现代生命科学的发展使人们逐步认识到“生物多样性”的重要性,实属人类社会生存和发展之必需。1992年联合国环境与发展大会批准了“生物多样性公约”。分类学与系统学在生命科学中的重要位置被重新确认。至今人类仅命名了1/10的生物,即对地球上的大部分生物是无知的,其中众多的物种已濒临灭绝或已经灭绝了。 The development of modern life science has gradually led people to realize the importance of “biological diversity”, which is really necessary for the survival and development of human society. The 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development approved the Convention on Biological Diversity. Taxonomy and Systematics have been reconfirmed in the life sciences. To date, only one-tenth of the creatures have been named to humans, most of which are ignorant of the earth, many of which are on the verge of extinction or have become extinct.