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@article{Blackmore2002, abstract = {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.}, author = {Blackmore, Stephen}, citeulike-article-id = {757371}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1075026}, doi = {10.1126/science.1075026}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {12376687, analysis, and, animals, banks, bibtex-import, biodiversity, biological, biology, classification, computational, conservation, cooperation, cost, costs, countries, databases, demography, developed, developing, ecosystem, environment, evolution, factual, financial, geography, international, natural, of, phylogeny, plants, resources, specimen, support}, month = {Oct}, number = {5592}, pdf = {Blackmore2002.pdf}, posted-at = {2006-07-13 16:23:14}, priority = {2}, title = {Environment. {B}iodiversity update--progress in taxonomy.}, url = {10.1126/science.1075026}, volume = {298}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - Blackmore2002 L3 - citeulike-article-id:757371 N2 - 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. IS - 5592 JF - Science TI - Environment. {B}iodiversity update--progress in taxonomy. VL - 298 KW - 12376687 KW - analysis KW - and KW - animals KW - banks KW - bibtex-import KW - biodiversity KW - biological KW - biology KW - classification KW - computational KW - conservation KW - cooperation KW - cost KW - costs KW - countries KW - databases KW - demography KW - developed KW - developing KW - ecosystem KW - environment KW - evolution KW - factual KW - financial KW - geography KW - international KW - natural KW - of KW - phylogeny KW - plants KW - resources KW - specimen KW - support AU - Blackmore, Stephen PY - 2002/Oct// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1075026 ER -