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==English==
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Our knowledge of the many life-forms on Earth—of animals, plants, fungi, protists and bacteria—is scattered around the world in books, journals, databases, websites, specimen collections, and in the minds of people everywhere. Imagine what it would mean if this information could be gathered together and made available to everyone—anywhere—at a moment's notice.
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The '''Encyclopedia of Life''' ('''EoL''') aims to increase awareness and understanding of living {{tag|nature}} by gathering, generating and sharing {{tag|knowledge}} in an {{tag|Open content|open}}, freely accessible and trusted digital resource.
 
Our knowledge of the many {{tag|life}}-forms on {{tag|Earth}} – of {{tag|animals}}, {{tag|Botany|plants}}, fungi, protists and bacteria – is scattered around the {{tag|Global|world}} in [[:Category:Books|books]], journals, [[:Category:databases|databases]], [[:Category:Websites|websites]], specimen collections; and in the minds of [[:Category:People|people]] everywhere. Imagine what it would mean if this {{tag|information}} could be gathered together and made available to everyone – anywhere – at a moment's notice.


Content on EoL is either in the public domain or some Creative Commons license—[http://eol.org/files/pdfs/docs/EOL_Licensing_Policy.pdf preferably CC-BY].
Content on the '''Encyclopedia of Life''' ('''EoL''') is either in the {{tag|Wiki Public Domain (generic)|public domain}},[http://eol.org/terms_of_use] or some {{tag|Wiki Creative Commons|Creative Commons}} license[http://eol.org/info/copyright_and_linking#Using_Content_from_the_EOL.ORG_Website] – [http://eol.org/files/pdfs/docs/EOL_Licensing_Policy.pdf preferably CC-BY].


The project is [https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:Encyclopedia_of_Life translated] at [[Translatewiki]].
The project is [https://Translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:Encyclopedia_of_Life translated] at [[Translatewiki]].


==See also==
;See also
*[[Wikispecies]]
*[[Wikispecies]] — from the Wikimedia Foundation


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