For example, he has publicly lobbied for development in the fragile Great Barrier Reef area, for which there are about 45 development proposals in the pipeline.
Although Ludwig's SeaDade plans were not supported by Miami-area politicians or the state of Florida, Islandia's supporters continued to lobby for development support.
The community of Govanhill itself has been lobbying for the development of a Big Noise Centre, with several meetings and discussions held over the past year.
Despite 10 years of lobbying for affordable green development, local elected bodies still appear more willing to feed the profits of developers than to provide for the community they serve.
Activists, international organizations and national governments have successfully lobbied for the development and production of pediatric ARV products.
Nonetheless, it would be important to provide information on evidence-based treatments and allow parents the opportunity to seek them out or lobby for their development in local areas.
To remedy that problem, ELSO is lobbying for a new "Career Development Award" that would help advanced postdocs set up independent teams.
Former DTTBs derived job satisfaction from applying their training in practice, gaining experience, successfully lobbying for staff benefits and development of their respective health centres, as well as from improvement in local health indicators.
Members of PANUSP, for example, are still in the early stages of lobbying for their participation in policy development at country level, and PANUSP is yet to make a regional impact on policy processes on the African continent (Kleintjes S, Lund C, Swartz L: Organising for self-advocacy in mental health: experiences from 7 African countries, forthcoming).
Deeply influenced by the German economists who developed location theory -- the study of geographic location as a prime factor in economic development -- he began lobbying for an interdisciplinary approach to analyzing local and regional economies.
