[IDEA!] Safe Animal Migration Act

[Erythrina]

Environmental
All Businesses

This World Assembly,

Praising past efforts done in the past towards the protection of the habitats of endangered species;

Noting that the organisms of a vast number of species are not confined to a single habitat during the course of their lifetimes;

Further noting the search for more suitable habitats (migration) is often seasonal, spanning vast distances and areas, crossing international borders or unclaimed areas;

Realizing that whereas habitats are protected, currently those migration routes are not;

Declares that migration routes are to have at least the same level of protection and respect as habitats. To that end:

Expands the World Assembly Endangered Species Committee (WAESC) duties to:

• Identify those endangered species whose survival depends on migration routes;
• Taking into account that migration areas are seasonal, identify those areas and then have the powers to limit the levels of pollution, non-researcher population and hunting, in order to ensure the continuing viability of those migration routes;
• All compensations, international or national in nature, dispensed for actions taken for the protection of habitats, shall also apply to the protection of migration routes.

Relevant extant WA law:

WA Environmental Council
A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.

Category: Environmental
Industry Affected: All Businesses
Proposed by: Parilisa

Description: RECOGNISING that the maintenance of a balance between the advances of modern life and the natural world is a vital but often neglected factor in the hope of the world’s continued prosperity.

REALISING that the World Assembly, as a governing body and aid to the international community as a whole, has the responsibility to help explore and protect the environment and its resources.

SECTION 1-The World Assembly Environmental Council

The World Assembly hereby creates the World Assembly Environmental Council (WAEC) as a neutral organisation for the benefit of the environment and our continued existence within it.

SECTION 2-The Aims and Activities of the WAEC

a) The WAEC shall conduct research to identify and resolve environmental problems including but not limited to: climate change, pollution, depletion of natural resources, and natural disasters, in association with experts in the respective field. Scientists shall be employed from around the world to produce detailed accounts and records for the WAEC to help them issue advice to the international community

b) The WAEC shall publish records of all its findings and activities and make them public. These shall include annual surveys of the condition of the environment and assessments of potential future dangers and damages.

c) Nations are urged to assist WAEC research within their own country. However, members must avoid putting pressure upon scientists so that WAEC work is without bias.

d) The WAEC has the authority to monitor the environment of international territory in addition to the environments of World Assembly members. All surveys and studies shall be carried out legally in accordance with international and national law.

e) Based upon the advice and suggestions of scientists and the facts made clear in WAEC scientific reports, the WAEC shall discuss and debate goals or limits to be aimed for by particular nations or by the World Assembly as a whole. The progress of nations to whom particular goals or limits have been suggested will be monitored and governments are strongly urged to cooperate with the activities of the Council.

SECTION 3- Funding of the WAEC

Funding for the WAEC shall come directly from the World Assembly; it shall receive no additional funding from other sources.

Votes For: 2,832
Votes Against: 1,390

Implemented: Sun Apr 12 2009

Endangered Species Protection
A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.


Category: Environmental
Industry Affected: All Businesses
Proposed by: BURNINATI0N

Description: RECOGNIZING:
1) That in the ever-expanding industrial world, it is virtually impossible to avoid endangering the welfare of certain entire animal species.
2) That in the past, industry has callously driven hundreds of animal species to extinction.
3) The welfare of human populations on many planets is directly dependent on the health of their planets' ecosystem.
4) Without legislation, many more species will be driven to extinction.

APPALLED:
1) That certain nations and businesses knowingly destroy entire ecosystems and endanger species, even driving some to extinction.
2) In many cases, conservation efforts are non-existent, extremely badly organized, or otherwise ineffective.

HEREBY:
- Requires nations to restrict encroachments onto habitats of endangered animals, pollution levels in and around the habitats of endangered species, and hunting of endangered animals based on WA Endangered Species Committee determinations (Described later).

- Forms the WA Endangered Species Committee (WAESC) with the following and responsibilities:
1) The WAESC is responsible for determining reasonable numbers at which each species will be considered endangered.
2) The WAESC is responsible for accurately monitoring species’ numbers.
3) Should a species become endangered, or exhibit repeated numeric decline, the WAESC is responsible for creation of and direction of conservation efforts.
4) Should a species become endangered, the WAESC is responsible for protecting the species' remaining habitat through halting business or residential encroachment into the species' habitat, and by reducing the amount of pollution in the species' habitat. The WAESC may also severely restrict the hunting of endangered species.
5) Should a species come so near extinction that saving them in the wild is not feasible, the WAESC is responsible for capturing remaining members of the species, and attempting to repopulate the species enough to be released back into the wild.

- Should the WAESC restrict hunting of an endangered animal that a non-industrial tribe, or non-industrial aboriginal group relies upon for survival, the WAESC must ensure that the group is not destroyed or threatened by the restrictions it imposes.

