Scotland’s Pollinator Population
- Submitted by: Angus MacDonald, Falkirk East, Scottish National Party.
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 June 2014
- Motion reference: S4M-10368
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, 14 August 2014
That the Parliament acknowledges that pollinators are essential to healthy ecosystems in Falkirk East and across the rest of the country but are fragile and can therefore be easily damaged or diminished; believes that there should be sustainable populations of all pollinators and notes calls for society to save and sustain them; understands that the principles highlighted in the Buglife manifesto, Get Britain Buzzing, call for action by the Scottish Government to develop and implement action plans, coordinate pollinator monitoring programmes, reduce pesticides that harm pollinators and conserve pollinator species while maintaining places for pollinators to feed and breed; notes the recent ban on damaging pesticides, and notes calls for similar work emphasising the importance of sustaining pollinators for Scotland’s agricultural and horticultural economies.
Supported by:
Clare Adamson, Jayne Baxter, Claudia Beamish, Colin Beattie, Marco Biagi, Chic Brodie, Roderick Campbell, Graeme Dey, Nigel Don, Jim Eadie, Annabelle Ewing, John Finnie, Kenneth Gibson, Rob Gibson, Christine Grahame, Adam Ingram, Alison Johnstone, Bill Kidd, Richard Lyle, Mike MacKenzie, John Mason, Joan McAlpine, Christina McKelvie, Anne McTaggart, Gil Paterson, Dennis Robertson, Stewart Stevenson, Kevin Stewart, Dave Thompson, David Torrance, Jean Urquhart, Maureen Watt, John Wilson