I watched a fascinating episode of "Bill Moyers Journal" tonight during which Moyer interviewed E.O. Wilson of Harvard. Wilson's dream is to create the Encyclopedia of Life, which he describes as "the key tool we need to inspire preservation of the earth's biodiversity." The project is an expandable and accessible website that will catalog every species of living thing (1.8 million species!). Scientists as well as amateurs will be able to contribute, and the information will be viewable in different formats so that it will be useful to everyone from children to experts.
It is hoped that key parts of the Encyclopedia will be available to the general public in 2008 and that the project will be completed in about ten years.
Bill Moyers Journal . E.O. WILSON | PBS
Encyclopedia of Life
It is hoped that key parts of the Encyclopedia will be available to the general public in 2008 and that the project will be completed in about ten years.
Bill Moyers Journal . E.O. WILSON | PBS
Encyclopedia of Life
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