SciDev.Net completes one year

摘要

The SciDev. Net website has just completed one year of its formation. During the year 2002 several useful initiatives were undertaken by the organizers of this web-site. David Dickson, Director, SciDev. Net has stated that 'We would like more people to know about SciDev. Net and, in particular, about the free, weekly e-mail alert that we offer as a way of keeping up to date with new material on the website (including the access that we provide to selected articles from Nature and Science)'. The following excerpted text gives some details: 'The Science and Development Network (SciDev. Net) is an organization' that promotes the communication of information about science and technology relevant to the needs of developing countries. Our main activity is running a web-site http://www.scidev.net that provfdes a regularly updated source of news, views and information on topics ranging from climate change and genetically modified crops to intellectual property and the ethics of medical research.