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Article: REPORT PRAISES GLOBAL SPECIES DATABASE INITIATIVE.

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February 28, 2005
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COPENHAGEN, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ - An independent review has praised the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) as an essential mine of dynamic information about the species of life on earth, with the potential to return even greater value in the future.

"The report says that GBIF is a worldwide project that has made important progress in promoting public access to biodiversity data. It is an essential step forward in global biodiversity and ecological research and applications," said Dr. Marvalee Wake of the University of California, Berkeley, who chaired the review.

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