Forest Protection Amendment to The Sacred Environment Act

Forest Protection Amendment

Authors: CaptainMinion

Purpose: To streamline and expand forest protections.

Whereas, the current National Park Service doesn’t protect natural features from removal;

Whereas, the current version of this law doesn’t protect Forests adjacent to cities;

Whereas, both Forests and Jungles provide high yields;

Whereas, removing Jungles provides no yield bonus;

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.

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 in the second or third ring of tiles surrounding a City owned by the Celts if the Celts adopt the Sacred Groves Pantheon Belief, unless one of the following conditions obtains:

1. The Forest’s feature’s removal would be necessary to connect a Luxury Resource.
2. The Forest’s feature’s removal would be necessary to connect a Strategic Resource.
3. The Forest’s feature’s removal would be necessary to Construct an Archeological Dig.

4. All Natural Wonders 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 of animal resources listed as “protected species.”