It's an honor to Carl Linnaeus. If he were alive today, he would be 300 years old and he would be so thrilled to read this news.
Today, senior biologists, environmentalists, taxonomists, engineers and fund managers from the MacArthur Foundation, Field Museum, Harvard University, Marine Biological Laboratory, Smithsonian and Biodiversity Heritage Library will hold a press conference to announce the launch of a very ambitious project.
They are going to create an Encyclopedia of Life that will list out all of earth's creations. This ambitious ten year old project is being funded by John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Other universities collaborating on this project include Missouri Botanical Garden and the Biodiversity Heritage Library which includes Natural History Museum, the New York Botanical Garden, and the Royal Botanic Garden in Kew, England.
Other universities collaborating on this project include Missouri Botanical Garden and the Biodiversity Heritage Library which includes Natural History Museum, the New York Botanical Garden, and the Royal Botanic Garden in Kew, England.
Now, here's a question. Why are there no collaborators from Australia, Asia and Africa on this project?
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