Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Modernising taxonomy for conservation Michael Magee from the Natural History Museum of Denmark discusses how the EU-funded TETTRIs project investigates methods to modernise taxonomy to improve conservation efforts. Since Linnaeus standardised the naming of species nearly 270 years ago, fewer than 20% of the world’s estimated eight million plant, animal, and fungal species have been formally described, classified, and named. Although rates of species description have increased, extinction rates have risen even faster, meaning species are being lost before they are described.
Source: Open Access Government
Author: Michael Magee
Institution: Natural History Museum of Denmark
Language: English
Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7155075392
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