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dcterms:Date	"2010-11-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The situation in the beekeeping sector (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20101123.43.2-632"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-11-23-Speech-2-6332
lpv:speaker	lp:Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; AGRI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Partido Socialista (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; PECH (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Mercosur countries (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, unfortunately, the problems affecting European beekeeping are more serious and deeper rooted than the cyclical crises that recurrently affect other, apparently more important, sectors. The problem with beekeeping is, above all, environmental and has consequences that could become catastrophic if we are unable to respond adequately in time. Two statistics from the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations – cited in the motion for a resolution and already mentioned by Mrs Lulling – are illuminating: 84% of plant species and 76% of food production depend on pollination. However, agriculture is also an important economic activity in rural areas, with great potential for growth, since European production is a long way from guaranteeing our needs. No other ‘livestock activity’ – and livestock is in inverted commas here, obviously – is so closely linked to nature and sustainability or plays such an important and irreplaceable ecological role as beekeeping. These are more than enough reasons for us not to stint on our efforts and funding for investigating the principle causes of the bees’ frightening and increasing death rate, and for supporting health programmes. This debate should also provide an opportunity to find imaginative and effective ways of including aid for this particular type of landless livestock in the aid mechanisms of the new common agricultural policy (CAP), at the very moment when the use of units of area as the basic criterion for allocating new aid is being planned. I should therefore like the Commission to clarify what its immediate responses to this problem will be, and whether it is thinking of including this activity in the new CAP architecture that we are about to start debating."@en1
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