[Sanctaria]

Quote: GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL
ID: mosktopia_1398355864

Protecting Migratory Animals
A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.


Category: Environmental | Industry Affected: All Businesses | Proposed by: Mosktopia

Description: 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.[/quote]

This has reached quorum.

Tally: 0-1-0

[Sanctaria]

I'm not very supportive of this resolution due to the indiscriminate manner it throws the word animal around.

[Bears Armed]

I've just noticed a problem. By its wording, the following clause Quote: 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;[/quote]would bind member nations to "collaborate" with all other nations involved even if some of those are non-members and therefore themselves not bound to cooperate with this process...


:Bear:

[The Dark Star Republic]

Every time you make that argument (and Kryozerkia listens to you) a bear cub cries.

[Sciongrad]

I've always found the argument that a resolution must be interpreted according to the most literal translation, even if that translation throws pragmatism and rationality out the window, when there exists a more reasonable interpretation to be a little bit unconvincing. This applies to the whole "nation includes non-member nations argument." Requiring member nations to collaborate with other nations, while ambiguous, should not be interpreted literally if it doesn't have to be.

[Sciongrad]

As an aside, why is everyone concerned about the lack of a definition for "reasonable?" Almost everyone on the Europeia forums seems convinced this means they can just define reasonable as whatever they want.

[The Dark Star Republic]

Having seen some of the arguments made by people associated with Europeia, I'm not entirely surprised.

[Sanctaria]

I'd prefer if discussion was kept to the resolution and not other regions, thanks.