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The UN resolution proposal for the Wildlife Protection Act, 2007 is under attack from businesses in need of loose and lenient environmental laws, especially those regarding hazardous material / waste management, human waste disposal, and refinery. These businesses disrupted lobbiest attempts to reinstitute the Clean Air Initiative citing: "The majority of capital routed to an initiative in support of any 'pro' environmental issue is merely the workings of competitive business in this corrupt, neocapitalist regime that is aimed at abolishing a "true" free market economy.."

The Ministry of Wildlife Protection that is propsed in the act already exists in the private sector, though limited in both power and resources. It is a network of non-profit environmentally conscious scientific organizations that have collects data for review. The following is one interesting case study:

20 FEB 07, 0614hrs Location: Classified
Business: Gordon Rich Industries
Environ: 58% land, 41% water, 1% other
Wildlife presence: Moose, Deer, Beaver, Birds of Prey, Snakes, Small Mammals insignifica, mult amphibian, Rabbit
Synopsis:
The Gordon Rich Industries is pouring 14,000 gallons of contaminated liquid into the the Monitaubu River every 24 hours. Major contaminates include propolyxic insecticide .007%, arsenic (lithiostatic base), mercury...//
The Gordon Rich Industries is strategically "eliminating" 55 cubic yards of solid contaminents into the woodland every 24 hrs. Major Contaminates include asbestos, epoxy based hoses, lithium batteries...//
Findings:
The Deer population has dramatically fallen since January 2005 according to local wildlife census agencies. The Rabbit population has been plagued by an unknown disease that causes them to lose their hair and ultimately die prematurely. This has caused the polification of snakes in the area which have killed off many of the small mammals and local amphibians. The ecosystem is severely distressed and in need of protection. GR Ind has made this impossible.

The Gordon Rich Industries fears that any Wildlife Protection agency that is given power under the proposed Wildlife Protection Act will enter the property, seize the land, and shut down the business. This is simply not the case. The government and the United Nations is well aware of the importance of such industries. There have to be guidlines which must be adhered to if the environment is to be saved. This is going to involve some spending on the part of the business. Do people not expect businesses to pay for the proper disposal of any byproducts?

Here's the proposal in question (on the queue, lest anyone thought we might be able to help draft it):


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

Description: Description: Wildlife Protection,
Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Wild Life Protection Act, 2007

§1.DEFINES
WILDLIFE as any living creature, wild by nature, neither tamed nor domesticated, endowed with sensation and power of voluntary motion and including mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, which spend a majority of their life cycle on land;

HABITAT as the preferred area or territory of any given species that under normal circumstances has not been affected directly or indirectly by human intervention;

EXTINCTION as the disappearance of any species of living organisms as a result of changed conditions to which the species is not suited. If no member of the affected species survives and reproduces, the entire line dies out, leaving no descendants Animal species are categorized as extinct if they have not been definitely located in the wild for the past 50 years;

ENDANGERED SPECIES as any plant or animal species that is not extinct whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities;

PROTECTION as any species of animal that requires human intervention to survive and reproduce.

§2 ESTABLISHES the Ministry of Wildlife Protection—an elected board of seven United Nation members, one of whom shall be designated Minister

§3 SUMMARIZES the duties and obligations of the Ministry of Wildlife Protection as:
a. representing wildlife with regards to control, be it proliferation or destruction
b. maintaining surveys of wildlife numbers and the state of their habitats
c. maintaining lists citing protected, endangered, and extinct wildlife
d. issuance of hunting permits and licenses

§4 AUTHORIZES the Ministry of Wildlife to:
a. define, interpret, and enforce any laws regarding wildlife and / or the protection of its habitat
b. affect the temporary, warrantless search and / or seizure of properties and land in any region that have reasonably been proven to be the detriment of any protected or endangered species c. create and maintain wildlife refuge sites

Aside from noting with amusement that the "short title" is considerably longer than the (presumably) long title, and observing that the proposal breaches UN rules on the formation of committees and is thus illegal, we cannot say that we would be in favour of this. Aside from the considerable overlap with the United Nations Conservation of Endangered Species Bill (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9692854&postcount=120), we believe that the sweeping law-making powers assigned to the proposed "Ministry" are far too great given that no oversight is proposed.

PROTECTION as any species of animal that requires human intervention to survive and reproduce..


Since humans are animals we find this leaves out many citizens of this world that are neither human or animal yet due to human intervention need help to survive and reproduce. So if the UN can't find a means to help all it's membership why should they be wasting time trying to help creatures that are not members and can never be members... when they have not helped their own membership.

This for us is another example of why we have yet to find cause to join the UN as they waste so much time and funds on matters that do nothing for those that are members when they say thy are.....

Justa Goulishidea,
Minister of Corrections Cavirra Prison Systems, INc.

§2 ESTABLISHES the Ministry of Wildlife Protection—an elected board of seven United Nation members, one of whom shall be designated MinisterIllegal.