Assessing biodiversity funding during the sixth extinction.
Funding for understanding biodiversity on this planet has had a checkered and unsatisfactory history. There have been some true successes in developing models for assessing biodiversity, but satisfactory governmental and international support has been piecemeal and unsatisfactory. A true solution to the biodiversity crisis will require greater attention from governmental and international funding agencies.
Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History New York, NY, USA. gamato@amnh.org
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D044822:Biodiversity; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D053476:Extinction, Biological; D007390:International Agencies / Q000191:economics; D018803:Models, Economic; D017149:Private Sector / Q000191:economics; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration