(c) Supporting traditional rights of local communities

These radios cover remote communities using local languages.

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.

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

Access agreements present a triple threat to local communities.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

There is significant knowledge and local institutional capabilities in forest management in these communities.

We commend the local communities, which were the first to respond following the disaster.

Recognizing the contribution of indigenous and local communities embodying traditional lifestyles, and women within those communities, to the conservation and sustainable use of biological resources,

(b) Participation of the most deprived communities in decision making processes at the local level.

ii. participation of the most deprived communities in decision making processes at the local level.

Many values are important for local communities and tend to be favoured under decentralized systems.

Trafficking in drugs clearly illustrated the connection between transnational crime and local crime as the international supply of drugs ended up in local communities.

The Local Bodies Level In 2000 Pakistan embarked upon a comprehensive scheme to devolve power to the communities and to revitalize the local bodies.

In many countries, UNICEF is the only agency to work at all levels local (with communities), intermediate (with states, provinces, districts, municipalities, etc.) and national and with all stakeholders government, communities, local and international NGOs and the private sector.

Even when armed with a clear road map of how the communities can initiate decentralization processes at the local level, rural communities cannot go it alone.

They support the most diverse marine communities and beautiful seascapes on the planet and provide wave resistant structures and resources for local communities, fisheries and tourism.

When the industrial longline vessels deplete the local fisheries and move their operations that once provided a payoff to individual nations, local communities are left with the crisis of trying to feed their families and communities from badly damaged marine ecosystems.

Activities aimed at raising the level of preparedness of local communities should take due account of local realities, indigenous coping mechanisms and perceptions of risk.

Devolution is The transfer of rights and assets from the centre to local governments or communities.

They must continue to work with governments, local communities and UN agencies to build educational capacity.

Yet even the best systems cannot work without the involvement of local communities and their volunteers.

Women's economic empowerment does not necessarily lead to enhanced decision making in households and local communities.

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

The importance of active participation in disaster management by local communities in particular has been widely recognized.

Although local communities are trying to accept the offspring, the children face a great deal of stigmatization.

The Community Panel at the Workshop was designed to examine decentralization from the perspective of local communities.

UNHCR and its partners are addressing these challenges through projects which benefit both refugees and local communities.

Likewise, the impact to local fishing communities and consumers in importing countries can also have serious consequences.