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Report on Australian National National Taxonomy Forum

By: Lee Belbin

The report of a National Taxonomy Forum held in October 2007 at the Australian Museum has just been released-

http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/workshop-forum/pubs/ntf-proceedings.pdf

While the report is national in scope, the issues addressed and the associated  recommendations should (noting recent taxacom postings) have wide applicability. It makes for interesting, if sober reading for anyone interested in the state of taxonomy and taxonomists.

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