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All God's Creatures in One Database.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

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| February 01, 2000 | COPYRIGHT 1998 BCC Research. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

A database that pools information on the earth's 1.5 million named animals, plants, and microorganisms will be accessible via the Internet later this year. This resource will be called the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). The facility is the brainchild of the Working Group on Biological Informatics of the Megascience Forum, a body formed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Also involved in the project are the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Science Foundation.

Currently, there are a number of separate information sources on biodiversity, including Costa Rica's Inbio, Mexico's Conabio and global…

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