strategy
Facilitating access to biotechnology information
Synonyms:
Increasing access to databases on molecular biology Context:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.
Agenda 21 recommends: facilitation of access to existing information dissemination systems, especially among developing countries; improvement of such access where appropriate; considering development of a directory of information. It also recommends that steps should be taken to increase access both to existing information about biotechnology and to facilities based on global databases.
Broader:
Improving access to databasesImproving access to informationProviding information on biosciencesDisseminating environmental information internationally Narrower:
Providing public information on effects of biotechnologyExchanging information on safe handling and risk management for biotechnology Facilitates:
Cloning cell linesUsing biotechnologyAdvancing clinical molecular medicineIncreasing accessibility of resources for biotechnologyIncreasing access to new biotechnology within developing countriesProviding public information on benefits and risks of biotechnology Organizations:
CAB INTERNATIONAL Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration Genetic Resources Action International ASEAN Biotechnology Information Service Network European Biotechnology Information Service Subjects:
Biosciences → BiologyBiosciences → Biotechnology
Information → Information
Information → Data, codes
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies