10 Amendments of Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ related to 2017/2115(INI)
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas during this period, the bee population rose by 47.8% but EU funding increased by just 12%, so that the available EU funding is not sufficient to maintain the bee populationaccession of new Member States and the procedure for bee colony declaration (taking into account the period of the year when beekeepers have the most bees) have led to an increase in the population of bees within the Union; whereas EU funds have only grown by 12 %, funds that are unable to meet the needs of certain Member States suffering severe deaths in terms of colony renewal;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. Whereas this situation should not conceal one of the major concerns of the beekeeping industry, whose livestock mortality has reached, in some countries, levels above 50%;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. Whereas the statistical increase in honey bee populations in the EU since the end of the 1990s should not disguise the fact that professionals in the sector are facing a loss of honey productivity in their hives, and that they must increase their colony stock in order to produce equivalent quantities of honey;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas beekeeping represents a potential source of work and integration in rural areas, since in many European regions access to land is limited;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas this source of work represents an opportunity to encourage young people to settle in these areas;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas some invasive alien species such asthere are multiple stress factors that cause bee mortality and decline. In order of importance: the environmental degradation, the agricultural model and the impact of phytopharmaceuticals; climate change and the serious consequences of invasive alien species, the Varroa destructor, the small hive beetlebeetle Aethina tumida, the Asian hHornet andVespa vellutina or American foulbrood are causing widespread destruction in the European bee popul. The present situation and causinges serious harm to beekeepers;.
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas the ecosystem is facing threats due to climate change and the ensuing droughts that are hindering proper flowering in certain regions;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas the two-fold increase in the amount of honey produced and exported in some countries over the past 15 years whilst the EU is barely 50% self-sufficient in honey – a figure which is not increasing – cannot be explained; whereas it is essential to promote local production and consumption;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to allocate public funds for research and to promote university studies in the framework of university departments such as veterinary medicine and biology;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Understands that some invasive alien species such as the Varroa destructor, the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida), the Asian hornet (a species that is extremely aggressive towards other insects) and American foulbrood are causing serious harm to beekeepers and widespread destruction among bees;