Examples of Local Communities in a sentence
In order to address this legitimate concern, and following extensive consultations and a review of best practices prevailing within the United Nations system, the WIPO General Assembly took the decision in 2005 to create the WIPO Voluntary Fund for Accredited Indigenous and Local Communities in order to finance the participation in the IGC of accredited observers representing indigenous and local communities.
In an ABS process, it is important that Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities have a central voice in how living and non-living resources are being used by people inside a community and people outside of a community.
Figure 1: Wind Farm Project Area and Local Communities To begin the analysis, Comsearch compiled all off-air television stations1 within 150 kilometers of the center of the project area of interest (AOI).
Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities can be called “custodians” of a living or non-living thing, which means they are very good at protecting them, so that many people can use them for a long time.
The recognition of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, as well as their customs and knowledge, is important for ABS because it provides the community with a strong basis for negotiation.