Publication Date:
2002-10-12
Description:
Taxonomy and systematics underpin our ability to conserve and benefit from biodiversity in sustainable ways as envisaged under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Despite progress in phylogenetics towards reconstructing the "Tree of Life" and in biodiversity informatics, the fundamental documentation of species necessary to complete the inventory of life has lagged behind. It is argued that this reflects a lack of appreciation of the role played by species-level taxonomic information in underpinning conservation and sustainable use and under investment in the relevant institutions at the expense of supporting the centralised financial mechanism of the CBD.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Blackmore, Stephen -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2002 Oct 11;298(5592):365.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR, UK. s.blackmore@rbge.org.uk〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12376687" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Biological Evolution
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Biological Specimen Banks
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*Classification
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Conservation of Natural Resources
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Costs and Cost Analysis
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*Databases, Factual
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Developed Countries
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Developing Countries
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*Ecosystem
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Financial Support
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International Cooperation
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Phylogeny
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Plants/classification
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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