Chapter 494 Convention on the Protection of the Oceans

There was originally a small town near the Gold Coast. Given the world-renowned Gold Coast and its beautiful scenery, it is a good choice to build this town into a city.

Becoming an internationally famous attraction is generally a good thing, but it will also be accompanied by unexpected and unexpected bad things.

One of the things that Arthur attaches the most importance to is the protection of the beach environment.

The reason why the Gold Coast is famous is entirely because of its beautiful scenery, plus a little bit of artificial publicity from the Australian government.

Even without these artificial publicity, the Gold Coast will be well-known to everyone in a few years and will still become that internationally famous tourist attraction.

Most of the beautiful tourist attractions in Australasia are basically offshore beaches and islands, which are inseparable from the word ocean.

Therefore, when Arthur visited the Gold Coast, he repeatedly asked the Queensland government to strictly protect the coastal environment and protect the property owned by Australasia.

Not only did he ask the Queensland government, Arthur also asked the cabinet government to pass laws on protecting the marine environment. Any behavior that damages the marine environment will violate the law and be severely punished by the government.

At Arthur's request, the "Australasian Marine Environment Protection Act" was freshly released and immediately implemented.

The fleet patrolling the waters near Australasia also added a new task, which is to supervise the coast and deal with acts that damage the marine environment.

The protection of the marine environment is very weak if it relies on one person or one country alone, and it must rely on the efforts of all countries in the world.

But it is obvious that some countries do not listen to people, and some countries indulge in it for their own interests.

Arthur does not want to see any problems for his descendants due to the pollution of the marine environment.

What's more, Australasia is a pure marine country. The large and small islands and archipelagos owned by Australasia determine that any interests of Australasia are inseparable from the ocean.

Therefore, Arthur does not want to see, and will never see, the marine environment being seriously polluted.

The way to avoid the pollution of the marine environment is very simple, that is, to deal with any individual or country that may cause marine environmental pollution.

To this end, Arthur deliberately communicated with the British Empire, and supported any actions of the British Empire in the Kingdom of Hungary in exchange for the British Empire's nod to agree to sign the "Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment".

At the regular meeting of the World Alliance in June, the representative of Australasia expressed his views passionately:

"Ladies and gentlemen! The ocean is the common property of all mankind and a precious asset that is indispensable for any human activity.

The exchanges between countries around the world and the daily lives of people around the world are fundamentally inseparable from the ocean. I propose that a treaty should be signed to jointly protect our marine resources.

Whether it is near the coast or the high seas, it should be within the protection scope of the treaty. Every country that signs the treaty should work together to impose sanctions on any behavior that damages the marine environment.

The methods of sanctions include everything, and we must use force to protect our environment when necessary.

Instead of solving the problem of marine pollution, it is better to solve the individuals or countries that cause marine pollution.

The world can be without any country, but it cannot be without the marine environment on which we depend for survival.

Ladies and gentlemen, for our beautiful ocean, for the environment on which mankind depends for survival, let us use all means and at all costs to protect the ocean and this beautiful, blue scenery!"

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A deafening sound immediately rang out in the conference room. As for why the representatives of various countries applauded so actively, we have to see who was the first to lead the applause.

When the British Empire stood up and applauded first, it was impossible for its various countries, big and small, to ignore it.

This is not the so-called civilized society in later generations. If these small and medium-sized countries offend the British Empire, they will not have a good harvest.

Under the promotion of Australasia and the British Empire, this convention on the protection of the marine environment was soon signed and implemented as an official document of the World Alliance.

In fact, Arthur did not think that such a treaty could limit the pollution of the environment by various countries. Such a treaty was also an excuse for Arthur's future actions, a reason for sanctions or even war against a country.

If you are really uncomfortable with something, you don't need to protest at all. In Arthur's view, if it is troublesome to solve a problem peacefully, then the best way is to decisively solve the person who created the problem. This theory is also suitable between countries.

After the convention was officially implemented, the matter came to a temporary end.

After all, this world will definitely not develop as it has in history. It is hard to say whether there will be island countries on the earth in the 21st century, let alone some major events that will shock the world.

As time goes by, the plan to build colonies in Australasia has officially started.

