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The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) are an ambitious agenda for reducing poverty & improving lives that world leaders agreed on at the Millennium Summit in Sept. 2000. For each goal one or more targets have been set, most for 2015. Contents: Why local org. are central to meeting the MDG; Securing land & property rights in Africa: the role of local institutions; Local conservation institutions for achieving the MDG; Appropriate support for assoc. of small & medium forest enterprise; Meeting the MDG in urban areas; The role of local org. in farming, environ. & people's access to food; Africa -- a crucible for climate change & poverty; & Implementing International procedural rights & obligations: serving the environ. & poor communities.