THE URGENCY OF BUILDING GLOBAL CAPACITY FOR BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE

被引：18

作者：

CRACRAFT, J

机构：

[1] Department of Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 10024, NY

来源：

BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION | 1995年 / 4卷 / 05期

关键词：

SYSTEMATICS AGENDA 2000; BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE; SCIENCE CAPACITY; SYSTEMATICS; BIODIVERSITY;

D O I：

10.1007/BF00056337

中图分类号：

X176 [生物多样性保护];

学科分类号：

090705 ;

摘要：

The biodiversity sciences represent the disciplines of whole-organism biology, including systematics, ecology, population biology, behaviour and the fields of comparative biology. The biodiversity sciences are critically important to society because it is knowledge of whole-organisms that is essential for managing and conserving the world's species. Because of an acceleration in environmental degradation and global biodiversity loss in recent decades, the need for the biodiversity sciences has never been more urgent. Yet, biodiversity science is not well supported relative to other fields of science, and thus the need for knowledge about organisms and their environment is far outstripping biologists' ability to provide it. National and international capacity for biodiversity science must therefore be increased substantially. Each nation should establish a national biodiversity research programme coordinated across all government agencies. An international biodiversity research programme should also be established, perhaps with an organizational structure that parallels the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme. Biodiversity scientists must assume a leadership role in educating the public and bringing about policy changes that will enhance our understanding of the world's species and their ecosystems.

引用

页码：463 / 475

页数：13

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