The establishment of the subcentre of Natural Protection Zones and the Biological Diversity Information System is managed by the Nanjing Institute of Environment Sciences subordinated to the State Environmental Protection Administration. The information in the subcentre includes a brief introduction of the subcentre, organizing mechanisms, natural protection zones, ecological tourism, biological diversification, biological safety, international treaties, laws and regulations, activities under the treaties, brief reports on agreement implementation, advices for the users, etadatabases, information feedbacks, document downloading, other related websites and so on. The subcentre adopts speedy Ethernet
technology which enables it to be linked to the Internet. Please refer to the diagram for the structure of the network.