The World Assembly,
Acknowledging the use of land reclamation in member nations to increase their land area for purposes such as alleviating overpopulation;
Concerned that unregulated land reclamation could lead to serious environmental damage, such as:
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the destruction of coral reefs and wetlands,
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erosion of beaches in nations that sell sand to be used in land reclamation,
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use and harmful depletion of nonrenewable resources during the initial and continued phases of a project;
Hoping that by regulating land reclamation, these environmental damages can be prevented;
The World Assembly Hereby:
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Mandates that member nations obtain all resources used in the actual physical construction phase of land reclamation projects in a manner with minimal damage to the environment;
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Requires that impact studies be conducted by the Environmental Survey of the World Assembly (ESWA) to evaluate whether any land reclamation causes any of the following:
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the extinction of any animal species residing in the land being reclaimed,
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significant disruption to a food chain involving endangered or rare animals,
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loss of plant or fungal species with a particular, known, unique importance to medicine,
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Prohibits member nations from moving forward with a land reclamation project if the ESWA deems a place not suitable to reclaim land or if the land reclamation projects drain or destroy coral reefs, mangrove wetlands or other exceptionally biodiverse areas
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Encourages member nations to use other less environmentally destructive methods to alleviate overpopulation while also minimizing the ecological and environmental impact of land reclamation; and
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States that clause 1 of this resolution shall apply to both freshwater and saltwater land reclamations projects while the rest of this resolution will only apply to all land reclamations projects in saltwater environments.