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Towards a global list of accepted species IV: Overcoming fragmentation in the governance of taxonomic lists
Lien, A.M.; Conix, S.; Zachos, F.E.; Christidis, L.; van Dijk, P.P.; Bánki, O.S.; Barik, S.K.; Buckeridge, J.S.; Costello, M.J.; Hobern, D.; Montgomery, N.; Nikolaeva, S.; Pyle, R.L.; Thiele, K.; Thomson, S.A.; Zhang, Z.-Q.; Garnett, S.T. (2021). Towards a global list of accepted species IV: Overcoming fragmentation in the governance of taxonomic lists. Org. Divers. Evol. 21(4): 645-655. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13127-021-00499-8
In: Organisms Diversity & Evolution. Elsevier: Heidelberg. ISSN 1439-6092; e-ISSN 1618-1077
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  • Lien, A.M.
  • Conix, S.
  • Zachos, F.E.
  • Christidis, L.
  • van Dijk, P.P.
  • Bánki, O.S.
  • Barik, S.K.
  • Buckeridge, J.S.
  • Costello, M.J., more
  • Hobern, D.
  • Montgomery, N.
  • Nikolaeva, S.
  • Pyle, R.L., more
  • Thiele, K.
  • Thomson, S.A.
  • Zhang, Z.-Q.
  • Garnett, S.T.
Abstract
    Governance is the act of governing or organizing, that is a system of rules, norms, or shared strategies to guide or regulate the actions of the governed. Since the initial development of Linnaean taxonomy, a diversity of approaches have been adopted for critical taxonomic decisions, introducing pluralism to taxonomic principles and resulting in disagreements about the development of species lists. These disagreements are in part a product of the fragmented governance structure that has developed for the creation of taxonomic lists. To address these challenges and achieve the goal of a single, accepted list of life on Earth, a new governance structure for the development of taxonomic lists is needed. Here, we introduce three high-level categories of governance structure—fragmentation, monocentric governance, and polycentric governance—which differ in the way decision-making power is distributed and coordinated. We then show the problems caused by the fragmented governance structure currently in place for the development of taxonomic lists and consider the potential for a new approach grounded in either monocentric or polycentric governance. Both monocentric and polycentric approaches have the potential to address the problems inherent in the existing fragmented system. Ultimately, the best governance system for taxonomic lists will be the one that the taxonomic community is prepared to accept.
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