Opening Quote: Developing countries should prioritize environmental protection over resource extraction ewhen the two are in conflict.
DEFINITIONS:
Value:
Criterion:
CONTENTION ONE: resource extraction is immensely beneficial to a developing country in order to develop.
Warrant(Evidence) w/explanation:
According to Elena Paltseva and Jesper Roine, "Natural resources undoubtedly play an important role in the economy of many countries."
Impact (why do we care?): Without resource extraction, it is impossible for a country to develop. It is important for countries to develop so that the country's population is not in complete harm.
Link back to value and criterion:
EXTENSION OF ONE: it is critical for countries to use the benefit of resource extraction to then develop their economy and country.
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CONTENTION TWO: Claim (tagline): After that a country has become developed due to resource extraction, environmental protection is then prioritized.
Warrant(Evidence) w/explanation:
"Specialised producers accounted for the highest level of environmental protection expenditure in the EU-27 in 2011, some EUR 151 000 million, which equated to just over half (52.7 %) of the total level of expenditure." This demonstrates that developed countries prioritized environmental protection more than half of the money.
Impact (why do we care?): As the resolution states, resource extraction should be