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Bill: Ecological Priority
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hobrazian Peoples Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: June 2493
Description[?]:
| We have an idea that focus on issues such as international stability, technology improvement and science projects will be better to overcome enviromental issues and will do it faster and more effective. We do not need these old views similar to enviromental dictatorship, we need to change our traditional views and challenge our ideas. Furthermore we need to accept that fundamentalist enviromentalism only keeps us in a state where problems is seen everywhere. Why not loosen up and think creative and innovative. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of endangered animals.
Old value:: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep endangered animals; all other forms of keeping or trading in endangered animals are forbidden.
Current: Everyone may keep endangered animals, but the trade in, and the ownership of, endangered animals is strictly regulated by the government to prevent their extinction in the wild.
Proposed: Everyone may keep endangered animals, but the trade in, and the ownership of, endangered animals is strictly regulated by the government to prevent their extinction in the wild.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on tree plantation.
Old value:: The government encourages, but does not require new and replacement plantation.
Current: The government requires tree plantation at higher than replacement levels for all logging or clearance operations.
Proposed: The government does not intervene with regard to the replantation of trees.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:36:27, November 28, 2007 CET | From | Partai Komunis Hobrazia | To | Debating the Ecological Priority |
| Message | Perhaps the Hobrazian People's Party does not understand that the tree re-plantation party was not put in for environmental reasons, but was put in because it is good for the economy? Perhaps you don't realize that this policy decreases water cleaning costs, is good for the fishing and hunting industries, and in the midtem, is good for logging industries? The ignorance of the HPP is dissapointing. We do not put environmentalism before the people--quite the opposite--and that is why that bill was enacted. |
| Date | 16:13:29, November 28, 2007 CET | From | Hobrazian Peoples Party | To | Debating the Ecological Priority |
| Message | Instead of using money on ecology and enviroment, we should use the money on developing more enviromental friendly correct? |
| Date | 23:50:10, November 28, 2007 CET | From | Partai Komunis Hobrazia | To | Debating the Ecological Priority |
| Message | Perhaps you misunderstand me. I'll try to make it clear. Tree replantation is good for the economy. If you still do not understand my message, perhaps I should translate it into another language? |
| Date | 13:01:12, November 29, 2007 CET | From | Hobrazian Peoples Party | To | Debating the Ecological Priority |
| Message | How can forcing companies, that is given a licens by our government controlled forest agency, to replant trees according to the number they cut down, be good to that companys economy? We do not believe that forcing companies to replant will get any companies to aply for clearance license by the forest agency, leading to no economy on this field, leading to a missed opportunity for the companies, leading to less economical gain. Thus the PKH's argument is not accepted. It might be good to the enviroment in your terms, but the HPP believe the money could be better spent on developing methods to decrease pollution from factory outlets and car outlets. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 291 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 96 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 11 |
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