Forum of: Environment Commission 1 question of

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   Gathering, analysing, using large amounts of data for the purpose of tracking species effectively
   
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   Uploading collected data on a global and/or regional database to encourage international collaboration and research
   
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   Implementing security checks on imports and exports to decrease the threat of invasive species and environmentally harmful substances on the Amazon rainforest
   
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   Developing standardised and efficient tools to collect data
   
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   Urging bordering nations to submit absolutely original data, as inaccurate data will not be advantageous;
   

3. Encourages relevant NGOs such as World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and United Nations Environmental Programme to come together to support nations regarding imprisonment of poachers, by methods such as but not limited to:

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   Increasing awareness through social media, campaigns, etc. of poaching in the Amazon, and the negative effects it has on the ecosystem, which will:
   

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   Encourage civilians to forewarn the police of any suspicious behavior pertaining to evidence of unfamiliar or leery animals in the vicinity
   
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   Raise funds for respective organizations, allowing them to invest in new technology helpful to catching animal poachers;
   

c) Holding seminars to teach indigenous people of the rainforest how to keep animals out of their croplands which is a main reason why animals are killed;

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   Establishing protected areas or parks in each country to ensure the safety of the endangered animal and plants species with the full support of organisation such as World Wildlife Foundation (WFF),
   
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   Enhancing the prevention of deforestation, poaching and ranching of the impacted and affected areas or regions by allocating volunteer rangers to scout the protected areas with incentives such as but not limited to:
   

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   lifetime insurance programs
   
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   adequate trainings
   
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   proper protection equipment;
   

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   Yearly collection of data about aspects of Amazon rainforest health through methods such as:
   

ii. Estimation of the number of trees per square meter (or other unit of area);

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   Communication with local organizations, governments, and communities in regards to
   

ii. Arising local/regional concerns and needs relating to the Amazon rainforest;

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   Providing farmers with incentive programs, in which farmers are subsidised for effectively using less land to grow crops
   
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   Buying back the unused lands and transmute them into parks or forest reserves to protect the endangered plants and animal species
   
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   Educate farmers on specific and straightaway farming techniques so that they can efficiently utilize the given land
   
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   Setting strict regulations on the amount of land which could be owned by a specific individual or company
   
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   Collaborate with relevant NGOs and Intergovernmental Organizations in order to:
   

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7. Further invites nations to encourage all companies to begin using environmentally sustainable materials, by methods such as but not limited to:

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   Implementing annual assessments of major multinational companies in order to ensure that their materials are eco-friendly sourced
   
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   Certifying products as environmentally friendly in cooperation with organizations such as:
   

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   The Rainforest Alliance
   
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   The Forest Stewardship Council;
   

9. Suggests the promotion of ecotourism in the Amazon rainforest to promote the biodiversity of the forest through ways such as but not limited to:

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   Educating tourists on the ecosystem of the Amazon along with the importance of biodiversity in the Amazon
   
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   Providing useful and engaging activities and attractions which will benefit the environment such as planting and protecting plants that have a rapidly decreasing population
   
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   Distributing information on the harmful impacts and consequences of poaching deforestation, and ranching along with other means of illegal activity in respect to the Amazon forest,
   
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   Limiting the number of permits granted to eco-tourism companies so as to control the number of visitors in the area;
   

10. Recommends the strengthening of regional and international cooperation on previous efforts made to save the biodiversity of the Amazon as well as discussions on new programs or plans to be implemented, especially with key regional organisations that involve governmental cooperation, such as the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation (ACTO), for purposes such as but not limited to:

a) Using diverse communication media

b) Producing videos on explanations with global warming and deforestation on websites

c) Holding semi-annual meetings to collaborate with each other in order to further protect the Amazon;
11. Further invites Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and non-profit organisations such as the Amazon Conservation Association (ACA) to send ambassadors to countries surrounding and bordering the Amazon Rainforest in order to:

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   Effectively educate companies about environmentally harmful practices
   
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   Allow the general society to realise the importance of the Amazon Rainforest through ways such as requesting educators at schools to implement curriculum that mainly focuses on teaching the children the significance of biodiversity in the Amazon through means such as annual tree planting activities,
   
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   Calls upon all the NGO’s focused on environmental protection, to attend to a symposium organized by the UN Environmental Assessment Committee in order to join efforts to deal with the delicate situation, exchanging ideas and proposals to debate its future implementation by the UN;
   

12. Implement the monitoring of data collection of elements of the Amazon, including asking the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to increase the amount of agents supervising areas where endangered species habitat and collect data monthly;

a) Amount of fish caught by fisheries

b) Certain seasons in which fish can be caught in specific areas, as this allows fish to reproduce and increase in number during the off-seasons;
14. Advocates for all local government officials to not cause corruption such as bribery with the mining and logging industries in order to reduce the rate of corruption and cause less damage to the environment and the indigenous people in ways such as but not limited to:

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   Inspecting police records on suspicious cases that seem as if indigenous people were forcefully pushed away from their land
   
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   Asking the indigenous people to alert any suspicious actions that was made by any law enforcement member as soon as possible.
   

15. Urges the decrease of deforestation that is most prevalent in the Amazon to prevent further carbon emission and fragmentation through means such as but not limited to:

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   preventing increased logging by implementing strongly, the idea of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) issued from the UN-REDD to each country surrounding the Amazon forest,
   
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   recommending the use of sustainable methods such as but not limited to:
   
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      establishing plantations of trees on degraded lands in the Amazon,
      
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      ending subsidies granted to large landowners in the Amazon or for saw mills and road construction in the Amazon;
      

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   Ask the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to increase the amount of agents supervising areas where endangered species habitat and collect data monthly,
   

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   Alert indigenous people and large landowners that there are illegal industries that start small projects near protected area even though they are not allowed,
   
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   During security checks for exports, the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA)'s and other similar national organizations to implement stronger inspection practices to protect species of trees that are protected by law are not being exported;
   

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    Encourages the facilitation of financial support to nations in both private and public sectors regarding the policy and technological development for the preservation, protection and conservation of biological diversity agendas with the assistance of relevant agencies and organizations in the respective sectors of financial support such as, but not limited to:
    
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       World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) for funding conservation and environmental projects,
       
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       World Bank (WB) to fund developing countries for policy development regarding biological diversity preservation in order to implement such projects in the future,
       
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       Rainforest Alliance to urge corporations to purchase goods and services with the organization’s seal of approval, in order to create income through sustainable resources
       
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       provide funds to rainforest communities and indigenous peoples with sound management including, but not limited to:
       
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          seed tree systems that leaves standing certain mature trees, instead of clearcutting,
          
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          sustainable logging that gives trees and timber recovery time;