PESI
European Commission Directorate-General For The Information Society And Media
B'.#S&Framework Programme 7 (2007-2013) Research infrastructures projets PESIPESISummary: he urgency of global problems related to conservation and su stainable use of biological resources is generally acknowledged. Obstacles to the proper development and implementation of environmental management systems include poor access to reli-able biodiversity information. Part of this problem lays in the lack of standardisation in taxonomic reference systems. Other parts of the problem concern the quality and com-pleteness of taxonomic data sets, and the absence of an integrated access to taxonomic information.PESI will contribute to the solution of this impediment by improving the European Project acronym: PESIe-infrastructure through the strengthening of the respective scientii c, social, political, technological, and information capacities in Europe, needed for a proper biodiversity Project n°: RI-223806 assessment.Project type: CSA-CAObjectives: Because the correct use of names and names relationships is essential for Start date: 01/05/2008biodiversity management, the availability of taxonomically validated standardised no-menclatures are fundamental for biological e-infrastructures. PESI is the next step in in-Duration: 36 monthstegrating and securing taxonomically authoritative species name registers that underpin the management of biodiversity in Europe.