Environmental Commitee

President: Camilo Castellanos
Vice-president: Giancarlo Foschini
-People’s Republic of China: Brenda Gomez
-French Republic: San Juan del Camino
-Russian Federation: Los Cerezos
-United Kingdom: Erick Real
-United States of America: Gabriella Guzman
-Republic of Turkey: Lauren Cooper
-Republic of Lebanon: La Colina
-United Mexican States: Natalia Marulanda
-Federative Republic of Brazil: Valentina Rubio
-Republic of Cuba: Andrew Bocanumenth
-Kingdom of Spain: Jorge Villamil
-República de Ecuador: Gilberto Ysaccis
-República de Colombia: Nicole Lavin
-Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela: Juliana Hernández
-Republic of Chile: Kun Yoon
-Republic of Korea: John Perez
-Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: Andrea Gabela
-Federal Republic of Germany: Valentina Trujillo
-Canada: Daniela de Castro
-Commonwealth of Australia: Verónica Estrada


Hello delegates and welcome to the Environmental commission on CGB III MUN.
I am your commission President, Camilo Castellanos, and I would like to start off by welcoming you all. The 25 of you are in charge of the global environment security, you must remember, that we are here to find various solutions to the conflicts stated in the commission and environment will no longer be affected in any place of the world, which is a problem seen every day. We are here to discuss mainly, the deforestation in Brazil, and the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Your Vice-president will be Giancarlo Foschini and both of us will make sure that the debates go along and that by the end of the model we achieve as most as we can. We expect all delegates to make an extended research about both topics and have many strong and valid arguments related to their countries position or point of view (against, in favor or both). Also, during the debates, every country should be able to propose solutions and ideas to address these topics effectively, taking into account the countries’ culture, thoughts, politics and more.
Deforestation in Brazil started since 1970; over 600,000 square kilometers of trees have been cut down in the Amazon forest. Brazil once had the highest deforestation rate in the world and as of 2005 still has the largest area of forest removed annually. Between May 2000 and August 2006, Brazil lost nearly 150,000 square kilometers of forest, an area larger than that of Greece. If this is not sorted out, the Amazon Rainforest will be reduced by 40% by 2030. This is a problem that the Environmental commission has to find a solution. At the end of the debates, deforestation in Brazil should be sorted out.
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico started on the 20nd of April 2010 and ended on the 15th of July 2010, 560,000-585,000 tons of crude oil was spilled into the ocean. This has been the 5th biggest oil spill ever seen in the history. Oil was stopped from getting out of the main tube but the crude oil was still left out in the ocean. This is a very delicate subject because animals of many different species are in danger of getting sick or even dying. This is one example that can be debated but they are many others that have to be solved.
What can we do about it? Which rules or laws can help prevent these conflicts? How can we prevent this to happen again? What solutions can be established to stop the conflicts that are going to be debated in the commission? These are some of the questions that can help you out finding the solutions for both conflicts stated above. Both president and vice president hope that delegates get to an agreement and find a valid and good solution at the end of the debates.
These are some links that can help you out with information:

Deforestation in Brazil:
http://www.mongabay.com/brazil.html
http://www.colby.edu/personal/t/thtieten/defor-brazil.html
http://deforestationintheamazon.wordpress.com/

Gulf of Mexico oil spill (Deepwater Horizon):
http://www.deepwater.com/fw/main/Home-1.html
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/bp-oil-spill