We knew conservation would fail if it doesn't work to improve the lives of the local communities.

Strengthening local communities

Local communities with program units, NGOs

(c) Supporting traditional rights of local communities

(c) Model information sheet for local communities.

Sharing royalties with local communities and Governments

These radios cover remote communities using local languages.

Most of them were established by local communities.

Box 7 Mining led diversification and local communities

27. An alternative way of encouraging dialogue is the UNDP sponsored LIFE programme, which aims to improve the living conditions in low income communities by financing small scale projects to strengthen civil society and improve local governance.

Particular attention should be paid to local communities, involving local leadership and grassroots organizations.

(d) Capacity building of local communities, institutions and authorities

Access agreements present a triple threat to local communities.

Invites Parties to protect, promote and use traditional knowledge, involving local experts and local communities

Invites Parties to protect, promote and use traditional knowledge, involving local experts and local communities

Local communities should also be part of the partnership concept, because local communities should have a voice in how development programmes are structured, implemented and managed.

(c) Respecting human rights of local and indigenous communities the extractive industry's close link to the land sometimes required the relocation and resettlement of local communities.

To set up custom and tradition observatories within local communities

(a) The responsibilities of business towards indigenous and local communities.

Technologies and approaches should be effective for the local communities.

The need to strengthen the capacity of local communities was highlighted.

Local LWV organizations can act in their communities on these issues.

(d) Situations where local communities have particular cultural and other sensitivities.

Degree of responsibility in natural resource management devolving on local communities,

The plans will focus on programmes to improve economic conditions in vulnerable communities.

Within this context, an ongoing small scale project is putting local governing bodies in place to improve the quality of life and food security of mountain communities by strengthening the coordination and communication between multiple service providers, and between communities and extension service providers.

They were trusted by the local communities like our leader, Joshua Kangombe.

Many Afghans complain that armed strongmen continue to dominate their local communities.

In Guatemala, the State has traditionally ignored ancestral rights of local communities.

The local scale assessment involves mobilizing communities to monitor poverty degradations themselves.

The programme had a significant impact on confidence building in local communities.

Improving access has a direct impact on the MDGs in local communities.

I hear stories from local communities about forced marriages and child marriages.

The closing of libraries by local administrative bodies particularly affected village communities.

Communities have found that decentralization, even if demand driven, is not a panacea for the problem of empowerment of local communities.

An opinion on projects for delinquency free communities, issued in 2004, proposed further steps to prevent juvenile crime in local communities.

Others provided information on needs and initiatives to improve coordination, for example among sectors and ministries, and to establish links between research and decision makers, and among national government, local authorities and rural communities.

And imagine a national business model that creates local jobs and smart infrastructure to improve local economic stability.

Now is the time for us to act in our own communities where we think local and we act local.

When working offshore, companies should build the capacity of local communities by hiring local staff and transferring technology and knowledge.

(g) Humanitarian action must neither weaken nor marginalize local structures but rather strengthen the capacity of local communities and entities

National Governments, local institutions and affected communities have primary responsibility for disaster management.

Capacity building in the preservation, conservation and management for local authorities and communities

The role of civil society, especially of communities with local knowledge, is crucial.

Are there particular forms of local government that are successful in empowering communities?