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Catalogue of Life – Indexing the world’s known species
A new development phase for the Catalogue of Life (CoL)
www.catalogueoflife.org
Guy BaillargeonAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada, OttawaChair, Catalogue of Life Global Team
North American Regional Nodes Meeting, University of Guelph, 11-12 Aug. 2010
Catalogue of Life – Indexing the world’s known species
Currently:1,257,735 species• animals• plants• fungi• microorganismsProvided by:77 taxonomic databases
2010 Annual Checklist
2010 Annual Checklist
Catalogue of Life – Indexing the world’s known species
CoL – Progress by year
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Number of species by year
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Catalogue of Life – Indexing the world’s known species
Reshaping the growth curve
Catalogue of Life – Indexing the world’s known species
Indexing for Life
Distributed Dynamic Diversity Databases for Life
Two new EC grants2009-20123.3M euroStarted Nov 2009
2010-20132.45 M euroStarting Nov 2010
Catalogue of Life – Indexing the world’s known species
CoL until now
Catalogue of Life – Indexing the world’s known species
CoL soon
Catalogue of Life – Indexing the world’s known species
Multi-hub network
• First Batch: China, New Zealand, Brazil, N. America (ITIS), Australia, Europe
• Second Batch: Colombia (Humboldt), Central America (INBio), Mexico (CONABIO), South Africa (SANBI), East Africa (Kenya), ASEAN countries
Catalogue of Life – Indexing the world’s known species
EuropeEurope
ChinaChinaBrasilBrasil
ITISN. America
ITISN. America
GlobalChecklistGlobal
ChecklistProto-GSD
Semi-automated proto-GSD Harvesting
Catalogue of Life – Indexing the world’s known species
Indexing for Life
Catalogue of Life – Indexing the world’s known species
Indexing for Life
Distributed Dynamic Diversity Databases for Life
Two new EC grants2009-20123.3M euroStarted Nov 2009
2010-20132.45 M euroStarting Nov 2010
