Creating national environmental warning systems

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 support should be provided for national data collection and warning systems. This would involve setting up database, information and reporting systems, including data assessment and information dissemination in each region.

1. Creating new systems
2. Creating

1. Remote sensing by satellite
2. Developing national early warning systems for food

1. Promoting bioregionalism
2. Improving long-term scientific assessment of the environment
3. Developing drought preparedness for environmental refugees

1. Developing large-scale environmental data bases