Limited control of environment by local communities

Nature 
There are currently few ways for local communities to decide appropriate ways of developing and conserving their natural resources. Many small towns have little influence in determining the use of surrounding lands, and feel the only land over which they have influence is limited to the small central area. The fact that surrounding resources, even if controlled from elsewhere, might still be a possible resource for the community, goes largely unnoticed, as well as the fact that resources include time as well as land.
Broader 
Felt community powerlessness
Lack of indigenous environmental rights
Narrower 
Lack of community involvement in the conservation of plant genetic resources
Aggravates 
Prevailing community insecurity
Aggravated by 
Lack of community plan
Absentee owned natural resources
Reduced by 
Local control of resources
Strategy(ies) 
Using environmental law
Developing local environmental health action plans
Recognizing citizen's rights in relation to the environment
Empowering citizens to challenge polluters
Instigating community resources management
Limiting control of environment by local communities
Value(s) 
Self-control
Limitedness
Nonlocal
Type 
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems