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 infected and to develop new drugs and vaccines and more importantly those who are providing essential services such as delivery […]
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The Symposium on the Pan-Third Pole Environment Study for a Green Silk Road (Pan-TPE)
Prof Nils Chr. Stenseth was met by the Chinese Vice Primer, Liu He in Nov 2018 in Beijing Date: 4th Nov 2018 Place: Beijing, China Number of participants: 700
Pastoralism workshop in Finland
Pestoralism workshop took place in Bosgård Farm, Porvoo, Finland from 11th to 14th October 2018. 16 participants attended the workshop.
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 in-press viewpoint article in the journal Bioscience entitled “World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: a second notice”. Initiated by the Union of Concerned […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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