new) 16 a. Calls on the Commission to propose measures to help tackle pressures on pollinators stemming from farmland abandonment;
Amendment 149 #
Paragraph 16 b (new) 16 b. Stresses that effective biosecurity measures need to be introduced for potted plants and soil before moving significant distances and encourages public bodies responsible for the management of green areas to use local plants, maximising benefits for local pollinators and minimising spread of invasive alien species;
Amendment 15 #
Recital A d (new) Amendment 150 #
Paragraph 16 c (new) 16 c. Calls on the Commision to apply the EU ecolabel to pollinator friendly potted plants which display their place of origin, are placed in a sustainable container, do not use peat, and do not contain insecticides;
Amendment 151 #
Paragraph 17 Amendment 152 #
Paragraph 17 17. Calls on the Commission and Member States to support the beekeeping sector by reinforcing import inspections in order to avoid imports of adulterated honey and by adopting compulsory honey origin labelling (with every countries' name) for honey mixtures;
Amendment 153 #
Paragraph 17 17. Calls on the Commission and Member States to support the beekeeping sector by reinforcing import inspections in order to avoid imports of adulterated
Amendment 154 #
Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Stresses that European farmers use plant protection products professionally and that the protection of pollinators is constantly being improved thanks to ongoing further training in their correct use;
Amendment 155 #
Paragraph 17 a (new) 17 a. Calls for the promotion and development of pollinator habitats in urban areas;
Amendment 156 #
Paragraph 17 b (new) 17 b. Calls on Member States to ensure that national and regional farm advisory systems are able to provide good quality advice to farmers on how to encourage biodiversity and pollinator habitats;
Amendment 157 #
Paragraph 18 18. Concerning
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;
Amendment 159 #
Paragraph 19 19. Calls
Amendment 16 #
Recital A e (new) A e. whereas the European Parliament has initiated several pilot projects and preparatory actions to further study the decline of pollinators and develop concrete solutions to mitigate the worrisome decline in pollinator populations1a; _________________ 1aNotably the EU pollinators monitoring and indicators, the Environmental monitoring of pesticide use through honeybees; Measuring the pulse of biodiversity using the Red list index; and Developing a farmer's toolbox for integrated pest management practices from across the European Union.
Amendment 160 #
Paragraph 19 19. Calls
Amendment 161 #
Paragraph 19 19. Calls for more funds for research and for the monitoring of wild pollinators; insists that more investment in taxonomic skills is required for effective monitoring;
Amendment 162 #
Paragraph 19 19. Calls for more funds for
Amendment 163 #
Paragraph 19 a (new) 19 a. Calls for more emphasis to be placed on field research and pollinators other than honeybees and butterflies; stresses that the systematic monitoring in real life conditions is important to gauge the extent of pollinator decline and its causes;
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 166 #
Paragraph 20 20. Considers it appropriate to support the development of low-risk pesticides that are harmless to pollinators and to increase research into new hybridisation techniques as a way of selecting plant species so as to greatly reduce the need for pesticides;
Amendment 167 #
Paragraph 20 20.
Amendment 168 #
Paragraph 20 20. Considers it appropriate to encourage partnership arrangements with academic circles and cooperation with researchers in different fields to support the development of low-risk pesticides that are harmless to pollinators;
Amendment 169 #
Paragraph 20 20. Considers it appropriate to support eco-innovation1a in agriculture and the development of low-risk pesticides that are harmless to pollinators; _________________ 1aDefined by the Commission as any innovation resulting in significant progress towards the goal of sustainable development, by reducing the impacts of our production modes on the environment, enhancing nature’s resilience to environmental pressures, or achieving a more efficient and responsible use of natural resources.
