The Catalogue of Life partners are associate participants
in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (www.gbif.org),
and liaise with the scientific unions (IUBS, IUMS,
and CODATA), UNEP and the Convention on Biological
Diversity.
The Catalogue of Life partnership thanks all who
contributed to the production and content of this
Annual Checklist. In particular, thanks go to Helen
Stevenson at the Botanic Gardens Trust, Sydney, for
the design of this booklet; to Paul Klinkenberg, ETI
BioInformatics for the new cover design and interface
banner; and to Species 2000 Asia-Oceania, Species
2000 Europa, the European Commission, GBIF, NIES,
NBII, WorldFish Center, and all those associated with
the database organisations
who have contributed to this 2005 edition.

CBD
(Convention on Biological Diversity)
CGER
(Center for Global Environmental Research)
CODATA
(ICSU Committee on Data in Science and Technology)
ETI
BioInformatics
GBIF
(Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
IUBS
(International Union of Biological Sciences)
IUMS
(International Union of Microbiological Societies)
NBII
(National Biological Information Infrastructure)
NIES
(National Institute for Environmental Studies)
RBGS
(Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney)
UNEP
(United Nations Environment Programme)
University
of Reading
WorldFish
Center

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