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Bill: Ecological Unity
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM)
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill proposes the withdrawal from a treaty. It will require half of the legislature to vote in favor[?]. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: July 2197
Description[?]:
| End this federalist garbage which is happening in our ecological sector. |
Proposals
Article 1
Withdraw from the International Ecotourism Treaty.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Forest management.
Old value:: Local governments are required to operate forestry agencies, which own and manage all forest land.
Current: There is a national agency which exists side-by-side with commercial forestry companies.
Proposed: All forestry is performed by private companies.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning forest protection.
Old value:: Forest protection is left to local governments.
Current: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Proposed: The government has no policy on forest protection.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy regarding a national park system.
Old value:: The government devolves park policy to local governments.
Current: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Proposed: The government designates ecological preservation zones but does not fund their oversight.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on tree plantation.
Old value:: Local governments may set plantation policy.
Current: The government requires tree plantation at replacement level for all logging or clearance operations.
Proposed: The government does not intervene with regard to the replantation of trees.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Waste disposal responsibility.
Old value:: It is the responsibility of local governments to decide on waste disposal regulation.
Current: It is the responsibility of local governments to decide on waste disposal regulation.
Proposed: Waste disposal is left entirely to the private sector and is unregulated.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Regulation of the quality of drinking water.
Old value:: Local government is responsible for drinking water quality regulation.
Current: The government sets a range of standards dependant on water usage. (grey water regulation, etc.)
Proposed: The government sets a single standard to ensure all tap water is drinkable.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:25:13, March 08, 2006 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Ecological Unity |
| Message | We are not happy about Article IV, but the International Ecotourism Treaty will not allow us to have what we want. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 61 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 215 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 54 |
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