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Bill: Amendment to Ecology Law Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hizb al-Ummal
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: February 3911
Description[?]:
| Ecology The right to kill animals. Killing animals is legal and unregulated. Alternatives: Killing animals is illegal. X Killing animals is legal but regulated. The government's policy regarding the ownership of domestic animals as pets. There are no laws regarding domestic animal ownership. Alternatives: X People must register domestic animals with the national government. People must register domestic animals with the local government. Ownership of domestic animals is banned. The government's policy towards hunting endangered animals. The government enforces no regulations. Alternatives: Only licensed people may hunt endangered animals. The govenment maintains a list of endangered and threatened species, which it enourages hunters not to shoot. X Hunting endangered animals is illegal. Local governments decide about this. The government's policy regarding the keeping of endangered animals. Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep endangered animals; all other forms of keeping or trading in endangered animals are forbidden. Alternatives: X Keeping endangered animals, or trading therein, is forbidden. 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. Everyone may keep endangered animals, without any restrictions whatsoever. Local governments decide about this. The government's policy regarding the keeping of exotic animals. Everyone may keep exotic animals, the trade in exotic animals is unregulated. Alternatives: X Keeping exotic animals is forbidden. Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep exotic animals. Everyone may keep exotic animals, but the trade in exotic animals is regulated by the government. Local governments decide about this. Forest Management. X There is a national agency which owns and manages all forest land. Alternatives: There is a national agency which owns all forests, but subcontracts the work to private companies. There is a national agency which exists side-by-side with commercial forestry companies. All forestry is performed by private companies. Local governments may set up forestry agencies. Where they do not, forestry is on a commercial basis. Local governments are required to operate forestry agencies, which own and manage all forest land. The government's policy concerning forest protection. X Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only. Alternatives: Forests have strictly enforced protection. Felling is limited to fire breaks. The government has no policy on forest protection. The government promotes forest clearance. The government promotes and subsidises forest clearance. Forest protection is left to local governments. Government regulation of hunting. Hunting and fishing is not regulated. Alternatives: X Hunting and fishing activities are restricted to designated areas and periods. Private hunting and fishing practices are banned. The matters of hunting and fishing are handled by local governments. Government policy regarding a national park system. X The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas. Alternatives: The government outlaws designation of property for public parks. The government does not have a national park system policy. The government devolves park policy to local governments. The government designates ecological preservation zones but does not fund their oversight. Government regulation of pollution in industry. The government enforces moderate pollution restrictions. Alternatives: Industrial pollution is not regulated by the government. The government provides pollution prevention guidelines, but does not enforce them. X The government enforces highly restrictive industrial pollution standards. The government's policy concerning private cars. There are no regulations on the ownership of private cars. Alternatives: X Private cars are allowed, but people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives are provided for cars using environmentally friendly fuels. Only one car allowed per household, people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives on cars using environmentally friendly fuels. Only cars using environmentally friendly fuels are allowed. Private cars are not allowed. Government-sponsored recycling programs X The government funds recycling facilities for public use. Alternatives: There is no national policy regarding recycled garbage. The government funds recycling facilities and enforces mandatory recycling for residents, commercial enterprise, and industry. The government funds recycling facilities but enforces mandatory recycling for industry only. Local governments decide about this. The government\'s policy on tree (re)planting. X The government requires tree plantation at higher than replacement levels for all logging or clearance operations. Alternatives: The government requires tree plantation at replacement level for all logging or clearance operations. The government encourages, but does not require new and replacement plantation. The government does not intervene with regard to the replantation of trees. The government discourages tree plantation. Local governments may set plantation policy. Waste disposal responsibility. Private companies are responsible for disposing of their own waste. The government disposes of residential waste. Alternatives: X The government is responsible for waste disposal. Government disposes special waste only. It is the responsibility of local governments to decide on waste disposal regulation. Waste disposal is left entirely to the private sector and is unregulated. Waste disposal is left entirely to the private sector but is regulated. Regulation of the quality of drinking water. The government does not regulate the quality of drinking water. Alternatives: Local government is responsible for drinking water quality regulation. The government sets a single standard to ensure all tap water is drinkable. X The government sets a range of standards dependant on water usage. (grey water regulation, etc.) The Government's stance on whaling. X Commercial whaling is legal, but the government establishes whaling quotas. Alternatives: Commercial whaling is legal and not subject to restrictions. Commercial whaling is illegal, but whaling for scientific purposes is allowed . Whaling is illegal. Local governments decide about whaling. The government has no position on this. The government's policy regarding the keeping of wild animals as pets. All wild animals may be kept as pets, without any restrictions or precautions whatsoever. Alternatives: X The ownership of wild animals as pets is banned. The government maintains a list of dangerous wild animals which may not be kept as pets; other wild animals may be kept as pets. Wild animals may be kept as pets; the owners of dangerous wild animals must take the necessary measures to ensure they can't escape. This matter is left up to the local governments. |
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Debate
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| Vote | Seats | |
| yes |
Total Seats: 240 | |
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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