[Taxacom] FW: Released Friday 27 April - Discovering Biodiversity: A decadal plan for taxonomy and biosystematics in Australia and New Zealand 2018-2027

[Stephen Thorpe]

Geoff, just to clarify what I posted in reply to you: I agree with you that "this group are doing their best to promote the taxonomy in which they have invested their careers to those who might have money to fund it", it is called "marketing" (or something like that!)

However, this isn't an answer to the question I originally posed, i.e. what does this mean? "Australian and New Zealand taxonomists and biosystematists are world leaders, particularly in translating biodiversity research for public benefit"

i.e., what does "translating biodiversity research for public benefit" actually mean, and in what sense are Australian and New Zealand taxonomists and biosystematists world leaders at doing this? I'm just checking for any plausibly trueish interpretation before declaring it to be meaningless rhetoric designed to squeeze money out of potential funders!

Stephen

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On Thu, 3/5/18, Stephen Thorpe <stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Taxacom] FW: Released Friday 27 April - Discovering Biodiversity: A decadal plan for taxonomy and biosystematics in Australia and New Zealand 2018-2027
 To: gread at actrix.gen.nz
 Cc: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
 Received: Thursday, 3 May, 2018, 10:51 AM
 
 Hold on a minute Geoff! 
 
 "It means this group are doing their
 best to promote the taxonomy in which they have invested
 their careers to those who might have money to fund it"
 
 Are you being sarcastic here, or what?
 Difficult to tell!
 
 Surely, you aren't seriously suggesting
 that "translating biodiversity research for PUBLIC BENEFIT"
 [My emphasis] equates to promoting it to potential
 funders!!!
 
 Stephen
 
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 On Thu, 3/5/18, Geoff Read <gread at actrix.gen.nz>
 wrote:
 
  Subject: Re: [Taxacom] FW: Released
 Friday 27 April - Discovering Biodiversity: A decadal plan
 for taxonomy and biosystematics in Australia and New Zealand
 2018-2027
  To: "Stephen Thorpe" <stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz>
  Cc: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
  Received: Thursday, 3 May, 2018, 10:30
 AM
  
  
  It means this
  group are doing their best to promote
 the taxonomy in
  which
  they have invested their careers to
  those who might have money to fund
 it.
  
  Might also relate factually to "He
 says
  Australia discovers and names
  around 2,500
  new species per year—more than
 almost any other country
  in
  the world."
  
  They trotted out David Attenborough
 yet again
  as the front man with public
  recognition.
  What a trooper he is to do this sort
 of thing repeatedly.
  
  Must name a species after him.
  
  Geoff
  
  On
  Wed, May 2, 2018 8:40 pm, Stephen
 Thorpe wrote:
  > See below. In this rhetoric-laden
 begging
  bowl, it is claimed "Australian
  >
  and New Zealand taxonomists and
 biosystematists are world
  leaders,
  > particularly in translating
  biodiversity research for public
 benefit"
  >
  > Can anyone translate
  that? What does it mean???
  >
  > Stephen
  >
  >
  > --- On Wed, 2/5/18,
  Dean Peterson <Dean.Peterson at tepapa.govt.nz>
  wrote:
  >
  >> From:
  Dean Peterson <Dean.Peterson at tepapa.govt.nz>
  >> Subject: FW: Released Friday
 27 April
  - Discovering Biodiversity: A
  >>
  decadal plan for taxonomy and
 biosystematics in Australia
  and New
  >> Zealand 2018-2027
  >> To: "Dean Peterson" <Dean.Peterson at tepapa.govt.nz>
  >> Received: Wednesday, 2 May,
 2018, 1:17
  PM
  >>