Unlike the previous colony construction, the greater purpose of this construction is to cultivate a market belonging to Australasia to increase Australasia's ability to resist risks and economic crises.

Looking at all the colonies and territories in Australasia, most of them have quite good development potential and are suitable for increased investment to become key areas for further development.

Needless to say, the Persian Gulf territory has abundant oil resources, which is enough to make Australasia one of the countries with the largest oil reserves in the world.

These oil resources alone are enough to make Australasia a developed country.

If Arthur just wants to eat and wait for death, the mineral resources Australasia currently has are enough for the Australasia government to eat for hundreds of years.

In addition to New Guinea, other Southeast Asian islands and colonies also have considerable development potential.

Including Australian Timor, which was occupied earlier, it should be the most well-developed among all the colonies at present, and has the conditions for localization.

It can be said that Australian Timor is just short of population, and there is no difference between the rest and the mainland of Australasia.

"How many people are there in Timor now?" Arthur looked at the Minister of Civil Affairs Philip and asked.

"According to the population statistics at the end of last year, the total population of Timor was 97,700, and the population of Dili City was 72,100." The Minister of Civil Affairs Philip did not hesitate at all and blurted out the population data of Timor.

Arthur nodded with satisfaction and asked, "How is Timor's development? If we want to expand Timor's market, is there any feasible way?"

It is necessary to expand the market in the colony, and even the Dutch East Indies is just an overseas market that can be controlled at any time in Arthur's eyes.

As long as Arthur is willing, no foreign goods can enter the Dutch East Indies, which is also the confidence of the Australasian Navy to completely crush the Dutch East Indies Navy.

"Your Majesty, Timor's land area exceeds 30,000 square kilometers. At present, the main economic sources are agriculture and animal husbandry, as well as some mining. Timor's per capita arable land area can reach more than five acres, and the total grain output exceeds 77,000 tons, which can provide about 150,000 people with food.

In theory, we only need to immigrate more than 200,000 people to Timor within ten years to completely control this land and incorporate it into the Australasian market." Philip, the Minister of Civil Affairs, replied.

Timor is one of the earliest colonies in Australasia. Because it is very close to the mainland of Australasia, it can also be used as the first step in the localization of the colony.

More importantly, Timor's land area is not too large compared to other colonies, and the manpower and material resources required for localization are not too much.

Taking the lead in localizing Timor can not only take the first step in the localization of the Australasian colonies, but also set an example for other colonies. Other colonies only need to copy the homework.

Minister of Civil Affairs Philip also strongly supports the localization of colonies, especially when the colonies of Australasian colonies have generally expelled the indigenous people. Localization is necessary and must be done.

The colonial system is not reliable, especially under the premise of the growing nationalism of various countries and regions, the colonial rule system constructed by Britain and France is already in jeopardy.

As the saying goes, only when you are strong yourself is you really strong. If Australasian can localize all the colonies in Southeast Asia, the improvement brought to the local area is definitely incomparable to the colonies.

Arthur nodded. Minister Philip's method of 200,000 immigrants in ten years is completely acceptable, after all, only about 20,000 immigrants are immigrated each year.

If Timor can be localized in ten years, it will definitely bring long-term benefits to Australasian.

Moreover, the period of peace after the end of World War I lasted for more than ten years, which was the opportunity God gave Australasia to localize these colonies.

"In this case, the first step of localizing the colonies is to place them in Timor." Arthur said: "Send a large number of immigrants to Timor, and before the administrative division reform, I hope to see the emergence of a direct state of Timor."

Compared with the population of Timor, Timor still has a large amount of land waiting to be developed, which also allows Timor to bear more immigrants.

If Timor is successfully localized, it will have a far-reaching impact on the nearby royal territories, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi and other colonies.

If Australasia successfully localizes all colonies before World War II and establishes direct states, the impact of freedom and democracy formed by the United States and the Soviet Union in the future will never affect Australasia.

In this way, Britain, whose colonial system has been impacted, will only rely more on the help of Australasia.

This will be of great help to Australasia in taking over the Straits Settlements and the Middle East colonies in the future, and it is also the development direction that Arthur is happy to see.

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