Amendment 17 #
Recital B B. whereas, in order to adequately protect pollinators, the presence of pesticide residues in the habitat of pollinators
Amendment 170 #
Paragraph 20 20. Considers it appropriate to support the further development of low-risk pesticides that are harmless to pollinators;
Amendment 171 #
Paragraph 21 21. Calls
Amendment 18 #
Recital B B. whereas, in order to adequately protect pollinators, the presence of pesticide residues in the habitat of pollinators - residues that are particularly damaging to pollinators - will need to be
Amendment 19 #
Recital B B. whereas, in order to adequately protect pollinators from further decline, the presence of pesticide residues in the habitat of pollinators will need to be strongly reduced;
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 20 #
Recital B B. whereas, in order to adequately protect pollinators, the
Amendment 21 #
Recital B B. whereas, in order to adequately protect pollinators, the presence of pesticide
Amendment 22 #
Recital B B. whereas, in order to adequately protect pollinators, the presence of pesticide residues in the habitat of pollinators will need to be
Amendment 23 #
Recital C C. whereas neonicotinoid
Amendment 24 #
Recital C C. whereas
Amendment 25 #
Recital C a (new) 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 27 #
Recital C b (new) Cb. whereas even now the existing criteria for approving plant protection products take a great deal of account of the need to protect pollinators and whereas the active substances involved are constantly becoming less harmful;
Amendment 28 #
Recital E E. whereas
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
Amendment 3 #
Citation 2 a (new) - having regard to its resolution of 16 January 2019 on the Union´s authorisation procedure for pesticides1a _________________ 1a P8_TA(2019)0023
Amendment 30 #
Recital E E. whereas
Amendment 31 #
Recital E E. whereas
Amendment 32 #
Recital E E. whereas however, several Member States notified emergency derogations regarding the use of these neonicotinoids on their territory; whereas notifications of Member States regarding those emergency authorisations are often
Amendment 33 #
Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas the comprehensive approval procedure for plant protection products takes account of the safety of active substances in relation to the protection of pollinators, and emergency derogations are only granted in exceptional circumstances;
Amendment 34 #
Recital E a (new) E a. whereas glyphosate use has been shown to damage the bacteria of honeybees contributing to pollinator decline and loss of habitat;
Amendment 35 #
Recital F F. whereas
Amendment 36 #
Recital F a (new) F a. whereas, aside from the impact of insecticides on pollinators, wide-spectrum herbicides used on a landscape scale, e.g. as a pre-emergent weedkillers or as desiccants, destroy the food sources of pollinators outside of the main crop flowering periods and contribute to population crashes;
Amendment 37 #
Recital G Amendment 38 #
Recital G G. whereas
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 4 #
Recital A A. whereas
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 41 #
Recital H H. whereas connected pollinator habitats, such as buffer strips and grassy waterways, can contribute to erosion control and in general to an improvement of biodiversity and are potentially useful for improving the quality of the food available for both domestic bees and wild pollinators;
Amendment 42 #
Recital H H. whereas connected pollinator habitats, such as buffer strips, hedgerows and grassy waterways, can contribute to erosion control;
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
Amendment 45 #
Recital I I. whereas
Amendment 46 #
Recital I a (new) I a. whereas the pollination by managed honey bees only supplements, rather than substitutes pollination by wild pollinators;
Amendment 47 #
Recital I a (new) Amendment 48 #
Recital J J. whereas wild pollinators and beekeepers in Europe provide pollination services almost entirely for free; whereas this is in stark contrast to other parts of the world, where the cost of pollination is consistent with other farm inputs such as seeds, fertilisers, and pesticides;
Amendment 49 #
Recital J a (new) Ja. whereas healthy bees are essential for agricultural activity in the European Union, given that 84 % of plant species and 76 % of European food production depend on pollination by bees;
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 50 #
Recital J a (new) J a. Whereas pollinators are socially and culturally beneficial via remedies, products, art and traditions;
Amendment 51 #
Recital K Amendment 52 #
Recital K K. whereas this mostly gratuitous pollination service supplements that of wild pollinators and is only possible because the main revenue source for beekeepers is the sale of honey and other bee products; whereas imports of adulterated honey threaten the economic basis of beekeeping in the EU;
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 54 #
Recital K a (new) K a. whereas over-fertilisation of crops contributes to diminishing the occurrence of flowering plants which represent a potential food basis for pollinators;
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 57 #
Recital K d (new) K d. whereas nitrate emissions cause eutrophication and the growth of rank grasses, which crowd out the herbs and flowers in the sward, cover bare ground used as a nesting habitat by many pollinators, and cause low level shading that creates a cool microclimate unsuitable for many indigenous species;
Amendment 58 #
Paragraph 1 Amendment 59 #
Paragraph 2 2. Recognises that there are various positive elements in the Initiative in terms of setting strategic objectives and a set of actions to be taken by the EU and its Member States; applauds work already being carried out at local level to protect pollinator habita |