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Towards a Biodiversity Science Agenda for Canada

In fall 2003, Ministers approved a draft biodiversity science agenda as a basis for priority setting and a proposed coordinating mechanism for biological information in Canada. They agreed at a future meeting to review early actions under the science agenda, a proposal for a biodiversity science advisory mechanism, and results of the initial implementation of the information coordination mechanism.

The draft agenda proposes thirty-five strategic directions under four components:

1. Governance structure and process
2. A science community with enhanced capacity and focus
3. Research issues
4. A biodiversity information network