- The WAESC may determine not to protect a species that is becoming endangered if that species is determined to be a threat to public health due to its parasitism or infectiousness (such as a bacteria, virus, or other parasite).

- If the WAESC restricts the usage of privately owned land, and this causes the property to lose value, then the WAESC must justly compensate for the landowner's loss, as well as any other reasonable losses incurred by its land use restriction.

- Urges nations to pass other pieces of legislation for protection of certain species within their own borders.

Votes For: 4,082
Votes Against: 1,381

Implemented: Thu Oct 8 2009

[Grays Harbor]

Environmental
All Businesses

This World Assembly,

Praising past efforts done in the past towards the protection of the habitats of endangered species;

Noting that the organisms of a vast number of species are not confined to a single habitat during the course of their lifetimes;

Further noting the search for more suitable habitats (migration) is often seasonal, spanning vast distances and areas, crossing international borders or unclaimed areas;

Realizing that whereas habitats are protected, currently those migration routes are not;

Declares that migration routes are to have at least the same level of protection and respect as habitats. To that end:

Expands the World Assembly Endangered Species Committee (WAESC) duties to:

• Identify those endangered species whose survival depends on migration routes;
• Taking into account that migration areas are seasonal, identify those areas and then have the powers to limit the levels of pollution, non-researcher population and hunting, in order to ensure the continuing viability of those migration routes;
• All compensations, international or national in nature, dispensed for actions taken for the protection of habitats, shall also apply to the protection of migration routes.

Relevant extant WA law:

WA Environmental Council
A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.

Category: Environmental
Industry Affected: All Businesses
Proposed by: Parilisa

Description: RECOGNISING that the maintenance of a balance between the advances of modern life and the natural world is a vital but often neglected factor in the hope of the world’s continued prosperity.

REALISING that the World Assembly, as a governing body and aid to the international community as a whole, has the responsibility to help explore and protect the environment and its resources.

SECTION 1-The World Assembly Environmental Council

The World Assembly hereby creates the World Assembly Environmental Council (WAEC) as a neutral organisation for the benefit of the environment and our continued existence within it.

SECTION 2-The Aims and Activities of the WAEC

a) The WAEC shall conduct research to identify and resolve environmental problems including but not limited to: climate change, pollution, depletion of natural resources, and natural disasters, in association with experts in the respective field. Scientists shall be employed from around the world to produce detailed accounts and records for the WAEC to help them issue advice to the international community

b) The WAEC shall publish records of all its findings and activities and make them public. These shall include annual surveys of the condition of the environment and assessments of potential future dangers and damages.

c) Nations are urged to assist WAEC research within their own country. However, members must avoid putting pressure upon scientists so that WAEC work is without bias.

d) The WAEC has the authority to monitor the environment of international territory in addition to the environments of World Assembly members. All surveys and studies shall be carried out legally in accordance with international and national law.

e) Based upon the advice and suggestions of scientists and the facts made clear in WAEC scientific reports, the WAEC shall discuss and debate goals or limits to be aimed for by particular nations or by the World Assembly as a whole. The progress of nations to whom particular goals or limits have been suggested will be monitored and governments are strongly urged to cooperate with the activities of the Council.

SECTION 3- Funding of the WAEC

Funding for the WAEC shall come directly from the World Assembly; it shall receive no additional funding from other sources.

Votes For: 2,832
Votes Against: 1,390

Implemented: Sun Apr 12 2009

Endangered Species Protection
A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.


Category: Environmental
Industry Affected: All Businesses
Proposed by: BURNINATI0N

Description: RECOGNIZING:
1) That in the ever-expanding industrial world, it is virtually impossible to avoid endangering the welfare of certain entire animal species.
2) That in the past, industry has callously driven hundreds of animal species to extinction.
3) The welfare of human populations on many planets is directly dependent on the health of their planets' ecosystem.
4) Without legislation, many more species will be driven to extinction.

APPALLED:
1) That certain nations and businesses knowingly destroy entire ecosystems and endanger species, even driving some to extinction.
2) In many cases, conservation efforts are non-existent, extremely badly organized, or otherwise ineffective.

HEREBY:
- Requires nations to restrict encroachments onto habitats of endangered animals, pollution levels in and around the habitats of endangered species, and hunting of endangered animals based on WA Endangered Species Committee determinations (Described later).

- Forms the WA Endangered Species Committee (WAESC) with the following and responsibilities:
1) The WAESC is responsible for determining reasonable numbers at which each species will be considered endangered.
2) The WAESC is responsible for accurately monitoring species’ numbers.
3) Should a species become endangered, or exhibit repeated numeric decline, the WAESC is responsible for creation of and direction of conservation efforts.
4) Should a species become endangered, the WAESC is responsible for protecting the species' remaining habitat through halting business or residential encroachment into the species' habitat, and by reducing the amount of pollution in the species' habitat. The WAESC may also severely restrict the hunting of endangered species.
5) Should a species come so near extinction that saving them in the wild is not feasible, the WAESC is responsible for capturing remaining members of the species, and attempting to repopulate the species enough to be released back into the wild.

