Acknowledgments

The Panel on Biodiversity Research Priorities would like to acknowledge the help of many individuals who participated in planning meetings and reviewed different versions of this report during various stages of its preparation, especially: Peter Ashton, John Briggs, Stephen Brush, Joel Cohen, Herman Daly, John Daly, Douglas Drabkowski, James Duke, James Edwards, Terry Erwin, Rodrigo Gamez, Francesca Grifo, Daniel Janzen, Thomas Lovejoy, Constance McCorkle, Jeffrey McNeely, Kenton Miller, Gene Namkoong, Reed Noss, Bede Okigbo, Christian Orrego, John Pino, Mark Plotkin, Arturo Gómez-Pompa, Kathleen Quick, Terry Rambo, Robert Repetto, Jeffrey Romm, Ulysses Seal, Michael Strauss, Stanley Temple, Bruce Umminger, Patricia Vondal, and D. Michael Warren. Their comments and suggestions were helpful and appreciated. The responsibility for the final report remains wholly ours.