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Protecting Migratory Animals
Category: Environmental | Area of Effect: All Business

The General Assembly:

Aware that species diversity is an irreplaceable part of our natural world, and that nations are constantly deriving new medical, scientific, recreational, social and economic uses from our world's biodiversity;

Recognizing that all nations have a duty to protect and conserve the world's biodiversity for future generations;

Noting that conservation of migratory animals requires the concerted efforts of every nation with jurisdiction over any part of the animals' migratory path;

Resolved that nations can and should work together to conserve and protect migratory animal species;

Hereby enacts the following provisions:

1. Notes that, as used in this act, migration refers to the forseeable, seasonal movement of an animal from one area to another on a greater scale than its normal daily activities;

2. Directs each member nation to catalog the migratory animal species that:

    inhabit the member nation's territory between periods of migration, or
    pass through the member nation's territory during migration;

3. Mandates that, where a migratory animal species ranges or migrates across international borders, member nations must collaborate with other nations to preserve and protect the animal's habitat and migratory path;

4. Requires member nations to restrain individuals, businesses, and organizations within their jurisdiction from unreasonably degrading the integrity of migratory animal populations living in, or traveling through, the territory of any nation;

5. Urges member nations to exchange research data on migratory animal species with other nations;

6. Clarifies that, notwithstanding any other provision of this act, member nations may take reasonable actions to deter migratory animals from damaging or destroying property, or becoming pests. Furthermore, invasive migratory species are not covered by the protections of this act.

4. Requires member nations to restrain individuals, businesses, and organizations within their jurisdiction from unreasonably degrading the integrity of migratory animal populations living in, or traveling through, the territory of any nation;

That is my one issue with this act, regardless I have voted FOR it, but I think that this clause creates a bunch of legislative loopholes and problems. What is a degrading act? If a business starts massacring migratory animals, who do we arrest or charge with a crime, the people that did the killing? The business' owners? Stuff like that.
Of course general acts like these will always have issues like that, so I have voted FOR.

For

My Reasoning : I'm, in a way..., an environmentalist, and no I'm not a tree-hugger or a hippie. Alterra does prove a point though. Who do we punish for that heinous crime?

For!

  I see that biological diversity is very important for a nations integrity, plus a multitude of other benefits, social, environmental, etc. Also, the disrupting of migratory animals could, least severely, disrupt the harmony of thousands of years of evolution, and, most severely, disrupt the environment irreparably, causing massive damage to the current, stable status quo.

For!

And as far as the question of who would we would punish, I'd say the business owners. They could be charged more likely with hefty fines, which would impact the business as a whole. It would require investigations though and the individuals shouldn't be let off the hook, without also being subject to a fine.

I'm just throwing in my two cents.. That's how my nation would handle things, anyway..