Illuminate
BiodiversityTo save our living planet
iBOL’s mission
illuminate biodiversity by developing globally accessible, dna-based systems for the discovery and identification of all multicellular life
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read biodiversity will impact you
Explore the simple way that
we can read life on our planet
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identification at your fingertips
Our Plans
iBOL is working to establish an earth observation system that will reveal species, including their dynamics and interactions.
Tracking ecosystems and revealing symbiomes – distinct fungal, plant, and animal species associated with host organisms – before the middle of this century by completing three research program:
BARCODE 500K
BIOSCAN
PLANETARY BIODIVERSITY MISSION
BIOSCAN
The 2nd iBOL PROGRAM
2019 – 2026
BIOSCAN will allow us to forecast changes in biodiversity in response to anthropogenic drivers as well as deepen our understanding of species interactions by probing the
Latest News & Events
Australian Barcode of Life Network meeting
A pilot survey of terrestrial arthropod communities in Nunavut has evaluated the efficiency of several standard collecting methods in the Canadian Arctic.
LIFEPLAN Brings 12.6 million EUR to Aid BIOSCAN’s Progress
LIFEPLAN, a six-year, 12.6 million EUR project led by the University of Helsinki has joined BIOSCAN, a research program overseen by the International Barcode of Life (iBOL) Consortium.
Arctic BIOSCAN: Survey of an Arctic Arthropod Community and Implications for Future Monitoring
A pilot survey of terrestrial arthropod communities in Nunavut has evaluated the efficiency of several standard collecting methods in the Canadian Arctic.
About us
The International Barcode of Life consortium is a research alliance of nations
undertaking the largest biodiversity science initiative:
