Board members (from left): Vice President Regine Jahn, Executive Committee Member Lily Rodriguez, President Hiroyuki Takeda, Treasurer Santiago Merino (connected to the meeting via video), Secretary General LS Shashidhara, and three Executive Committee Members Alexey Kotov, Yongbiao Xue and Peter Kevan. Photo: IUBS IUBS’s Executive Board met on 6th and 7th July […]
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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 Algae, Fungi and Plants (ICN) in governing nomenclature compared to the body, which regulates zoological nomenclature (the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, […]
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 2017, doi: 10.1038/546025a) Stephen T. Garnett and Les Christidis propose, that the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) shall be the […]
Board Meeting
IUBS’ official board members (from left): treasurer Santiago Merino, president Hiroyuki Takeda, executive director Nathalie Fomproix, secretary general L.S. Shashidhara. Photo: IUBS The IUBS board met in Paris, the headquarters of IUBS, discussing the next steps.
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 banning entry to the United States for citizens of seven countries. In the opinion of the Council, the Order is […]
Board Meeting
IUBS’ board members (from left): executive board member Peter Kevan, secretary general L.S. Shashidhara, president Hiroyuki Takeda, executive director Nathalie Fomproix, and executive board member Lily Rodriguez. Photo: IUBS In Cancun, Mexico, several board members met during the 3rd Science for Biodiversity Forum, which was a side event of the conference of the parties […]
One Solution for the Skills Gap Problem
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Testing the Elements
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Boyce Student Interview
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Red River College Campus Tour
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