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Institution:Dept. of Entomology, Oregon State U.
Email Address: Browera@bcc.orst.edu
Research Area: Systematics
Views of Andrew Brower about report of the Biodiversity Monitoring Workshop :
There is no mention of Systematics Agenda 2000 (for a copy of the SA2000 report, write to: SA2000, Dept. of Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park W. at 79th St., NY, NY 10024.
That program has similar goals but on a global scale.
It is not clear to me how the proposed center will be successful as a resource for identifying taxa unless it is set up in conjunction with the research and curatorial efforts preexisting natural history museums. There is little point reinventing the wheel.