Sentences with phrase «maintaining traditional communities»

For example, he argues that because capitalism respects private property, including the «property» of tradition, it is the best system for maintaining traditional communities and virtues.

This supports the farm's continuing operation and helps maintain the traditional community.

Not exact matches

The standard explanations in the legal community emphasize the fierce competition for business among law firms that began when clients started to shop around for the best deal, rather than maintaining their traditional ties with a single firm.

Traditional Catholic thinking about international relations was based on an older understanding of and appreciation for individual political communities as the loci within which a social order embodying justice in all its aspects might be established and maintained, thereby securing peace as the tranquillity of that just order.

Its relational style of politics champions community and highlights the need to maintain traditional values that binds people.

Meanwhile, Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister, Otiko Djaba, maintained that the protocol allocation is for traditional rulers and other eminent community leaders.

Ezeemo who was at the palace of the traditional ruler of Amansea, Igwe Kenneth Okonkwo for the annual new yam festival of the community said he would maintain a strong partnership with the traditional institution as a way to lend support to ensure that the culture of the people was sustained if elected the state governor.

Persisting high insulin sensitivity among middle - aged and older individuals in non-westernized traditional populations at a time when they still maintained their ancestral lifestyle, such as the African pygmies, the Ainu people of Japan, rural communities in Papua New Guinea, and traditional Pacific Islanders.

The film is an intimate portrait of a community leader striving to maintain her traditional heritage.

Romania is the European country with the biggest Roma population and a wide diversity of communities, some maintaining a traditional life style, others being almost completely assimilated, some having a socio - economic status similar to that of the majority population, while most of them are living in extreme poverty (Rus, 2008).

Virtual school experiences over the past decade have shown that effective virtual teachers have qualities and skills that differ from traditional face - to - face teaching, such as building and maintaining a sense of trust and community among individuals who will never meet face to face.

Spend the afternoon at Colonia Libertad, a farming community that maintains a traditional lifestyle closely connected to nature.

The property, in a beautiful estate community, is beautifully maintained and easily accessible, roads are the best on the island - two perfect beaches in the immediate area, good groceries & restaurants, a lovely traditional marina at Trellis Bay which also provides with ready access to the day trip ferries with several great local gathering spots.

Historically a walled and fortified settlement, the community of Tenganan has attempted to maintain the traditional way of life and resist outside pressures of modernization and consumerism.

Surrounded by the beautiful rice field, this traditional Balinese architecture Permana Ubud Cottageis located on the Ubud Village where the community are still maintain their tradition for years.

The Museum maintains an ambitious program of changing exhibitions annually, embracing a wide range of subjects, both historical and contemporary and including folk art, contemporary craft, multi-disciplinary installations, community - based work, as well as traditional media.

For Bruce Yonemoto and Haruko Tanaka, their mutual Japanese heritage and a media - soaked Southern California are rich sources of inspiration.Tanya Aguiñiga blends a keen vocabulary of modernist forms and a passion for traditional fiber and ceramic arts, maintaining close ties to communities of artists and craftspeople throughout Mexico.

The established icons of Arctic climate change are the polar bear and, to a lesser extent, those indigenous communities that are trying to maintain traditional ways in the face of slushy floes and the relentless erosion of coasts exposed to waves as sea ice retreats.

From the Archives, Oct. 2, 2009 The established icons of Arctic climate change are the polar bear and, to a lesser extent, those indigenous communities that are trying to maintain traditional ways in the face of slushy floes and the relentless erosion of coasts exposed to waves as sea ice retreats.

... respect, preserve and maintain knowledge, innovations and practices of Indigenous and local communities embodying traditional lifestyles relevant for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity and promote their wider application with the approval and involvement of the holders of such knowledge, innovations and practices and encourage the equitable sharing of the benefits arsing from the utilisation of such knowledge, innovations and practices.

Subject to its national legislation, [Contracting Parties shall] respect, preserve and maintain knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities embodying traditional lifestyles relevant for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity and promote their wider application with the approval and involvement of the holders of such knowledge, innovations and practices and encourage the equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilisation of such knowledge, innovations and practices.

The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and good faith in the fulfilment of the obligations assumed by States in accordance with the Charter, Affirming that indigenous peoples are equal to all other peoples, while recognizing the right of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such, Affirming also that all peoples contribute to the diversity and richness of civilizations and cultures, which constitute the common heritage of humankind, Affirming further that all doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin or racial, religious, ethnic or cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and socially unjust, Reaffirming that indigenous peoples, in the exercise of their rights, should be free from discrimination of any kind, Concerned that indigenous peoples have suffered from historic injustices as a result of, inter alia, their colonization and dispossession of their lands, territories and resources, thus preventing them from exercising, in particular, their right to development in accordance with their own needs and interests, Recognizing the urgent need to respect and promote the inherent rights of indigenous peoples which derive from their political, economic and social structures and from their cultures, spiritual traditions, histories and philosophies, especially their rights to their lands, territories and resources, Recognizing also the urgent need to respect and promote the rights of indigenous peoples affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements with States, Welcoming the fact that indigenous peoples are organizing themselves for political, economic, social and cultural enhancement and in order to bring to an end all forms of discrimination and oppression wherever they occur, Convinced that control by indigenous peoples over developments affecting them and their lands, territories and resources will enable them to maintain and strengthen their institutions, cultures and traditions, and to promote their development in accordance with their aspirations and needs, Recognizing that respect for indigenous knowledge, cultures and traditional practices contributes to sustainable and equitable development and proper management of the environment, Emphasizing the contribution of the demilitarization of the lands and territories of indigenous peoples to peace, economic and social progress and development, understanding and friendly relations among nations and peoples of the world, Recognizing in particular the right of indigenous families and communities to retain shared responsibility for the upbringing, training, education and well - being of their children, consistent with the rights of the child, Considering that the rights affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous peoples are, in some situations, matters of international concern, interest, responsibility and character, Considering also that treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements, and the relationship they represent, are the basis for a strengthened partnership between indigenous peoples and States, Acknowledging that the Charter of the United Nations, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 as well as the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, (3) affirm the fundamental importance of the right to self - determination of all peoples, by virtue of which they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development, Bearing in mind that nothing in this Declaration may be used to deny any peoples their right to self - determination, exercised in conformity with international law, Convinced that the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples in this Declaration will enhance harmonious and cooperative relations between the State and indigenous peoples, based on principles of justice, democracy, respect for human rights, non-discrimination and good faith, Encouraging States to comply with and effectively implement all their obligations as they apply to indigenous peoples under international instruments, in particular those related to human rights, in consultation and cooperation with the peoples concerned,

The fundamental goal of these Indigenous communities is to restore the river system to a state of health so they can maintain their traditional culture.