This is gonna be the thread where we talk about stuff

I'm on my phone right now but remind me to talk a bit about the Convention on Biological Diversity, and double-check their provisions on migratory birds and resources that don't belong to anyone, like open ocean fisheries.

Also in a value-based assessment system to decide where your biota-protecting money goes, "do people think it's cute" is totally a valid input value! Taxonomy is only one metric and it's no more or less valid than other metrics, especially because taxonomy is a nuanced and fluid system. Again, phone, though, so I'll word this better later.