Australian Biological Resources Study
Report from a meeting at the Linnean Socienty, London, September 10-11, 1998, convened by DIVERSITAS, Environment Australia and the Global Environment Facility's Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel
Information sharing is part of benefit sharing: we need to free-up and smooth the flow of taxonomic information.
We need to appreciate what biologists themselves see as fundamentally important issues, as these issues may not have been adequately addressed in the CBD.
Areas of taxonomic action which relate to the articles of the Convention on Biological Diversity:
Identification, assessment and monitoring
Collecting, and creation of reference collections to support identification
Rapid assessment methods (indicator groups, higher taxa, morphospecies)
Biodiversity inventories
Molecular assessment methods especially for microorganisms
Assessment of phylogenetic diversity
Conservation
Delimitation of species for conservation action
Identification aids for species on Red Lists, or those that are rare or with limited distributions
Indicator species taxonomy
Reserve site selection criteria based on species richness, endemism
Sustainable use
Identification of resources for harvesting, bioprospecting etc.
Integration of ethnobiological knowledge into mainstream knowledge bases
Predictive phylogenetic tools
Taxonomy of key-stone species for ecosystem services
Sustainable agriculture and forestry
Indicators of sustainable use
Wild relatives of domesticated species
Biological control
Alien species control
Disease control
Cultural use
Identification of resources for ceremonial, subsistence use
Ethnobotanical knowledge sharing
