IUBS joins the global community in strongly condemning the violent invasion of Ukraine
The International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) joins the global community of scientists, including many from Russia, in strongly condemning the violent invasion of Ukraine, violating all international laws and...
COVID-19: Time to reiterate our commitment to internationalisation of science
IUBS expresses its solidarity with all those medical specialists and scientists from around the world working round the clock to prevent the spread of COVID-19, to treat individuals who have been...
Information: World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity
IUBS would like to inform scientists about the initiative of the College of Forestry entitled “World Scientists' Warning to Humanity”. The initiative asks scientists to become a co-signatory for their...
Comments in Nature
The Article “Taxonomy anarchy hampers conservation” (see below) evoked several comments in Nature (Vol. 546, 599-600). Three people pointed out the scientific roles of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) vs. International Code of Nomenclature for...
NATURE: IUBS suggested to facilitate and integrate taxonomy
Entitled "Taxonomy anarchy hampers conservation" two authors suggest that IUBS could solve the classification of complex organisms, which according to them is in chaos. In the journal Nature (546: 25–27, 1 June...
IUBS endorses ICSU’s statement against US-immigration ban
The International Council for Science (ICSU) calls on the government of the United States to rescind the Executive Order “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States,” which is effectively...