MEMO

The project to commemorate the world's extinct species

MEMO PARTICIPATES IN A SERVICE AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL
14th SEPTEMBER 2008

“The MEMO project should never have been necessary. But necessary it is, and I'm glad to see human imagination involved in the task of commemorating the diversity of life rather than diminishing it.”         ~ Philip Pullman, MEMO patron

JULY 2008, ROYAL SOCIETY BOARD VOTES UNANIMOUSLY TO OFFICIALLY ENDORSE MEMO PROJECT

Contact

You can read more about the people behind MEMO at our Who page. Enquiries are most welcome.

Mass Extinction Memorial Observatory

Email: info at memoproject.org

Telephone: 01305 775363

Registered Office: Priory Mill, Nailer’s Lane, Monmouth NP25 3EH

The Sixth Extinction

With the Holocene Extinction Event we are currently witnessing the most rapid species decline in the Earth's history.

These are examples of large, photogenic and memorable species; current estimates are that half of all species will become extinct within a century.