The Issue of Conserving Endangered Animals in The Jungles of Southeast Asia

Fully aware that Southeast Asia contains six of the world’s 25 biodiversity hotspots, according to Nature magazine, Deeply concerned that Southeast Asian countries face the highest rate of habitat loss and have the highest proportion of species that are threatened with extinction because of deforestation, Recognizing that the Southeast Asian region contains 20% of the planet’s vertebrate and plant species and the world’s third-largest tropical forest, affirming that parts of Southeast Asian regions are projected to lose up to 98% of their remaining forests in the next nine years and is thought to be the world’s most threatened region for mammals,

Strongly urges affected nations to implement new laws and regulations that specifically target the narrowing of the loss of marine biodiversity through ways such as but not limited to:

More protected marine areas:

• specific areas sensitive to certain species shall be off limits to all tourists and citizens,
• only authorized personnel will to allowed to enter said areas,

Calling upon all member states within the Southeast Asian region to increase the strictness of laws and regulations that have been implemented toward the loss of proper sewage treatment:

• bringing to attention that improving sewage treatment has often been pushed aside due to inadequate budgets where governments prefer to fund economic issues,
• encouraging governments to fund programs – such as but not limited: Clean Water Act (CWA), Wastewater Management) that protect, restore, and construct lakes or wetlands – as a way of intercepting water-born pollutants before they can enter the lake – following China's effective policy,

Punishing those who violate these laws with measures such as but not limited to:

• increased fines,
• community service,
• longer hours served in prison;

Calling upon all affected governments to enforce fresh laws and regulations directed toward conversing endangered animals such as but not limited to:

1. banning the hunting of species given a red list status of VU (vulnerable) and above,
2. calling upon all effected nations to enforce the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA):

• not following this assessment should be deemed a criminal offense,
• laws and regulations should specify the severity of this criminal offense, in turn hindering corrupt government officials from having the temptation to break this law,
•  illegal damaging of land should result in the loss of ownership of the land – following Fiji’s effective policy;

Confirming that all effected governments are encouraged to implement an educational program open to all those willing to learn and help with the pressing issue at hand including details such as but not limited to:

Responsible farming and commercial fishing open to farmers and fishermen:

• supporting national organizations – such as but not limited to: Farmers' Organization Authority (FOA), Fishing Communities Coalition (FCC) – which work for the promotion of education and training in these fields,
• following methods used by the Philippines such as fishermen only fishing certain species at a certain time each year, allowing fish stock to replenish themselves,

Which animals are in fact endangered in their specific region,

What common citizens can do to help the situation at hand such as but not limited to:

• making one’s home wildlife friendly,
• stopping the use of herbicides and pesticides which are hazardous pollutants to wildlife
• slowing down when driving to avoid hitting any wildlife living in the area,iv) never purchasing any products made from threatened or endangered species,

The topic of deforestation laws in the Southeast Asian jungles for ingenious tribes through ways such as but not limited to:

• informing the tribes on the current changes in laws with periodical updates,
• setting up centers of education to inform the underprivileged on the effects of deforestation and what they can do to help;

Encourages the continuation of an active partnership between governments and indigenous people based on mutual respect and dignity:

Enlarging rights so that indigenous people have full and effective participation in the decision-making processes through ways such as but not limited to:

• consulting with Indigenous people for modalities and institutional mechanisms for participation of Indigenous people in all national matters which are related to or affect them directly,
• requiring governments to have a minimum of one representative for the indigenous tribes in their country — who should be able to speak both English and their native language,
• suggests allowing indigenous people to have collective ownership of forestland and resources, following the Republic of Venezuela’s example in the 1999 constitution,

Recalling and addressing the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples which affirms human rights specifically for indigenous people and their specific conditions:

• states the individually and collective rights of indigenous people,
• suggests ingenious people to have meaningful control over their lives, to maintain their distinct cultural identities, to live free from discrimination, and to have secure access to the lands and resources essential to their ways of life;

Suggests the implementation of technology directed toward mitigating the endangerment of animals in the Southeast Asian region through ways such as but not limited to:

Having high tech, small spheres floating around in the air:

• built in smoke alarm system that sends a signal back to the base of operations,
• built in motion sensors to detect any illegal activity,
• built in security cameras focusing mainly on detecting illegal activities of any kind,
• spotlight installed to alert all surrounding people of illegal activities,

Robots located at base of operations:

• fastest technology implanted within to allow robots to reach destination as soon as possible,
• armed with carbon dioxide capsules that explode when they come in contact with fire, trapping a fire inside a bubble filled with carbon dioxide to extinguish the fire
• built in alarm system to alert others of illegal activity,

Rangers equipped with the best technology:

• surveillance systems installed and hidden in jackets,
• GPS installed in jackets,
• fastest coms handy for all rangers,
• small alarm remote handed out which sends a signal to the base of operations when used;

Hopes to increase the amount of protected spaces within the jungles of the Southeast Asian region and the level of security within these spaces:

Certain areas of high density should be cut off to everyone but rangers,

Strongly urges all countries effected to increase security in the areas surrounding and in the amazon through ways such as but not limited to:

• patrolling roads leading into and out of the jungles of Southeast Asia,
• install security cameras in areas of high criminal activity,
• proposes the installation of human motion detecting devices in high density destruction areas,

Proposes the use of an improved version of private natural heritage resources (RPPNs) to preserve land:

• land can be owned privately, but shall be shared with needing NGOs,
• the area must only be used for research or restoration, and left alone otherwise,
• any owner that fails to comply with the forest conservation laws shall be properly punished with their land removed.