Catalogue of Life – Indexing the world’s known species A new development phase for the Catalogue of Life (CoL) Guy Baillargeon Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa Chair, Catalogue of Life Global Team North American Regional Nodes Meeting, University of Guelph, Aug. 2010
Catalogue of Life – Indexing the world’s known species Currently: 1,257,735 species animals plants fungi microorganisms Provided by: 77 taxonomic databases 2010 Annual Checklist
Catalogue of Life – Indexing the world’s known species CoL – Progress by year
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 grants M euro Started Nov M euro Starting 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 Europe China Brasil ITIS N. America ITIS N. America Global Checklist Global Checklist Proto-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 grants M euro Started Nov M euro Starting Nov 2010