Systematics and comparative biology of aquatic insects

在《生物多样性公约》之后，以可持续的方式保护生物多样性和利用生物资源已成为国际上的突出问题。为了履行加拿大对《bbb公约》的义务，环境问题常设委员会的结论是，加拿大政府的基本目标之一应该是建立一份加拿大生物多样性的全国清单。委员会进一步建议加拿大支持建立一个世界物种国际数据库。由于生物多样性的记录主要是在系统生物学家的领域内进行的，因此保持和加强加拿大的系统基础设施是很重要的。水生昆虫因其在淡水食物链中的重要性和作为水质指标的效用而受到高度重视。它们还包括向人类和其他动物传播疾病的最重要媒介。

Conserving biodiversity and using biological resources in a sustainable manner has gained international prominence in the wake of the Convention on Biological Diversity. In order to meet Canada's obligations to the Rio Convention, the Standing Committee on Environment concluded that one of the fundamental goals of the Canadian Government should be to establishment of a National Inventory of Canada's biological diversity. The Committee further recommended that Canada support the creation of an international data bank of world species. As the documentation of biological diversity follows largely within the domain of systematic biologists, it is important that Canada's systematics infrastructure be maintained and enhanced. Aquatic insects command a high priority because of their importance in freshwater food chains and utility as indicators of water quality. They also include among the most important vectors of disease to humans and other animals.