UNEP governing council: calling for open access to environmental information

From: Donat Agosti <agosti_at_AMNH.ORG>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:39:23 +0100

Dear colleagues

 

Below a call to endorse a statement submitted by the Conservation Commons
to the UNEP Governing Council and Global Ministerial Environmental Forum
to consider the Principles of the Conservation Commons and, ensure that
all past, present and future publicly funded research results,
assessments, maps, and databases on the environment and biodiversity are
made freely and openly accessible to everyone.

 

For those wishing to endorse this statement, either as individuals or
representing organizations, you may do so on line via the following link:

http://www.conservationcommons.org/section.php?section=work&sous-section=endors
ment&langue=en

This call is important to assure that environmental data is increasingly
made open access, best demonstrated by NASA&#8217;s release of invaluable
remote sensing data or the many systematics institutions opening up their
holding and supported with GBIF&#8217;s global access portal.

 

It includes access to literature, but there is a strong focus on primary
data, gray literature and knowledge.

 

Donat Agosti

Dr. Donat Agosti

Science Consultant

Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History and Naturmuseum
der Burgergemeinde Bern

Email: agosti_at_amnh.org

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