Scientists Are Planning How to Make a Single Authoritative List of All Species - ScienceAlert
From studying biodiversity to protecting endangered species, an authoritative list would be massively helpful.
"Currently no single, agreed list of species is available.".
Yet there's still a lot of discussion and debate about what kind of criteria should be used for listing species on such a unified list.
A species having its name on a list matters – just like it matters who is on a school register or a guest list for a music gig.
"But it's an important step in managing and conserving all the world's species, great and small, for this and future generations."