Enki, a Dashboard of Life on Earth

Organising the world's species information requires us to pull together lots and lots of information. This included data about the natural world, ranging from GBIF to iNaturalist to the IUCN's databases. It also need information about what humans are doing, via OpenStreetMap and other maps.

Then, it also needs observational models of the planet such as TESSERA derived from remote sensing data, in order to figure out habitat information.

And after all that, we need to pull together literature with information not yet captured in models, and also derived statistical models such as LIFE.

Enki's our codename for a new project to work on this, beginning with a dashboard for bringing the IUCN Red List to life. Tune in for more in 2026 as this develops!