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Welcome to Species 2000 — Species 2000

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The goal of the Species 2000 project is to create a validated checklist of all the world's species (plants, animals, fungi and microbes). This is being achieved by bringing together an array of global species databases covering each of the major groups of organisms. Each database covers all known species in the group, using a consistent taxonomic system. The participating databases are widely distributed throughout the world and currently number 40. The existing global species databases presently account for some 40% of the total known species, so substantial investment in new databases will be needed for full coverage of all taxa to be achieved.

The programme in partnership with the Integrated Taxonomic Information system (ITIS) of North America currently produces the Catalogue of Life - an Annual Checklist available on the Species 2000 web site and by CD ROM (contact the Secretariat). This is used by the Global Biodiversity Information facility (GBIF) as the taxonomic backbone to its web portal. Species 2000 receives funding from GBIF.

Through The University of Reading the programme is also currently receiving funding from the European Commission for its Species 2000 europa project (EVR1-CT-2002-20011) and the European Network for Biodiversity Information (ENBI) (EVK2-CT-2002-20020).