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Science 2 July 1999:
Vol. 285. no. 5424, pp. 22 - 23
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5424.22
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BIOINFORMATICS:
OECD to Set Up Global Facility on Biodiversity

Judy Redfearn

Last week the dream of pooling all research relating to life on Earth moved a step closer to reality when the science ministers of 29 industrial countries agreed to create a Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). The virtual facility hopes to convert a growing tower of biodiversity Babel, replete with incompatible databases, confusing terminology, and uncatalogued material, into a transparent source of information that is accessible to anyone, anywhere. But before it tackles that challenge, GBIF will have to be transformed from an attractive notion into a real facility with a staff and a budget.

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