strategy
Involving local populations
Synonyms:
Involving local communities Implementation:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.Agenda 21 recommends:< (a) promoting alternative livelihood systems and alleviating poverty by by involving the local people in developing infrastructure and local production and marketing capacity;< (b) initiating and maintaining district and village agricultural land-resource planning, management and conservation groups to assist in problem identification, development of technical and management solutions, and project implementation.
Narrower:
Conserving nature communallyDeveloping local conservation groupsSupporting waste reuse in small communitiesEnsuring water programmes use local expertiseInvolving women in local development programmesIncluding local populations in solutions to problemsInvolving local people in water managementInvolving indigenous peoples in planning national policiesParticipating as local communities in democratic processesDeveloping community detection of traffic in hazardous wastesDeveloping community detection of traffic in hazardous wastesInvolving local communities in contingency planning on environmental hazards Facilitated by:
Employing local peopleTraining community volunteersMotivating community involvementEngaging concerned local residents Values:
Nonlocal Subjects:
Society → CommunitiesSociety → Local
Sociology → Population
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
