Protecting Forests Amendment to The Sacred Environment Act

Protecting Forests Amendment

Authors: WesGutt, Taylor, Perfectwing

Purpose: To streamline and expand forest protections.

Whereas, the current National Park Service allows for overdevelopment of luxury resources

Whereas, current regulations may overly restrict the settling of new cities

Whereas, in line with our pantheon, One With Nature, Natural Wonders should have increased protections

Whereas, loopholes exist to allow the unfair exploitation of protected species

Therefore, The Sacred Environment Act shall be amended:

Underlined text in Blue to be added.

Text in Red and strikethrough to be removed.

The Sacred Environment Act

Author : Sun_Tzu_Warrior, Quaerendo_Invenietis, PaintHouses, Taylor

Purpose: An act to preserve the environment for future generations.

Section 1: National Parks Service (NPS)

1. By vote of the Commons and Senate, any tile within Celtic control can be deemed a National Park. Any tile declared a National Park will have all improvements removed and any future improvements prohibited.

1. No natural features may be removed from National Park tiles except by the act of settling a city.

2. All jungles and forests without known resources or Antiquity Sites are automatically enrolled into the NPS. If resources or Antiquity Sites are discovered the tile will be automatically removed from the NPS and is eligible to be worked baring any other restrictions.
3. The President or Streamer may not have Workers remove any Forests or Jungles, unless one of the following conditions obtains:

1. The feature’s removal would be necessary to connect a Luxury Resource without a domestic supply.
2. The feature’s removal would be necessary to connect a Strategic Resource.
3. The feature’s removal would be necessary to Construct an Archeological Dig.

4. All Natural Wonders and their adjacent tiles are automatically enrolled into the NPS.

Section 2: Animal Protection

1. All roads must have established animal crossings.
2. The government is limited to improving only 1 tile per animal resource if identified as a “protected species”.

1. Animal resources considered “protected species” are as follows:        

1. Bison, Furs, Ivory, Whales, Seals

2. Animal resources not listed as “protected species” are as follows:

1. Fish, Lake Fish, Crab, Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Deer

3. All animal husbandry will be subject to strict ethical guidelines
4. The government is banned from the import and export of animal resources listed as “protected species.”