This is a global effort in which DNA mapping of all plants, wildlife, fungi and other micro-organisms found on earth will be done. It was started in the year 2018.
It has targeted DNA mapping of 1.8 million known species over 10 years and genome sequencing of about 3000 species by the year 2022.
Genome sequencing will help in reducing the loss of biodiversity, adapting food crops to climate change and sequencing unicellular organisms.
Various reports have projected the loss of about 50% of biodiversity by the end of this century due to climate change and global warming. Therefore, a digital library of DNA sequencing of wild fauna and flora is essential.