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Figorian Wildlife Commission: The development of wetlands in industrialized nations for residential and commercial uses has endangered many species. ██ ███████ ████████ ██ ████ ████████ ████ ███████████ ██ ████████ ██████ ███████ ███████████ ████ ██ ██████ ██ ███ ████████████ ██ ███████████ ███████ █████████ █████ ███████████ █████ █████ ██ ███ █████████ ██ ████████ ███ ████ ██ ██████ ██ ███ ███████ ████ ███████ █████
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Summary
The Figorian Wildlife Commission wants to protect wildlife from the kind of wetland loss that has endangered species in industrialized nations. Its plan is to regulate development so that any future wetland development is offset by building replacement wetland habitats. From this, it concludes that development would cause no net reduction of wetlands and would pose no threat to the species living in them.
The Figorian Development Commission argues the other way, and it argues on different ground. Rather than disputing the Wildlife Commission's habitat plan, it makes a case from growth and fairness. Other nations developed their wetlands freely at wildlife's expense while Figoria held back and conserved, so Figoria should now be allowed to develop too. The argument relies on two pieces of support: Figorian development "might not" affect wildlife and is necessary for growth, and Figoria has as much right to use its own resources as the nations that already commercialized theirs.
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This supports regulating, not developing. A rule calling for resources to be regulated by international agreement whenever wildlife is endangered cuts toward the Wildlife Commission's side, and it drags in international agreements that neither commission is talking about. It does nothing for the Development Commission.
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This favors the Wildlife Commission, not the Development Commission. Saying future generations' right to preserved wildlife outweighs a nation's economic needs puts preservation ahead of growth, which works against the Development Commission's case for allowing development.
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This is the rule that backs the Development Commission. It says regulation should be imposed only after a reduction in endangered species from commercial development has actually been found. Since Figorian development "might not" affect wildlife and no such reduction has been shown, this principle says regulation is premature and development should be allowed.
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This works against the Development Commission. It says regulation cannot take into account the different degrees to which nations have already harmed the environment, which undercuts the Development Commission's main fairness point, that Figoria conserved while others developed.
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This supports the Wildlife Commission. Calling it imprudent to allow further depletion of natural resources argues against permitting more development, which is the opposite of what the Development Commission wants. It does not help their position.