Proposal brought to committee; Discussion period & brief hiatus ensued; Call for consensus and additional discussion period followed (no objections/changes raised); Proposal passed via consensus on 8/16/2019 8:13pm.
Committee / Co-Chair Info: Eco-Action Committee / Co-Chairs
Audrey Clement & Tim Worts, aclement65@hotmail.com, tcworts@gmail.com
Author Contact Info:
Tim Worts, (973) 303-6354, tcworts@gmail.com
Proposal: Add new section to Chapter III: Ecological Sustainability
Section Title: N. International Environmental Policy (O if new point G takes effect)
Proposed Changes:
GPUS believes that an international agreement should be reached which sets (1) an executable and enforceable framework for keeping Earth well within its 7 measurable planetary boundaries (currently including climate change, biosphere integrity, land-system change, freshwater use, biogeochemical flows, ocean acidification, and stratospheric ozone depletion) (2) an executable and enforceable framework for the designation of at least 50% of the planet as a nature reserve and (3) international protections, funding, and legal personhood to large swaths of wildlands like the Brazilian Amazon and Nile River, including rivers longer than 1,500 km and wildlands larger than 1,000,000 acres.
Current Text
n/a
Additional Support
https://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/planetary-boundaries/planetary-boundaries/about-the-research/the-nine-planetary-boundaries.html
I think this is too late. The band plays on.
Community survival is what we have to work for.
I hope you will consider changing the wording from acres to square km for the following:
” including rivers longer than 1,500 km and wildlands larger than 1,000,000 acres.”