Wiens research also revealed that local extinction vary from region to region. Compared to regions with temperate climate, the probability of local extinction of species in tropical regions is doubled.

Local administration of the Lower Juba region and the city of Kismaayo

It reveals local executives' ambitions of bringing the region back to the top.

The economy of the region is disrupted, opportunities for local food production are reduced and coping mechanisms have been seriously compromised.

R D related FDI in the region is of an adaptive type, with some degree of new product development for local or regional conditions.

Most of the equity in the sector is local, and strong growth in this area points to the possibility of exporting to the region.

This is both a necessary and a promising role, for the region needs a local dynamic force pushing for reform, transformation, and peace. Turkey s experience shows that true security in the region requires internal stability and social peace.

Many in the region worry that the Houthis will discriminate against them further. AQAP is firmly rooted in this region as well, implying the possibility that local residents will seek its help in defending against an expected Houthi onslaught.

The human rights officers based in the Darfur region monitor cases of human rights abuses, liaise with local authorities including police and prosecutors, and monitor trials.

As the preferred destination for Chinese enterprises to enter Germany, Nordrhein Westfalen has attracted more than 800 Chinese enterprises to invest there, and the local government expected Chongqing entrepreneurs to go to this popular region for investment to feel the local investment environment.

There are four main sources of financing for the health sector the national government, local governments (commune, prefecture, region), patients (through the cost recovery system), and donors.

Countries from the Latin America and Caribbean region continued to register the major share in the delivery of both the local resources and the overall programme expenditure.

A similar order was issued with regard to the northern West Bank region, though its application has been left to the discretion of the local operational command.

Each region has its own administrative structure a military authority, a health authority, school inspectorates, labour inspectorates, local government offices and, in the near future, human rights departments.

National policies and the international operations of local enterprises in the Gulf subregion need to play a key role in determining the pattern of globalization in this region.

The ASYCUDA regional support centre for western Africa in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) is staffed with both international and local experts who undertake multiple support missions in the region.

And why is it? Because mafias from all around the world cooperate with local paramilitaries in order to seize the supplies of the rich mineral resources of the region.

Upon arrival, the FFM was received by the local leadership who informed it that most villagers had come from Leninavan, in the eastern part of the Mardakert Agdere region.

The pilot cities involved in the region will be provided with and trained in the use of a comprehensive toolkit that has been developed to support local crime prevention initiatives.

In the Conakry region alone there are now 142 women's groups embracing 3000 fish wholesalers who, in addition to existing domestic groups, supply local and foreign markets with fresh and smoked fish.

Over the region as a whole, however, the decentralization process is gathering pace, and local decision making levels are increasingly able to have a say in the way natural resources are managed.

Local LWV organizations monitor their local government meetings and address local issues.

The authorities of the region were determined to democratize their society, as shown by the presidential, parliamentary and local elections that had been held over the last decade, in conformity with OSCE decisions.

In addition, the Tribunal has continued to distribute key materials translated into the main languages of the region and to develop close relations with legal professionals, the NGO community, local media and governments.

Feedback from participants from each region indicates that they are applying these strategies and enhanced skills in their communities and in dialogue with Governments and other partners at the local level and in international forums.

You know, it's local cooks teaching local people.

And these vary tremendously from region to region.

From January 2004 to February 2005, ILO and UNHCR personnel worked side by side in the Gash Barka region of Eritrea for the rehabilitation of public infrastructure projects employing local workforces and creating employment service centres.

The NGO representative spoke about two of FOCA's recent initiatives that included a recent conference in Portugal addressing Local Agenda 21 and localized development, and a campaign to optimize economic approaches to development in the Amazon region that stressed the importance of partnership development with local authorities and civil society in efforts to achieve the MDGs.

Looking back at 60 years of American involvement in the region, one can discern two scenarios in which the United States can bring the local players to an agreement. Absent these conditions, the US is ultimately powerless.

The impact on local artisanal fishermen and women is nowhere better illustrated than in the Western and Central Pacific where an estimated 10 percent of the total tuna catch is taken by vessels based in the region.

In 2004, the Latin America and Caribbean region collectively represented over 31 per cent of total programme expenditure (42 per cent in 2003) and 88 per cent of total local resources expenditure (87 per cent in 2003).

It assigns responsibility for local matters to a local government.

Many local LWV's include these articles in their local newsletters.

As part of its emergency response programme for Darfur, UNDP has partnered with local and international non governmental organizations to train more than 1,400 stakeholders in the region, including members of the judiciary, Sudanese NGOs, and security personnel.

UNHCR would continue to support local integration and ensure the right to return of everyone who so chose, but the extra effort required to cement the stability of the region depended more on firm political and economic ties.

The sexual exploitation and abuse of young girls in Bunia by local factions arose during the conflict that erupted in that region, in which numerous girls were raped and many were left without families or means of support.

I am pleased to note the growth of a constructive partnership among the United Nations system, development partners and ECOWAS, as well as some of the Governments, civil society organizations and local communities in the West African region.

The Local Government Ordinance, 2001, governs elections to the local bodies.

(h) Strengthening the capacity of regional networks of local authorities, non governmental organizations, the private sector, academic institutions and other regional or subregional groupings to develop regional programmes addressing poverty reduction issues specific to the Asia and Pacific region

For the purpose of the present report, a local administration can be defined as an area that may comprise a region, a city or a district where an individual or a group has de facto governmental and administrative control.

Factional fighting in the northern region will remain a problem if the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration process is not afforded its required structure. Sporadic and isolated attacks against local authorities, Afghan security forces and ISAF are likely to continue.

We have the unexplored region, and we have the explored region.

In addition, supply and demand vary widely from region to region.

Our vision is local manufacturing, like the local food movement, for production.