For those interested in the future of taxonomy in the UK,
this seems to be a new development -
"UK Taxonomy & Systematics Review; -
Response compiled by Natural Environment Research
Council on behalf of the community of taxonomy
and systematics funders"
http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/programmes/taxonomy/documents/uk-review-response.pdf
The pdf (32 pages) says
Created 2012-11-01 13:43:01 by Andrew J. Impey
The pdf is a reply to
"UK Taxonomy & Systematics Review - 2010
Results of survey undertaken by the Review Team
at the Natural History Museum
serving as contractors to the
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)""
Which is still available at
http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/programmes/taxonomy/events/pubreview.asp?cookieConsent=A
With thanks to this morning's http://agro.biodiver.se
Richard H