Kitts-Nevis National MAB Committee has a key role and functions including, Advocacy and support of sustainable development, promotion and monitoring of scientific research, planning and management of Biosphere reserves, approval of Biosphere Reserve Proposals, capacity development of the local communities in resource management and environmental protection, the conservation of biological diversity.

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences

Finally the Working Group will develop coastal conservation guidelines for coastal carbon and create scientific recommendations for coastal planning and management that prioritize sequestration and storage of coastal carbon deposits.

UNESCO: Indigenous Peoples

UNESCO-IOC is providing scientific and technical advice to Member States to support their marine spatial planning efforts and to define Ecologically or Biologically Significant marine Areas (EBSAs).

UNESCO: THEMES

The strategy aims to ensure the responsible development of nanotechnology by providing guidance to the Federal agencies that produce the scientific information for risk management, regulatory decision-making, product use, research planning, and public outreach.

WHITEHOUSE: Office of Science and Technology Policy Blog

The States Parties are encouraged to integrate the protection of the cultural and natural heritage into regional planning programmes, set up staff and services at their sites, undertake scientific and technical conservation research and adopt measures which give this heritage a function in the day-to-day life of the community.

UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO - UNESCO Conventions, Recommendations & Declarations in the UK

Given their authorities, programs, and expertise, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) have institutional capacities that can contribute significantly to the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and restoration efforts, including scientific and policy expertise as well as experience gained in the Task Force process and other planning efforts in the Gulf area.

WHITEHOUSE: Executive Order -- Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration

Many of these laboratory-designed drugs have now been banned - and the new coalition government is planning legislation to temporarily ban new legal highs as they emerge on the market before scientific research into the effects has been completed.

BBC: Drugs laws around the world