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1.25 MILLION SPECIES - LAUNCH OF THE CATALOGUE OF LIFE 2010 SPECIAL EDITION IN SUPPORT OF THE GTI

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Catalogue of Life, ITIS & BGCI

Date and Time
19 May 2010 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Fourteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 14)

The 2010 Special Edition of the Catalogue of Life provides a single species checklist and taxonomic hierarchy covering 1.25 million species, and celebrates the diversity of life on Earth. This meeting will outline major developments funded in the Second Phase of the CoL Programme, including the network of Regional Hubs in Mega-Diverse countries, and the integration of the global taxonomies used by IUCN Red List, GBIF, EBI/GenBank, the BarCode intiatives, Encyclopedia of Life and the EC LifeWatch.