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Overview MarineBiodiversityandBiogeography–Regional ComparisonsofGlobalIssues,anIntroduction RonO’Dor1,PatriciaMiloslavich2,KristenYarincik1* 1CensusofMarineLifeSecretariat,ConsortiumforOceanLeadership,Washington,D.C.,UnitedStatesofAmerica,2DepartamentodeEstudiosAmbientales,Universidad Simo′nBol?′var,Caracas,Miranda,Venezuela TheCensusofMarineLifegrewoutof series of global concept meetings, stood[2].Takingplacefrom1997to1999, themeetingsresultedinarecommendation foracomprehensiveinternationalresearch programcalledtheCensusofMarineLife. The purpose of the Census was to assess andexplainthediversity,distribution,and abundance of marine organisms through- outtheworld’soceans[3]. require a new sort of global collaboration [2,4]toachieveitsgoals.Thisnecessitywas the origin of the National and Regional ImplementationCommittees(NRICs),the mainsourceoftheinformationassembled in this collection. Because of the complex evolutionoftheprogramandtheNRICs, somecontextisessentialtounderstandthe originsoftheinformation. a following a 1995 U.S. National Research Councilreportindicatingthatnonationin theworldcouldlistthespeciesthatlivein its offshore exclusive economic zone, as required under the Convention on Bio- logical Diversity. A series of ‘‘Known, Unknown, Unknowable’’ meetings con- vened in every ocean region enabled the Census Scientific Steering Committee to compile information and enlist people fromaroundtheworldtoformanetwork ofNationalandRegionalImplementation Committeesinsupportofaglobaleffortto resolve this knowledge void. This collec- tion represents the assembled results of theiractivities.Asthesedataareincorpo- rated into the Census’ Ocean Biogeo- graphic Information System and made available through its new home at the UN’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission,theywillbethebestrecords of most countries’ marine biodiversity. Thepeople,technologies,andassociations oftheCensuswillplayakeyroletheUN General Assembly’s future Regular Ma- rine Assessments. Thi