1. Creating a Database of the Current Collection

• Organization of specimens and compiling in a database
  All research resources, educational-support resources and resources on preservation of diversity
• Analysis of collection after compilation in a database
  

  1) Identification of especially important or outstanding specimens in the National Museum of Nature and Science collection

  2) Identification of problems that need to be overcome

  3) Establishment of a policy on collection of specimens for the collection going forward

2. Establishment of a Policy on Collection of Specimens

• Additions to the Collection will be made in the course of routine and general research.
• Collection Building Fellowship
  

  1) Support will be provided for research based on the collections of young researchers in Japan. These collections will be added to the database and housed at the Museum.

  2) Researchers will be invited from overseas to conduct research using the Museum's Collection, to assist in organizing the Collection.

• The Collection will be enhanced using database analysis.
• Collections of outside research facilities and universities will be incorporated into the Collection.
  Receiving of specimens will be handled on a priority basis.