strategy

Providing public information on effects of biotechnology

Synonyms:
Providing public information about benefits and risks of biotechnology
Informing on biosafety
Implementation:

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 implementing programmes to create greater awareness among key decision makers and among the public of the potential and relative benefits and risks of environmentally sound application of biotechnology.
Claim:

Society should be informed of the social and cultural impact of the development and application of biotechnology.
Broader:
Informing
Supplying public information
Facilitating access to biotechnology information
Facilitates:
Requiring safety of genetically modified food
Involving local communities in pollution control
Using biotechnology on an environmentally sound basis
Promoting public participation in environmental decision-making
Facilitated by:
Assessing impacts of genetically modified organisms on biodiversity
Problems:
Unsafe genetically modified food
Values:
Ill
Risk
Deformation
Information
Misinformation
Disinformation
Subjects:
Biosciences → Biotechnology
Social Activity → Welfare
Information → Information
Societal Problems → Safety
Societal Problems → Hazards
Government → Public
Type Classification:
G: Very Specific strategies
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic GrowthGOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities