New Guinea has the world's richest island flora, but all of us need to do more. Let's go through the six recommendations in the paper to accelerate the New Guinea inventory. 1/n @KewScience @TheBotanics @R_CamaraLeret @JimboTiberius
nature.com/articles/s4158…
nature.com/articles/s4158…
1. Training the next generation of resident plant taxonomists is urgently needed - 40% of the 99 authors are within ten years of 65. 2/n
2. Digitize and unify historical collections - less than 30% of New Guinea collections online at Kew, Sydney and Singapore 3/n @KewScience @RBGSydney @nparksbuzz
3. Critical taxonomic research needs long-term financial and institutional support 4/n #taxonomy
4. Increase number of user-friendly plant field guides. (We are working on it! Trees of New Guinea coming along.) Tropical ID Handbook and course are a good start, PNG and ING attendees at Kew 5/n @JimboTiberius kew.org/read-and-watch… kew.org/science/traini…
5. Support new international collaborations! 6/n 
6. More botanical exploration is needed. Look at all those white gaps! 7/7 nature.com/articles/s4158…
