Opinion: Envisioning a biodiversity science for sustaining human well-being

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Oct 20;117(42):25951-25955. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2018436117. Epub 2020 Sep 30.

Kamaljit S Bawa^{1

2}, Nandan Nawn³, Ravi Chellam⁴, Jagdish Krishnaswamy⁵, Vinod Mathur⁶, Shannon B Olsson⁷, Nitin Pandit⁵, Prabhakar Rajagopal^{4

8}, Mahesh Sankaran⁷, R Uma Shaanker⁹, Darshan Shankar¹⁰, Uma Ramakrishnan⁷, Abi Tamim Vanak^{5

11

12}, Suhel Quader¹³

¹ Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Srirampura, Jakkur, Bengaluru 560064, India; kamal.bawa@gmail.com.
² Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA 02125.
³ Department of Policy Studies, TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi 110070, India.
⁴ Metastring Foundation, Sadashiva Nagar, Bengaluru 560080, India.
⁵ Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Srirampura, Jakkur, Bengaluru 560064, India.
⁶ National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai 600113, India.
⁷ National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru 560065, India.
⁸ Biodiversity Informatics, Strand Life Sciences, Bengaluru 560024, India.
⁹ University of Agricultural Sciences, Gandhi Krishi Vignan Kendra, Bengaluru 560065, India.
¹⁰ Institute of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology (TDU), Bengaluru 560064, India.
¹¹ Wellcome Trust/Department of Biotechnology (DBT) India Alliance Program, Kaushik Society, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad 500034, India.
¹² School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa 4001.
¹³ Education and Public Engagement Programme, Nature Conservation Foundation, Kodigehalli, Bengaluru 560097, India.

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