MEMO

The project to commemorate the world's extinct species


I was deeply moved on learning of this brilliant, profound and ultimately humanitarian enterprise. It does the UK proud. I hope the US and others will follow suit.

Professor E.O. Wilson to Professor Ghillean Prance, Chairman of MEMO
21st January 2009

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As well as actively seeking funding to build the MEMO, we are also looking for people who can give of their time and expertise to help make it happen.

Would you like to join us? We’d love to hear from you if you’d like to get involved in any area of the MEMO project, whether it be networking, PR, building links with schools and colleges, fundraising, researching the individual and ongoing stories of species loss or any other areas of the project. Please email us at

buildit at memoproject.org

and let us know how you feel you could most usefully contribute.

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The Sixth Extinction

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