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Proposal to Declare the World's Forest Reserves as a Humanity World Heritage
| Source: US & Latin Magazine
OLNEY, MD -- (MARKET WIRE) -- December 4, 2006 -- Ewire -- To declare the world's forest reserves
as a humanity world heritage and elevate to the category of crime any
damaged caused to them is the proposal that the Brazilian journalist Samuel
Sales Saraiva presented to the United Nations.
In the document, Saraiva, who has lived in the Unites States for 15 years
and works in the Washington D.C. area, says that just as the UN is in
charge of mediating in international conflicts, it should also act as an
organization that protects the environment.
"To preserve the Earth's health is more important than tribal or religious
conflicts that are solved in the long term," declares Saraiva as part of
the arguments of his proposal.
In order to provide support to the proposal of converting into crime all
damages caused to the forest and water reserves, Saraiva uses a metaphor in
which he explains that "no passenger in a ship's cabin has the right to
turn on a fire just for being there. The cabin is part of the ship and its
destruction affects all and puts them under risk."
In the document presented to Ban-Ki Moon, elected UN General Secretary, and
to members of the organization representing different countries, Saraiva
also proposes the creation of an "army" that supervises every country's
behavior with regards to their work in order to preserve the forest
reserves. This army could be created by representatives from NGOs,
professionals who work in the academic sector and government agencies.
In case his initiative is accepted, Saraiva suggests that in order to
create the laws that would regulate the forest and water reserves' care,
the United Nations can use the rules that some countries have already
created individually. But, in order to enforce them, the UN and its "army"
would have to be very rigorous to the point of using their strength with
the aim of protecting the planet.
"The objective is to elaborate a transcript which content is aimed to all
nations and more globally to all humanity." Saraiva's proposal is careful
in not hurting the sovereignty of any nation, which is the reason why it
suggests the creation of strong regional organizations that can act in
association with the UN.
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