7 Amendments of Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK related to 2018/2793(RSP)
Amendment 2 #
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to the report of 8 February 2018 on prospects and challenges for the EU apiculture sector,
Amendment 46 #
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, intensive agricultural management practices, plant protection products, diseases, climate change and invasive alien species, such as the Varroa destructor, small hive beetle (Aethina tumida), Asian hornet, (Vespa velutina) and American foulbrood, as well as animal pathogens such as nosema, environmental pollution and the steady disappearance of flowering plants; considers that the implementation of "Priority II: Tackling the causes of pollinator decline" is of the utmost urgency;
Amendment 61 #
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that boosting biodiversity and thus fostering the occurrence of pollinators' habitats on the agricultural land must become a key aim in the development of the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which must seek to reducensure integrated pest management and sustainable pesticide use;
Amendment 63 #
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that biodiversity measures and the protection of pollinators should be included in the national CAP Strategic Plans of the Member States; points in this context to the possible introduction by farmers, in cooperation with beekeepers where appropriate, of pollinator-friendly 'green' (ecosystem) services;
Amendment 64 #
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the reduction of pesticide useintegrated pest management and sustainable pesticide use, with particular regard for the possibilities of precision agriculture in this connection, should therefore be set as a target in Member States’ strategic plans, and pesticide reductionthat integrated pest management and sustainable pesticide use should be set as a ‘common indicator’ with which to monitor success;
Amendment 108 #
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses that certain invasive alien species, such as the Varroa destructor, are among the major causes of bee mortality and are moreover, seriously compromising the economic future of European beekeeping; reaffirms its support for the pilot project launched by Parliament in connection with the Varroa resistance breeding and selection research programme, focusing on Varroa sensitive hygiene (VSH); calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the roll- out of applied research across the Union through effective breeding programmes for the dissemination and creation of bee colonies that are also genetically resistant to invasive species and diseases and exhibit the Varroa-sensitive hygiene (VSH) of wild bees in their natural habitat;
Amendment 115 #
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for support for training of beekeepers to promote a non-intrusive Union surveillance of bees through the development of indicators of colony vitality, including more extensive varroa- sensitive hygiene (VSH);