Back International Institute for Species Exploration Spanish مؤسسه جهانی اکتشاف گونهها FA Institut international d'exploration des espèces French Міжнародний інститут дослідження видів Ukrainian 物种考察国际研究所 Chinese
| Founded | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Focus | Taxonomy, Biodiversity |
| Location | |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Owner | State University of New York |
Key people | Quentin D. Wheeler, Executive Director[1] |
| Website | www.esf.edu/species/ |
The International Institute for Species Exploration (IISE) is a research institute located in Syracuse, New York. Its mission is to improve taxonomical exploration and the cataloging of new species of flora and fauna. Since 2008, IISE has published a yearly "Top 10" of the most unusual or unique biota newly identified in the previous year, with the aim of drawing attention to the work done in taxonomy across the world over the previous year.
In 2011, the institute contributed towards the estimate that Earth was home to approximately 8.7 million species.
- ^ "Staff & Partners," Archived November 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine IISE, Arizona State University. Accessed: February 22, 2014.