1) Recognized that living organisms making up biological diversity are vital to the earth's life-sustaining systems;
2) Recognized that knowledge of biosystematics of living organisms on earth is essential to the:
(i) Inventory of the earth's biological diversity and resources;
(ii) Management, conservation and sustainable use of the earth's biological diversity and resources;
(iii) Conservation and protection of natural habitats and ecosystems of the earth;
(iv) Discovery of organisms with medicinal, agricultural, industrial and other beneficial properties including new sources of food, pharmaceuticals, and raw industrial materials;
(v) Identification of threatened and endangered species to help bring about necessary measures for their protection and salvation;
(vi) Sustainable practices in agriculture, forestry, fishery, industry, urban development and others to ensure the health of the environment and the well-being of the earth's ecosystems;
(vii) Restoration of degraded or damaged ecosystems, such as forests, wetlands, and other habitats;
(viii) Education of the general public that the world's biological diversity is vitally important in sustaining life on this planet, and that conservation and protection of biological resources are the duties of everyone.
3) Recognized that achieving various aspects of point 2 above will have long-lasting benefits to humanity;
4) Recognized that efforts to augment the current elementary state of knowledge of biosystematics of living things are urgently needed to serve and support all aspects of point 2 above. Currently, 5% or less of the world's biological resources, about 1.5 million out of an estimated 30 million species, are known to science; of these only a small fraction has been used to sustain and improve human living conditions including food, medicine, shelters, and raw materials.