Strengthening national capacities to collect, assess and use environmental data in decision-making

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 that all countries, particularly developing countries, with international cooperation, should strengthen their capacity to collect, store, organize, assess and use data in decision-making more effectively.