strategy
Providing public information on benefits and risks of biotechnology
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.
Broader:
Protecting against hazards of biotechnologyCreating awareness of the benefits and risks of biotechnology Facilitated by:
Facilitating access to biotechnology informationExchanging information on safe handling and risk management for biotechnology Subjects:
Biosciences → BiotechnologySocial Activity → Welfare
Information → Information
Societal Problems → Hazards
Government → Public
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
