Identifying priorities for biotechnology research

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.

1. Governments at the appropriate level, with the assistance of international and regional organizations, should develop appropriate new initiatives to identify priority areas for research based on specific problems and facilitate access to new biotechnology, particularly by and among developing countries, among relevant undertakings within those countries, in order to strengthen endogenous capacities and to support the building of research and institutional capacity in those countries.

1. Identifying

1. Using biotechnology on an environmentally sound basis
2. Strengthening capabilities for biotechnology research and application
3. Developing investment strategies for national environmental action plans

1. Assessing existing biotechnology programmes