[Taxacom] article on taxonomy

[Bob Mesibov]

Steve Manning wrote:

"In the U.S. how about a "U. S. Department of Biological Exploration and Classification" whose employees would systematically (pun intended) have this as its primary responsibility  (hopefully in collaboration with comparable organizations elsewhere.)"

There was once a US Biological Survey: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Biological_Survey

Now there's Quentin Wheeler's 'International Institute for Species Exploration' at Arizona State University: http://www.species.asu.edu/

For those interested in the subject, I've reinstated the biodiversity salvage blog (http://biodiversity salvage.blogspot.com) and will be adding some new info this year.
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Dr Robert Mesibov
Honorary Research Associate
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, and
School of Zoology, University of Tasmania
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