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British ornithology and conservation: from past to future
Author(s) -
NICHOLSON E. M.,
CRICKZ H. Q. P.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
ibis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.933
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1474-919X
pISSN - 0019-1019
DOI - 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1995.tb08461.x
Subject(s) - ornithology , theme (computing) , biodiversity , biosphere , pledge , geography , conservation biology , nominate , key (lock) , history , environmental ethics , ecology , political science , biology , computer science , law , southern hemisphere , philosophy , machine learning , operating system
Birds and men impinged rather little on one another until recent times. I cannot, however, do more historically than very briefly note the key points which have brought ornithology to where it now stands, around the end of the second Millennium AD. This sets the immediate agenda for further development, to be conveniently considered under the nine main groupings using in our just completed compendious Birds of the Western Palearctic (Cramp 1977–1994). From this we pass on to review, equally summarily, the existing structure and institutions of ornithology, to learn what kinds of redevelopment are called for, nationally and internationally. The theme of this conference leads on to conservation. How can the advancing knowledge of birds best be applied to their effective conservation and to that of the biosphere and its biodiversity? Finally, how can we pursue our mission to communicate to the world our already rich knowledge of birds and their rewarding ways of life, so that the message is put to use in our too man‐centred civilization?