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    Euro-MPs call for reduction in pesticides to protect bees

    npsBy nps5 December 2019Updated:25 June 2024 No Comments2 Mins Read
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    Euro-MPs call for reduction in pesticides to protect bees

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    (BRUSSELS) – Further reducing use of pesticides, more funds for research and better monitoring are urgently needed to save the EU’s bees, according to the European Parliament’s Environment Committee Tuesday.

    In April 2018, the EU agreed to fully ban outdoor use of imidacloprid, clothianidin and thiamethoxam, known as neonicotinoids. However, several member states notified emergency derogations regarding their use on their territory.

    The resolution approved by the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee highlights weaknesses in the EU Pollinator Initiative that render it inadequate to address the main causes of pollinators’ decline in Europe.

    The committee proposes that a reduction in the use of pesticides be set as a ‘common indicator’ to evaluate how effective national measures are in protecting bees and other pollinators.

    To help further decrease pesticide residues in bee habitats, MEPs want the reduction of pesticide use to become a key part of the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

    The committee finally demands more funds to support research into the causes of bee decline to protect the diversity of pollinator species. Indicators of colony vitality should also be developed to measure if implemented actions have been successful.

    The approved text is a reaction to the Commission’s EU Pollinators Initiative and stresses its measures are inadequate to protect bees and other pollinators from land-use changes, loss of habitat, intensive farming, climate change and invasive alien species. The Initiative fails to address sufficiently the main causes of pollinators’ decline that are essential for biodiversity and reproduction in many plant species, MEPs agreed.

    The resolution will now be put to a vote at the January plenary session in Strasbourg.

    Further information, European Parliament

    Draft resolution on the EU Pollinator Initiative

    Infographic: What is behind the decline in bees and other pollinators?

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