An ocean of ignorance on biodiversity
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https://doi.org/10.26512/museologia.v7i14.18388Keywords:
biodiversity; museums and collections of natural history; research on collections; conservation; oceans.Abstract
The University of São Paulo Museum of Zoology houses a centennial collection, with about 11 million specimens being one of the largest in the world focused on Neotropical biodiversity. The collection has grown in response to pressures on the biodiversity and the urgency of generating knowledge and obtaining samples of threatened environments and species. The present knowledge of the planet biodiversity is estimated as something between 1-10% of the existing species and for the ocean diversity it can be even smaller. The access to the collection sites and resources needed to accomplish it is part of the answer. Here we aim to show how ocean diversity is represented in our research and outreach activities. As an organization that lives around biological collection we highlight some of the challenges faced in the preservation of ex-situ biodiversity as a main source of knowledge for understanding the past and current patterns of biodiversity on our planet.
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