Taxacom: regulations affecting taxonomy/biodiversity research (was: Vanuatu export permits)

[Peter Uetz]

Ah — good idea to document crazy regulations affecting taxonomy/biodiversity research.

In Indonesia you need a research permit for anything you publish — whether you export anything or not (but apparently iNaturalist observations are ok, so if you post on iNat first and then publish, it’s apparently acceptable — or maybe not, who knows?). But just publishing a new locality record or natural history note is NOT allowed.

This is really detrimental to research in Indonesia, as it simply frustrates people, so they may just stay away. The rules would be ok if they helped Indonesian research, e.g. by making it mandatory to have Indonesian partners involved (even that’s dangerous on its own, as you would immediately invite freeloaders who want publications for not doing anything — which happened in some cases I know about).
It’s also perfectly ok to regulate export permits and to charge for such permits, but prohibiting research just because it’s research, is simply crazy, especially for non-commercial research like taxonomy.

Peter



> On Jul 19, 2024, at 23:48, Frank T. Krell via Taxacom <taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi John,
> Exaggerated fees are really frustrating. I am preparing a paper on regulations etc. affecting taxonomy/biodiversity research. Do you have a citable source for this fee? Or an official invoice or something that you could send me privately. I just have to make sure that statements and examples are backed up, otherwise I would shoot myself in the foot.
> Thanks
> 
> Frank
> 
> 
> Dr. Frank-Thorsten Krell
> 
> Senior Curator of Entomology, Editor-in-Chief
> Commissioner and Councillor, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
> Department of Zoology
> Denver Museum of Nature & Science

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