Sponsors and contributors

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