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Bill: Environmental Stewardship Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi
Status[?]: defeated
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: May 2242
Description[?]:
| A bill to allow flexibility in agricultural and environmental policy while increasing environmental standards and rewarding environmentally sensitive actions. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: All agricultural operations are state-owned and operated.
Current: The government subsidises agriculture based on market demand for the crop being grown.
Proposed: Agricultural crops which are considered beneficial to the enviroment or to the continued ecological safety of the state are subsidized.
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 owns and manages all forest land.
Proposed: Local governments may set up forestry agencies. Where they do not, forestry is on a commercial basis.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on tree plantation.
Old value:: The government requires tree plantation at replacement level for all logging or clearance operations.
Current: The government requires tree plantation at higher than replacement levels for all logging or clearance operations.
Proposed: The government requires tree plantation at higher than replacement levels for all logging or clearance operations.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:03:19, June 14, 2006 CET | From |  Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi | To | Debating the Environmental Stewardship Act |
| Message | This bill leaves in place those reguations that require a government license for all logging operations. It would simply alow forests to return to private hands, where an owner will have every incentive to care for her or his land. Environmental responsibility would be subsidized, and standards tightened so that trees lost to fire or other natural catastrophe are replaced. |
| Date | 11:54:53, June 14, 2006 CET | From | Ikradonian Faith Party | To | Debating the Environmental Stewardship Act |
| Message | We oppose this bill, except for article 3. |
| Date | 16:11:06, June 14, 2006 CET | From | Lyika ati Isọdọtun | To | Debating the Environmental Stewardship Act |
| Message | Oh, yes. This is a bill worthy of song and epic poetry. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 251 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 312 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 36 |
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