- Should the WAESC restrict hunting of an endangered animal that a non-industrial tribe, or non-industrial aboriginal group relies upon for survival, the WAESC must ensure that the group is not destroyed or threatened by the restrictions it imposes.

- The WAESC may determine not to protect a species that is becoming endangered if that species is determined to be a threat to public health due to its parasitism or infectiousness (such as a bacteria, virus, or other parasite).

- If the WAESC restricts the usage of privately owned land, and this causes the property to lose value, then the WAESC must justly compensate for the landowner's loss, as well as any other reasonable losses incurred by its land use restriction.

- Urges nations to pass other pieces of legislation for protection of certain species within their own borders.

Votes For: 4,082
Votes Against: 1,381

Implemented: Thu Oct 8 2009

"expands" sounds an awful lot like "amend", which under WA rules is illegal. Amendments are not permitted.

[Glen-Rhodes]

"expands" sounds an awful lot like "amend", which under WA rules is illegal. Amendments are not permitted.

Since it's a committee, I believe their duties can be expanded in other resolutions, so long as it's not explicitly prohibited in the original resolution.

Anyways, could the author please give a run-down of how this isn't already covered by Endangered Species Protection?

- Dr. B. Castro

[Erythrina]

@Grays

Hmmm... I see your point, it is taken, and thank you. I remember seeing somewhere one could add duties to a committee... But maybe I am not allowed to do only that. Could anyone enllighten this point? Any further ideas? Certainly I can improve this text, I don't even consider it a draft yet.

Kisses from the witch!

[Erythrina]

Anyways, could the author please give a run-down of how this isn't already covered by Endangered Species Protection?

Oh, sure! Habitats are fundamentally different from migration routes. Habitats are somewhat static in time and space, whereas migration routes are by their very definition, a state of flux between different habitats.

[Holy Roman Confederate]

What if an historic migration route is now blocked with say a city? What would be required under the guise of this act if passed?

[Erythrina]

What if an historic migration route is now blocked with say a city? What would be required under the guise of this act if passed?

If it is now blocked, I believe WA law cannot be retroactive ("No Ex Post Facto" if I recall correctly). So, I want this to forbid these kinds of things from happening in the future.

Hope it's clarified.

[Mousebumples]

Hmmm... I see your point, it is taken, and thank you. I remember seeing somewhere one could add duties to a committee... But maybe I am not allowed to do only that. Could anyone enllighten this point? Any further ideas? Certainly I can improve this text, I don't even consider it a draft yet.

Duties could be added to a committee, and the clearest way to so (and to avoid charges of amending a previously passed resolution) is to create a sub-committee.

i.e. Creates MIGRATE, which will work within the World Assembly Endangered Species Committee (WAESC) to:
* Identify those endangered species whose survival depends on migration routes;
* Taking into account that migration areas are seasonal, identify those areas and then have the powers to limit the levels of pollution, non-researcher population and hunting, in order to ensure the continuing viability of those migration routes;
* All compensations, international or national in nature, dispensed for actions taken for the protection of habitats, shall also apply to the protection of migration routes.

Just give it a real name, of course. I just went with MIGRATE as that appears to be the theme among the new duties.

ACTUAL example: In International Drug Education, I have the following lines:

CREATES the International Drug Education Agency (IDEA) as a sub-committee of the World Assembly Food and Drug Regulatory Agency (WAFADRA).

SPECIFIES that IDEA will collect drug-related research data regarding medical and recreational drug use.

STIPULATES that drug information regarding drug procurement and/or creation will not be gathered by IDEA, unless granted by the holder of the intellectual property rights for said information.

(The ULC subcommittee stuff is more complicated, so I wouldn't recommend looking to pattern a new proposal after that information in this particular proposal.)

Again, I'm not certain that the contents of this proposal are a necessary addition (beyond Endangered Species Protection), but hopefully that is useful for your future revisions.

Best of luck,
Ambassador Nikolas Eberhart
The Doctoral Monkey Feet of Mousebumples

[Epistamai]

The only thing that would result in a no vote from my nation would be creation of unneeded committees, agencies and whatnot.

Either giving the existing committee additional responsibilities, or creating a sub committee of the existing one would be fine. Just make sure there isn't too much bureaucracy added.

[Wakinton]

Sorry. But Wakinton does not see this as any benefit to our country. If, economically, our country is thriving and a new city happens to be settled somewhere (or an old city expands) that "animals are migrating heavily" then this will be a pitfall.. Wakinton refuses to push for this..