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Parliamentary question - E-004354/2020Parliamentary question
E-004354/2020

Decline in pollinator populations

Question for written answer E-004354/2020
to the Commission
Rule 138
Aurelia Beigneux (ID)

In its Special Report on the protection of wild pollinators in the European Union [1] , the European Court of Auditors considers that the Commission’s initiatives have not borne fruit

The number of pollinators has fallen heavily in recent decades, bringing with it a loss of species diversity. The World Economic Forum ranked biodiversity loss as one of the top five long-term global risks in 2020 [2] . Ultimately, all French and European ecosystems will suffer as a result of this biodiversity loss.

A report published in 2019 assessing the situation of insects worldwide [3] confirmed that the number of insects in general appeared to be registering a downward trend. It is said that over 40 % of insect species are threatened with extinction. Butterflies and bees are among the species most affected. It is worth remembering that 35 % of our food resources depend on insects and 80 % on bees. They are, therefore, an essential link in our food chain.

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