The International Alliance for Localization

The broad objectives of the IAL include:

to identify common threats to cultural and biological diversity and discuss the institutional supports (at all levels – local, national and international) needed to sustain this diversity;
to enhance the capacity of members to make reasoned, well-informed choices on issues related to economic development, resource use, and cultural and environmental integrity;
to expand the existing knowledge base about strategies being implemented to localize economies, rebuild resilience and adaptive capacity, strengthen food security, and maintain cultural integrity in different parts of the world;
to forge global partnerships in support of such renewal and resilience-building initiatives;
to discuss alternative strategies in the production of basic needs, especially food;
to examine the relationship between cultural diversity, biological diversity, and economic security.

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