Open AccessAdvancing Taxonomy in the Global South and completing the Grand Linnaean Enterprise
Author(s) -
K. Prathapan,
Dharma Rajan Priyadarsanan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
megataxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2703-3090
pISSN - 2703-3082
DOI - 10.11646/megataxa.1.1.15
Subject(s) - taxonomy (biology) , biodiversity , political science , environmental ethics , ecology , biology , philosophy
We propose three most important measures for addressing the Linnaean shortfall in the Global South such as, a) completing the Grand Linnaean Enterprise; b) massification of taxonomy; and c) creating an enabling legal and regulatory milieu, which would be our best hold against the global biodiversity crisis.
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