Towards a global list of accepted species III.: Independence and stakeholder inclusion

Stijn Conix; Stephen T. Garnett; Kevin R. Thiele; Les Christidis; Peter Paul van Dijk; Olaf S. Bánki; Saroj K. Barik; John S. Buckeridge; Mark J. Costello; Donald Hobern; Paul M. Kirk; Aaron Lien; Svetlana Nikolaeva; Richard L. Pyle; Scott A. Thomson; Zhi Qiang Zhang; Frank E. Zachos

doi:10.1007/s13127-021-00496-x

Towards a global list of accepted species III. Independence and stakeholder inclusion

Stijn Conix, Stephen T. Garnett, Kevin R. Thiele, Les Christidis, Peter Paul van Dijk, Olaf S. Bánki, Saroj K. Barik, John S. Buckeridge, Mark J. Costello, Donald Hobern, Paul M. Kirk, Aaron Lien, Svetlana Nikolaeva, Richard L. Pyle, Scott A. Thomson, Zhi Qiang Zhang, Frank E. Zachos

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A global consensus list of the world’s species must be based on the best available taxonomic research, and its contents should not be biased towards certain political or social aims. At the same time, users of any global list must be involved or consulted in its establishment to ensure that the list meets their needs. This paper argues that while these two desiderata— independence and inclusion—might seem to be in conflict, they are in fact compatible. More precisely, it suggests the roles taxonomists and users could play in establishing and maintaining a global consensus list to make sure that this list is both inclusive and independent.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	631-643
Number of pages	13
Journal	Organisms Diversity and Evolution
Volume	21
Issue number	4
Early online date	Jul 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-021-00496-x
Publication status	Published - Dec 2021

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This paper is one of a series published by the IUBS Working Group on the Governance of Taxonomic Lists. We are grateful for funding and support from the International Union of Biological Sciences and its Executive Officer Nathalie Fomproix, and administration of the grant by Roanne Ramsey (Charles Darwin University). Stijn Conix gratefully acknowledges funding from the Research Council Flanders (FWO; Grant 3H200026).

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© 2021, Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik.

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Conix, S., Garnett, S. T., Thiele, K. R., Christidis, L., van Dijk, P. P., Bánki, O. S., Barik, S. K., Buckeridge, J. S., Costello, M. J., Hobern, D., Kirk, P. M., Lien, A., Nikolaeva, S., Pyle, R. L., Thomson, S. A., Zhang, Z. Q., & Zachos, F. E. (2021). Towards a global list of accepted species III. Independence and stakeholder inclusion. Organisms Diversity and Evolution, 21(4), 631-643. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-021-00496-x

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