Yet while most of these are unquestionably concerted efforts, they pale in comparison to what could be done and, actually, what is already being done in the area of contributing to community.

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But it is also contributing to what may be the area's biggest problem, its growing inequality.

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You'll need to tell us which BBC Local area you're contributing from and have a decent digital picture of your object on your computer.

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The number of hours spent daily, as well as the detrimental health effects of wood burning and indoor pollution -- such as eye and respiratory ailments -- risk contributing to the persistence of the area's poverty.

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It hopes that Gower will obtain the European charter for sustainable tourism, which ensures the protection and preservation of the area, while also contributing to economic development and the well-being of people living, working or holidaying locally.

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EuroMed2012 will focus on themes aiming at contributing to the programme of the Cypriot Presidency in the area of Cultural Heritage.

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"This is an area of great abuse where you have the absurd situation of small children supposedly contributing their own money to a candidate of their own choice, " Donald J.

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But one of the biggest reasons for Phoenix's high pollution levels is actually cattle ranches found south of the city, in Pinal County and vicinity.. "Those cattle ranches are contributing a lot of fine particle pollution to the small communities near them that are part of the Phoenix metro area, but also to the tribe adjacent to it, " says Nolen.

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