New Zealand and Australia have "some of the most extraordinary organisms anywhere on Earth", famed naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough says. Photo: NZ HeraldSir David Attenborough has lent his star power to an ambitious new plan to document our unrecorded species before they become extinct. The plan, being launched in Canberra today, aims to describe within 10 years the yet-to-be-found proportion of New Zealand and Australia's biodiversity, which best estimates have put at 70%. "We cannot properly grasp or understand the natural world without this taxonomic system. Trnski noted the plan called for a new funded body to help species discovery.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 26, 2018 20:03 UTC