[Taxacom] [Taxacon] Taxonomy Crisis what crisis?

[Dr.B.J.Tindall]

Read the most recent pdf with interest. I always find it odd that  
those who write such reports seem to be at odds with the information  
being gathered by those who are actually working at the forefront of  
different aspects of prokaryote diversity. I would also assume that  
the current number of professional taxonomists working in the area of  
prokaryote alpha taxonomy in the UK can be counted on the fingers of  
one hand, and even then one would not need all fingers.

Brian

Quoting Michael Wilson <wilsomichael at gmail.com>:

> Here is a link to the UK Natural Environment Research Council report
> on the state of taxonomy in the UK.
>
>  http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/programmes/taxonomy/events/pubreview.asp
>
> I wonder if some of the discussion in TREE comes from this report? The
> NERC report among other things, also suggests we [taxonomists] are not
> an aging population and there are plenty of us!
>
> Mike Wilson
>
> Dept of Biodiversity & Systematic Biology
> National Museum of Wales
> Cardiff, UK
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