16 Amendments of Eleonora EVI related to 2017/2115(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that honeybees are a crucial part of biodiversity and that they constituteEmphasises the importance of honeybees as environmental health indicators, as crucial factors in biodiversity as a whole and ans irreplaceable universal heritage on which animal pollination largely depends;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that the practice of so- called nomadic apiculture has many positive aspects but also a number of critical ones, in particular regarding compliance with the rules to prevent risks from spreading; whereas, therefore, more careful monitoring needs to take place;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Considers that the deterioration of the environment due to the growing impact of human activity, the spread of intensive farming, the increasing use of plant health products, and climate change, are causing high mortality rates among bees and a drastic reduction in the number of bee colonies;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Stresses the importance of preserving the variety of the bee gene pool, which is a vital resource for ensuring that bee populations are able to adapt to environmental changes and threats to their health;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that while genetic selection can help prevent certain health scourges it must not lead to an impoverishment of the genetic heritage of bees, particularly of local species;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the fact thatthreat posed to the survival of bees by the widespread use of chemical pesticides, particularly on melliferous plant species, threatens the survival of bees;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points to the growing body of scientific research connecting the extinction of bee colonies to the use of neonicotinoid pesticides;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Points out that the EU has introduced temporary restrictions on the use of four neonicotinoid insecticides (clothianidin, thiamethoxam, imidacloprid and fipronil) in order to mitigate the impact on bees;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the contribution that ‘controlled pollination’ helps to restore harmony between beekeepers and farmers and can substantially, which has been facilitated by nomadic apiculture, makes to increaseing crop yields and honey product output;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points to the recent research conducted by the FAO, which shows that increasing the density and variety of pollinating insects has a direct impact on harvest yields and, as such can help small farmers increase their productivity by an average of 24% overall.
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to include as one of the objectives of the common agricultural policy (CAP) limits on the objective ofthat of halting increasinged productivity to circumscribe crop intensification, in order to provide sufficient andhrough the use of chemical inputs, while simultaneously encouraging the changeover to agro- ecological methods through the use of the organic and biodynamic crop production practices needed to ensure a healthy living space for bees;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission, when reviewing the common agricultural policy post-2020, to award priority to measures that guarantee the environmental integrity required to ensure the optimum state of health of the bee population;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines in particular the role of research relating to the causes of the reduction in life expectancyspan of queen bees, which is a worrying phenomenon;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers it appropriate to support the development of biological pesticides harmless to beesalls for top priority to be awarded to the development and use of agricultural techniques and plant health products that are harmless to bees and the environment;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. calls on the Commission, in addition, to introduce and strengthen indirect measures to help increase the bee population, for instance by considering the possibility of sowing melliferous plant species on fallow land or by providing for a mandatory quota of land that each holding must devote to melliferous plants;
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls for a definitive ban on the placing of any neonicotinoid insecticides on the European market;