The most important catalogue in human history...? Catalogue of Life 2010 launched at UN Biodiversity Meeting in Nairobi.
19th May 2010
The world’s most valuable asset, on which we all depend, is silently slipping through our fingers – it is the world’s astounding biodiversity, in some cases lost before it is even discovered.
A catalogue detailing 1.25 million species of organisms across the world is releasing a special edition to mark the International Year of Biodiversity.
Surprisingly, scientists understand better the number of stars there are in the galaxy than species on Earth.